Yesterday was our last day in Seattle. I'd say it was also our best day there too. We started the day at the Chittenden Garden which features the locks and dam between Salmon Bay and Putrid Sound. I'm not sure how much Pramod liked it, but I thought it was really interesting. I learned a lot about the migration and life cycle of salmon. They have a place where you can watch the salmon trying to swim upstream. It seemed really hard! 
Yesterday we also walked the Alaskan Way 0n the waterfront, which had some nice views and fun shops. One thing I noticed was that they seem to be capitalizing on the fact that the Twilight series takes place in a town in Washington. Some of the shops, one in particular, had some fun items and books having to do with fantasy creatures like vampires, zombies, mermaids, etc. If Pramod wasn't with me I probably would have spent more time checking these things out.
Part of the reason why the day was so much better was that we found a free parking spot with no time limit! Sure it was over a mile away from anything we were doing, but the peace of mind was worth it. Someone told me that they heard that it's cheaper to dock your boat in Seattle than it is to park your car. It's expensive and we had to be very aware of the time, which is not very much fun for a vacation.
In the evening I went on a 2 hour walking Ghost Tour of the old part of the city. I really enjoyed it! Pramod didn't go because we didn't know if he'd like it and we figured we'd rather save the money than have his boredom ruin both of our times. So I went by myself. It wasn't very creepy, but there were some great stories! A couple on the tour with me said that it was dramatized a lot less than the others they'd been on (with made it less fun) so I'm looking forward to taking more tours elsewhere, especially because I did really like it.
Even if I hadn't liked the stories, I think the tour was worth the money just because the walk through the city in the night time. It was really nice.
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