Early start to see the Chihuly Garden and Glass. Located at the foot of The Space Needle built for 1962 World Fair, Dale Chihuly’s exhibition is amazing. In fact, stunning. See the photos (more to come). Incredible colour, detail and design. All sorts of shapes- flowers, sea creatures, chandeliers, balls and forms.

Link to Chuchilly photos

Also very cool are some of his collections displayed in glass tabletops in the cafe. Best way of showcasing memorabilia from shaving brushes to fishing flies, tin soldiers to toy cars!

Afternoon visit to the Boeing Factory. Sorry no inside photos allowed, in case items were dropped from viewing platforms! Saw airliners in various stages of assembly and outfitting including the advanced 787 Dreamliner, 777 and Jumbo 747 plus the 767. Apart from painting work takes place in the largest building in the world by volume. Also saw the Dreamlifter used to transport the Dreamliner’s large parts from 5 different locations around the world to Everett for final assembly.

186 aircraft are produced each year at Boeing factories. The first Boeing aircraft ever sold were to NZ and so was the first Dreamliner. We saw one 777 on the production line bound for NZ.

Interesting Future of Flight exhibition that we only had time to gloss over. Would be great for big and little kids – hands on displays and exhibits including 777 engine and a section of carbon fibre fuselage  of new 787 Dreamliner.

Nice view of snowy Mount Rainier on the way back but hard to take the picture from a moving vehicle. and another lovely dinner and sunset.

If you remember the Jetson’s, apparently the Space Needle, inspired the animator when he designed the Jetson family’s skypad (1962).

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