Seattle, Washington - Friday, June 15, 2012

Holland American ship, the Amsterdam, docked at Terminal 91.  The Seattle Waterfront, along Alaskan Way from Yesler Way North to Bay Street and Myrtle Edwards Park, is one of the city's single most popular attractions.  Seattle is known as the Emerald City because of the abundant greenery to be found in every direction.  It is very much a water-oriented city, set between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, with Lake Union in the center.  Practically everywhere you look, the views are of sailboats, cargo ships, ferries, windsurfers, and anglers - and trees and parklands of course.