Space Needle
We got to go up on the Space Needle the day we left Seattle. This was a little bit scary, but mostly very very cool. I was amazed at how far you could see. It was beautiful! Since it was such a clear day, you could see the Cascade Mountians, all of the Puget Sound and even Mt. Rainier. Even though we were over 600 feet in the air, Mt. Rainier still looked huge. We learned a lot about the space needle---it was built for the world's fair in 1962 and has a base of concret that is 30 feet deep and over 120 feet wide. The man who designed the building thought that all of the buildings would look this way in the year 2000.....hmmm not quite. It took us 40 seconds to reach the top. They told us that the elevators travel 10 mph which equals to 14 feet per second, 800 feet per minute, or as fast as a raindrop falls to earth! Another cool fact that we learned was that since we were going up so fast, when it snows, it looks like the snow if falling up not down! I bet that would be really cool to see. It can also sway in the wind and has withstood an earthquake that measured 6.8 on the Richter scale! The second floor has a resturaunt that turns so you can see the whole city. It was a great sight to see!
Toby and Katie smiling at the base of the needle.
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The best part about the Space Needle was that Melissa overcame her fear of elevators and rode to the top! Wow you know a lot of facts about the needle. I was just helping Melissa to keep breathing in the elevator and not listening to the tour guide! I loved our vacation!
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