Hiking Up High and Underground

Friday, Diana went for another hike at Mount Rainier, this one to Pinnacle Peak. Another hike on the side of a cliff with a beautiful view of the mountain. She just never gets tired of it, though.

Then on Sunday, we went to Pioneer Square in Seattle to go on the Underground Tour. It’s a historical, humorous walking tour beneath the sidewalks, through subterranean passages that were once the main roadways and first floor storefronts of the city before the Great Fire of 1889. After the fire, the road level was raised 7 to 22 feet to help level out the hilly city, and make the streets less muddy, and apparently, the toilets (then called crappers) flush better. High tides had been a real problem.

Later, walking around Pioneer Square, we saw this sign on a hotel. Randy thought the price was right.