Flying Fish
Originally uploaded by Jerry W. Lewis
If you've been to Seattle's Pike Place Market, you've seen the flying fish as customers pack up some fresh salmon or crab for their plane flight home. I never miss this incredible inner-city market whenever I visit, packed with fresh fruit, flowers and arts and crafts vendors.
What's really fun is that after three or four silver salmon fly back and forth between the ice counters out front and the guys who wrap them up, a fish usually flies right at a customer's face, but turns out, it's only a stuffed pillow! Good for a screaming tourist or two.
I was in Seattle to visit some friends, and was suppose to be sailing for a week in the San Juan Islands. Unfortunately, we returned home early as my girlfriend fell ill with a serious bout of pneumonia and was admitted to University of Colorado Hospital.
We missed our sailing trip, but we also discovered the excellent and caring medical teams at UC Hospital. And now Polly's home recovering. I'll return another day to get that sailing trip in, we love this scenic area of the Northwest.
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