Seattle: Pacific Science Center.

On my recent trip to Washington, I joined my family in visiting the Pacific Science Center located in the heart of Seattle. 

It was pretty fantastic.

There were so many different things to look at.

My two favorites:

I. Tropical Butterfly House

II. The Harry Potter Exhibit

Even Dad enjoyed it. I think?

Alex loved the mirror that made us all look wonderfully skinny.

We spent about 10 minutes each, fawning over the idea of ourselves 50 lbs. lighter.

Then he beat all the poor little kids at Giganto Chess. 

Way to go Alex!

Also, found a huge guitar. 

For whatever reason, everything here was 100x larger than it should have been.

And, I liked it.

Unfortunately, there was a VERY, explicit, strict rule on NO PHOTOS in the Harry Potter Exhibition. 

So, I got nothing for you.

Except to tell you that it was SO FUN!

They had a ton of props from the movie and had basically turned a section of the center into Hogwarts. 

It was a dream come true.

I do love me some HP. 

Topped everything off with a trip to Pike Place Market. 

Guzzled a Jones Soda Root Beer. (Jones Soda doesn't exist in Hawaii).

Watched some fish get tossed. 

Also, don't mind the gentleman next to me. He was just setting up his umbrella and giant portable piano. No big deal. Oh Seattle.