In honor of my mom's upcoming birthday and the kids starting school, we went on an adventure we'd been talking about for ages—the duck tours. I know they have these in many cities. They take Amphibious WWII vehicles on a tour of the city, land and sea.
We all had a great time.

You have to accept it's going to be very hokey—bad jokes, silly hats, lots of music blasting in your ears, and oh yeah, the quackers. We all bought whistles that quacked like a duck. About a half an hour in, David fell asleep, but the rest of us learned where Elvis got his car washed when he was filming a movie here for the world's fair, got to see an up close view of the Sleepless in Seattle houseboat, and learned which bar the Deadliest Catch captains like to hang out in.

I've done several take the touristy things in Seattle like this—the harbor tour, the underground tour—and so far this was my favorite. It took me to my Seattle, the areas I like to visit and taught me a few new things about them. Plus we got to drive a truck into the water and keep floating. That's pretty cool.