Adventures Under Seattle

After Scott got done with all the job interview stuff, we had some sightseeing fun. We went on a tour underneath the sidewalks of Seattle. Yes you read right. UNDERNEATH the sidewalks.

For those of you who are a little shocked right now, there is a "secret underground sidewalk" in downtown Seattle. Okay, so it really is not all that secret, but it is really cool. When Seattle was first settled, there were many problems with . . . yes you guessed it . . . their toilets. The problem being that they would back up when the tide came in and the would have raw sewage coming out of their toilets. Sorry, I know it's not such a pleasant thought, and I'm sure not very pleasant to live with. They also had a huge fire that destroyed most of the city.

To help solve the toilet problem, after rebuilding, they raised the streets of Seattle and incorporated a new drainage system inside the streets. This created a new problem however. The sidewalks were about 12 feet below the street, so then they extended the sidewalks as well. They left the original sidewalks intact so that they people of Seattle could still easily access all the buildings 1st floors. If you would like to read the story in a little more detail, and better than I can say it, you can follow this link Seattle Underground History or this link Seattle Underground.

Anyway, here are some pictures from our underground adventures. Brayden did not want to go down at first, but by the end, we almost couldn't drag him away.