Space needle, which is considered as a major landmark, is located near Seattle Center House. The height of the needle is 184 m.

You can see a really nice view of the Seattle city and surrounding mountains from the observation deck. It was bit rainy and gloomy when we go there, but still it was a nice experience. The hardest thing was finding parking. Finally we managed to park on a roadside. Anyway it seems the needle has valet parking facility at a cost. General admission for space needle is $18.

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Dungeness Spit is a long sand spit, which is the longest natural sand spit in US. It is located in Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

There were really nice hiking trails around the spit. We followed a trail for about 30 minutes and came back as we were running out of time. It was a nice evening and was really cold there (in March). So we didn't hike the spit but spent some time in the shore seeing the sunset. However it was bit difficult to bare the fishy odor around the bay. 

It was late when we come back and we were hoping to visit Space Needle next morning.
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Our aim was to visit Dungeness spit. So we had to take a ferry as the route has to cross the sea at some point. So we chose the route via Bainbridge Island.


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So we took a ferry to Bainbridge island from Seattle, and then headed to Dungeness spit. The ferry ride was amazing. We got into the top passenger deck and took pictures of the surrounding. It was bit cold that day and was bit rainy too. So I guess we couldn't experience the real beauty but the ride was really worthy.

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We planned a 3 day visit to Seattle, WA (to brother-in-law's place) in March 2011. I had to travel alone because my husband went there day before for a conference. I could reserve a ticket for me for $520 from Priceline.com. Yes it was a relatively high price because the dates were too close when I reserve the ticket and it was a Friday evening I planned to leave on. 

So I arrived at Indianapolis airport from a Star of America shuttle ($15 one way from Bloominton, IN). Normally Star of America provides low prices than Bloomington Shuttle Service. I was hoping to arrive in Seattle by 11.00 p.m in Pacific time but I couldn't reach there till next morning because of American Airlines.

My route was Indianapolis airport to Chicago (O'Hare)
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Due to my delay we lost half of the day. So we decided to go for a Ferry ride and visit Dungeness spit after lunch.
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For the return trip we took the same route we took the other day (Trip to Florida - Day One). So no wonder it was bit boring. Of course again, it was a 17 hr drive. Nothing special happened on our way. We were able to reach our home sweet home at about 11 p.m.

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Today our target was to visit Sea World. It was really cold in the morning but it became bit warm during the day. It was about 10 a.m when we arrive there. Roller coaster and stuff were not open yet. We watched  an amazing killer whale show and a dolphin show.

Apart from the shows, there were many interesting rides including two roller coasters named Karken and Manta. We didn't dare to take those two rides though. Anyway this Journey to Atlantis thing was nice too. There was another train simulator named Wild Arctic ride. Another nice experience was the Sky Tower. It slowly lifts up the passengers deck up so that they can experience a breath taking view of the surroundings.
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Cocoa beach is located in eastern coast of Florida. We thought to visit Cocoa beach on our way back from Kennedy Space Center to our lodge in Orlando.

We had not seen the sea for about 1 1/2 years, since we left Sri Lanka. This would be a funny thing for Sri Lankan people. Anyway it was around 4 p.m when we reach the beach. The beach was so beautiful in the evening but the bad thing was, it was damn cold there. We have herd that Florida has such a nice weather and the temperature does not go down that much. However the last two days we spent in Florida was really cold but sunny.

So we couldn't spend much time there. We hurried back to the vehicle to get warm. So we arrived early at our lodge and prepared some dinner. Next day, we were willing to visit Sea World.
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