Today we headed north of the city to The Future of Flight Boeing Tour. This Boeing plant assembles the 747, 767, 777 and 787 Dreamliner. The main assembly building is 98.7 acres, the largest building by volume in the world. Over 35,000 people work there every day. Enough with the facts and figures. Our tour guide, Scott was really good. It was obvious that he really likes his job. He guided us through the balconies that overlooked the assembly areas. It was so cool to see the various planes in different stages of assembly. On the final leg of the tour we saw the 777X with the new designed composite wings. The upward curve of the wings makes the plane more efficient but also gives it an elegant look. We actually got to see planes #2 and #3 still on the assembly floor. How cool is that.
On the way back to the city we stopped to make plans for tomorrow, but you will have to wait to hear about that.
There are restaurants everywhere in downtown Seattle. We chose Serious Pie for a mid afternoon dinner. Happy hour started at 3:00 with half size pizzas. We ordered 3 pizzas. The first was sweet fennel sausage, roasted peppers and provolone. Next we picked a roasted seasonal mushrooms, crimini and truffle cheese. The last pie was penn cove clams with pancetta tesa and lemon thyme. Very yummy and excellent service.
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