The Troll Under the Bridge

First, before I even get to the story about the troll, let's talk about my tour guide who brought me here to the troll under the bridge in Seattle.  One word for him, crazy.  No wait... there is another, bitter.  So on my "crazy bitter" tour of Seattle we stopped by this landmark.  The under part of the bridge used to be primarily occupied by drug dealers who would not go away despite the local law enforcement's best efforts.  The art department at Washington University was called in and carved out the troll under the bridge.  The drug dealers had such a hard time doing business with all of the attention the troll was drawing that they had to find a new location.  Genius.

This is the part of town that I thought I wouldn't mind living in.  I think most of the homes were well over 1 million dollars but can you blame me?  Look at that beautiful landscaping.  It was a far cry from the dirt and rocks of Las Vegas.

I'm pretty sure behind me in this picture is Puget Sound.  We drove over it to get to Seattle.  The whole city is pretty remarkable and has a lot of interesting history.  My favorite story, which I hope was true, was how the streets used to be below the level of the stores so people would have to climb a ladder up to the shops and then to get to the next they'd have to go down and up another ladder.  Just think of the women doing that in those monsterous dresses, that must have been a lot of work!