Bird Bidet?

Yesterday we took the bus downtown for a little field trip. Our plan was to ride the monorail to fulfill the desire to ride a "real train." Unfortunately it was closed for repairs so we had to improvise. One trip to Godiva later, we were out in the formerly pedestrian mall area by Westlake to have a snack and enjoy the sunshine. We watched the birds having a splash in the fountain.

The pigeons were really taking advantage of the angle of the water to get a thorough shower. I think this may be Seattle's biggest birdbath.

It was almost more fun that we didn't get to ride the train, because just slowing down and being somewhere new was a good adventure. I was very pleased at how easy it was to take the bus now that Adelaide can walk farther, and she thought it was great. We also had good luck with people being friendly to us, too. Maybe the sunny weather was helping everyone feel more outgoing, but we had at least 4 different people start a conversation with us and we got help from more than one person on the bus. I look forward to less time in our car as the weather improves and more time on foot, on the bus, and on our bikes.