PIKE PLACE MARKET IS AN OUTDOOR & INDOOR MARKETPLACE. IT IS LOCATED ON FIRST AND PIKE IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. IT HAS AN AMAZING VIEW OF THE WATER AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT STORES TO BUY PRODUCE OR FLOWERS OR EVEN ITEMS FOR THE CREATIVE. THE STUDENTS PUT THEIR LUNCH MONEY TO GOOD USE AND BOUGHT SOME INTERESTING THINGS. THE FIELDTRIP WAS ON FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006.

DURING THE FIELDTRIP, A SCAVANGER HUNT WAS ASSIGNED. THIS SCAVNGER HUNT CHALLENGED FRIENDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE TASKS. THERE WERE MANY OBJECTIVES--FINDING A FAMOUS PERSON ON THE MANY TILES LOCATED IN THE MAIN ARCADE OR INVESTIGATING WHAT KIND OF CHEESE WAS BEING MADE AT THE MOMENT. ONCE THE STUDENTS WERE DONE WITH THE SCAVANGER HUNT, THEIR LUNCH MONEY WAS DISTRIPUTED.

MANY OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS LEFT THE MARKET TO EAT THEIR LUNCH. SOME WENT TO THE WESTLAKE CENTER, OTHERS WENT TO PACIFIC PLACE, OR MAYBE THEY JUST SAVED THEIR MONEY. WHATEVER THEY DID, THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR CHOICE. NO DOUBT THAT SOME THE MONEY SAVED WAS USED FOR LITTLE TREATS AT THE MOVIE THEATER.

THE MOVIE THAT WAS PLAYING WAS "THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBIEAN." THIS WAS AN AMAZING MOVIE. ITS ONLY FAULT WAS THAT THE MOVIE WAS QUITE LONG. THERE WAS AN ESSAY ASSIGNED TO THE MOVIE. THE ESSAY QUESTION WAS “IF YOU WERE A PIRATE LOST AT SEA, HOW WOULD YOU USE ASTRONOMY TO FIND YOUR WAY HOME?” BY WATCHING THE MOVIE, IT WOULD BE QUITE EASY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. IT ALSO HELPS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING A COURSE IN ASTROMONY THIS YEAR.

EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNEW WHERE PIKE PLACE MARKET WAS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN AT THE MARKET BEFORE AND FELT THAT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. OTHERS WOULD ENJOY GOING BACK AGAIN.