Sleepless in Seattle house

I've run past the dock where the 'Sleepless in Seattle' house is moored many times because it is a few docks north of the houseboat. I've been asked quite a few times if I've seen the floating home where Tom Hanks' character supposedly lived in the movie 'Sleepless in Seattle'. So this morning I brought my camera with me on the run and shot a bunch of photos. The morning running atmosphere was ideal-- cool, calm, and simply beautiful:

From Houseboat

As you can imagine, most docks around Lake Union are private with signs posted to discourage the general public from entering. Luckily it was very early in the morning and most people were asleep so nobody noticed or stopped me from entering. The 'Sleepless' house is at the end of a private dock:

From Houseboat

These 'floating homes' are very close to each other-- inches between houses. They are actually closer together than the houseboats at my marina. You can see the 'Sleepless' house here with its neighbor:

From Houseboat

And here is the house at sunrise this morning:

From Houseboat

Pictures from today

The sky has been really clear for the past two days so I carried my camera with me while I walked to work and took some more photos. You can get an idea of where the boat is from the Space Needle in the background:

From Houseboat

One of the neighboring houseboats has an outboard motor:

From Houseboat

It's the boat with the white wooden railings on the deck and red painted doors, and the building in the background is the noisy Chinese restaurant:

From Houseboat

From the marina parking lot you can see the leaves are changing color:

From Houseboat

This is the view of the houseboat from the dock at Zymogenetics. I could actually commute to work by kayak if I wanted:

From Houseboat

Cold morning

It's cold this morning. It says 41 degrees online and the thermometer at the marina is dead on 40 degrees. I woke up early this morning, but stayed in bed for a while because it was warmer under the covers. This place is heated by two small electric space heaters:

From Houseboat

From Houseboat

They do provide heat, but sometimes it just doesn't feel like enough (like this morning). You can even see the cold:

From Houseboat

From Houseboat

Those pictures were taken about an hour ago. Since then, the fog has completely moved in and it's sorta cool to watch it move along the water. I can barely see the buildings in the background now and I haven't seen a single seaplane take-off or land.

I grew up in Wisconsin and lived in Iowa for a while so I do know what *real* cold feels like. But staying in a houseboat is a little like being in a tent--you're more acutely aware of the weather around you because the walls aren't insulated like in a house. I'm very very very glad that I have a heated apartment on land for this upcoming (projected cold) winter.

Life on Lake Union

Some seaplane photos from the houseboat:







Sunrise:



Early morning calm:






Zymogenetics on the dawn of its last day:

Day 4: Photos

It's easier to describe this place in photos, so here are some photos that I took on the first day before my clean-up efforts:

Houseboat #8

Dining/Living Area

Kitchenette

Second Level Bathroom

Bedroom

Hand-pump marine head

Access deck from bedroom window

View from the deck