Slide Show: Rachel the Pig Returns to Pike Place Market
After the accident, it wasn’t all smiles for Rachel: it left the mascot with a 10-inch crack and a big ding on the side. Note the "scar" on the chin.
But after a month of "recovery," Pike Place Market’s beloved boar is making her way back home, but not before stops at the pig’s favorite places in town. First up: the Space Needle, Coleman Dock, and City Hall. Here, Rachel prepares for the fourth leg of her journey, the Seattle Art Museum.
After SAM, it was on to Occidental Park in Pioneer Square and Westlake Plaza.
Rachel’s pig mobile is pimped out with swiney touches. Pike Place Market maintenance employee John Ratliff restored and drove the truck.
Chauffeur John, if you will, drives a vintage 1936 farm truck.
While she was out, a red swine took over Rachel’s duties as piggybank; collections benefit the Market Foundation, which raises money for four human service agencies: a food bank, childcare and preschool center, medical clinic, and senior center.
On Friday Rachel heads back to the Market to do what she does best: hamming it up for the camera.
