Seems like every day we see a yellow helicopter flying over Wallingford and wonder, “Is it a news chopper? Medic? What could it be?”

The answer, as with so many questions, was just a Google search away.

That’s a tour helicopter, which explains why we’re seeing it a lot more in the summer. We must spot (and hear) the helicopter on its way to Green Lake or the UW, in a tour package that includes the Space Needle, Lake Union, Lake Washington, Snoqualmie Falls, Ballard Locks and Elliott Bay Marina.