phkoning@watdragon.UUCP (Peter Koning) (03/04/86)
Does anyone out there know of anything neat to see or do while in & around Seattle, Washington? A couple of us will be out there the third week of March. We'll have a day to waste and will have a rented car too, so getting somewhere shouldn't be a problem. If we see anything interesting, we'll post it to the net later. Thanks in advance, Peter Koning
maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) (03/10/86)
> > Does anyone out there know of anything neat to see or do while in & around > Seattle, Washington? A couple of us will be out there the third week of March. Make sure to bring along a bicycle. Seattle was judged to be the best city for bicycling in the US according to Cycling magazine. We have numerous bicycle trails throughout the Puget sound area and we have beutifull countryside well within one day's cycling distance from downtown. Most of our roads are plenty wide and many of our drivers are bicycle concious. Mark Allyn uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa
ingrid@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (the Real Swede) (03/11/86)
> > Does anyone out there know of anything neat to see or do while in & around > Seattle, Washington? A couple of us will be out there the third week of March. > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter Koning I've lived here all of my 27 years....it's a great place and I hope you like it. I can't mail to you; our outside mail doesn't work too great. Some fun things to do: Take a ferry ride. They leave from downtown Seattle at the bottom of James Street. It's fun to walk on; you can park on the street, south of the term- inal. Take the Bremerton ferry for an hour's ride through Puget Sound. Bremerton is a navy town...lots of Navy ships are usually docked there. There's a small ferry you can take across the bay to Port Orchard. It's a cold wind that blows across the water--if you want to stand outside while on the boat, have a ski jacket or warm clothes with a windshell on top. If you come to Seattle, you've just GOTTA go up in the Space Needle. I think it costs three bucks for the elevator ride; but it's worth it. The Space Needle is at the site of what was the 1962 World's Fair. There's a small amusement park there; also an excellent science center with a great theatre. Make sure and ride the monorail to downtown (another tourist thing!); then walk about four blocks West to the area of the Pike Place Market--a wonderful farmer's market. It's usually only open weekends; mornings (10:00 AM) are fun because you can watch them set up their wares. This isn't our best section of town though--don't hang out here after dark! From the Market, you can head South on 1st Avenue to Pioneer Square. There are "Underground" tours you can take, to see what the town was like before the big fire. Pioneer Square puts you within two blocks of the ferry terminal, so you could make a circuit tour, if ya start out early!!! call if you need info. ingrid tenggren (Data I/O's Real Swede) 206-881-6444 ext.296 South on 1st avenue to Pioneer Sqa
guy@slu70.UUCP (03/19/86)
In article <497@ssc-bee.UUCP>, maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) writes: > > > > Make sure to bring along a bicycle. Seattle was judged to be the best city > for bicycling in the US according to Cycling magazine. We have numerous > bicycle trails throughout the Puget sound area and we have beutifull countryside > well within one day's cycling distance from downtown. Most of our > roads are plenty wide and many of our drivers are bicycle concious. Make sure you bring good raingear and gearing for some steep (if short) hills. The Burke-Gilman trail is o.k. only if you don't mind dodging large numbers of joggers, roller skaters, old ladies with dogs, etc., unless they've cleaned it up since I left four years ago. Don't assume *too* much about the bicycle consiousness of the drivers. One of them deliberately rear-ended me. Otherwise, I strongly second the recommendation. I loved riding ( and living) in Seattle and I deeply regret the fact that this is no longer the case. My favorite rides, by the way, were Bainbridge Island and southern Whidbey Island, accessible by ferry.