Photographs Seattle with tower and ferry

[Barbarian]

This is from my son's apartment in West Seattle. Seattle is to the right of the frame, and Bremerton is to the left.

 

[Barbarian]

I should plan a flight to sea tac and do the honors .my photos will do it justice ,take the trolley to it and there ya go .

The light rail station is right at SeaTac, and you can ride all the way through Seattle. If you get off at the Capitol Hill station, you can pick up a bus to Pike's Market easily. It's not an auto-friendly town; but between light rail, bus, and trolleys, it's easy to get around. You should probably ride the South Lake Union Transit, (now renamed the South Lake Union Ground Transit) just to say you did.

My older son still lives up on Capitol Hill. He says most of the excitement from protests is over, and things are getting back to normal. I'm not sure "normal" will ever apply to Capitol Hill, but it's worth visiting. Lost Lake Cafe and Lounge is a great spot, mostly frequented by locals. Good selection of beers and the chicken fried steak or eggs Benedict are good choices.

And you might want to visit this guy:

The infamous Fremont Troll. And yes, that's a real Volkswagen in his grip.

 

[Barbarian]

Seattle with Cascades. Relatively rare clear day.

 

[jasonc]

There's such a ferry at Los Ebanos in the Rio Grande Valley. It's pretty much a wooden deck on metal barrels for floatation, and pulled across the river on a rope.

you,should take the road from,Snohomish to,some tiny,town that crosses the Snohomish river on,a corduroy road ,the bridge had no,rail and was a swing bridge of one lane and at 2 am,over the rapids and the business of a log road after it rained
fun.most of old Florida roads until,the cars and modernization ,even with bricks were like that

 

[Barbarian]

East of Snohomish, it gets pretty Idaho.

 

[jasonc]

East of Snohomish, it gets pretty Idaho.

cordaroy roads are well 19th century and prior they are where they put logs in the road where a marsh is and ususally in florida used palmetto trees or pines and they would take a wagon with chickens over them and if the chickens bounced of the back the logs had to be replaced or also if they shifted off the path. imagine a horse trying move a wagon over those.

the ft.basinger to ft.vinton path used and in existance after the 1900s had this and many other roads in florida, even with the seminole war bases gone. im sure in the 1930s with the ft.drum to quay(winter beach) this was still the case, if it was newer it was brick and in parts of orlando when the weather washes roads out underneath the asphalt bricks will be found and that is still used in tampa. there is a tiny portion of this in bushnell and near palatka, florida where you can drive this. you aint going past 20. then again a model a or t werent known for going past 45.

 

[stovebolts]

Wow, they painted it! It looks great!

 

[stovebolts]

Prices are now touristy. But you can get Copper River Salmon for a reasonable price. It's amazingly good.

Yeah, I can see prices went up. I think I can get a better deal at Costco!

 

[stovebolts]

Beautiful!

 

[stovebolts]

That's a great picture! And it's a nice day!

 

[stovebolts]

This one is from my son's apartment on Capitol Hill. The view no longer exists; developers threw up a high-rise in front of it. He now lives across the Sound in West Seattle.

I'm thinking they cleaned up Capitol hill. Back in the 90's it wasn't the best place to live. Well, some parts of it anyway.

 

[Barbarian]

I'm thinking they cleaned up Capitol hill. Back in the 90's it wasn't the best place to live. Well, some parts of it anyway.

My oldest son has been there since the early 2000s. He loves it. Hates that they are gentrifying it.

 

[stovebolts]

My oldest son has been there since the early 2000s. He loves it. Hates that they are gentrifying it.

What do you mean gentrifying it?

 

[jasonc]

What do you mean gentrifying it?

growing it and leveling old buildings to do,that .a problem I see in my county

 

[Barbarian]

stovebolts said:

What do you mean gentrifying it?

Tearing down historical old buildings, throwing up high-rise apartments for kids coming out of college to work for Amazon, removing old bars and restaurants and then complaining that the area is losing it's character.

It was an amazing place, weird and friendly the way Austin, Texas is weird and friendly. Austin is also getting the same pressure. People love the ambience, but they don't want the people and places that gave it the ambience.

 

[Barbarian]

growing it and leveling old buildings to do,that .a problem I see in my county

Yep. You end up with a plastic replica of the real thing. And it's a shame. When I was visiting my oldest son, I'd take dog walking each morning. Burroughs was spooked by homeless people, and would see them sleeping in doorways long before I would, and he'd just pull to let me know we should go to the other side of the street.

Only saw one agressive person, who cussed me out for not putting clothes on my dog. She then walked in front of a trolley, and cussed out the trolley. The operator (and passengers) just calmly waited until she moved on.

I love that neighborhood. Lots of neat little bars and restaurants, and incredibly, just by the college, a Panera. I have no idea why it's there. Never saw very many people in it.