UPDATED: February 5, 2022
This is the tenth of a
series of posts dealing my fifth trip to Seattle and second of two trips that
year. I’ve made minor corrections to these reports. Also, I’ve added additional
thoughts with the hindsight of three years later or to add further
clarification.
I went to the
Locks/Fish Ladder one more time and watched a few fish. Then I walked to the Ballard branch of
OfficeMax and got a few more of the memory cards that are on sale (photos),
then walked to Fremont, buying a Slurpee from a 7-11/Jack in the Box combo
along the way (hadn't realized they were affiliated).
In Fremont, took pics
of the plant dinosaurs, the Fremont Rocket from a distance, the Waiting for the
Interurban statue, the JP Patches & Gertrude: Late for the Interurban
Statue, then the Fremont Troll statue, which was partly blocked by a truck
until you got close.
I walked along Aurora,
did a quick visit to Green Lake, then spent a little under 3 hours next door at
Woodland Park Zoo. The cats in
particular were taking cat naps. The
grizzly bears used the water to stay cool.
Other animals I'm not sure how they dealt with the heat, though luckily
there was a breeze today.
[NOW: I no longer visit there due to a dead cat skin being prominently displayed in one visit (they didn't kill it).
After the zoo I walked
back down to Fremont proper, visiting Video Isle, Jive Time Records, Ophelia’s
Books (got permission to take kitty pics), Fremont Book Center, the VI Lenin
statue (which is considered a temporary exhibit and can be yours to own for
$250,000; I imagine the shipping would need to be negotiated), and the Rocket.
I had lunch at the Taco del Mar behind Lenin, visited Rain City Video, then
walked to Gas Works Park.
[NOW: The Fremont Book
Center, Video Isle, Rain City Video and that area’s Taco del Mar are now closed. Gas
Works Park is in Wallingford, just east of Fremont.]
I risked drinking the
water from the water fountain there despite all the rusty pipes in the area,
and watched Blue Angels (planes like the snow angels) flying around Lake Union
(also float planes).
I walked up the
Wallingford Steps and headed to a bus stop, where I took a bus a little south
of downtown, the Pioneer District (I rode for free because the ORCA reader
wasn't reading my card). I visited
Waterfall Garden Park, then walked to the International District, where I
visited Hing Hay Park and Pink Godzilla (hopefully Toho won't find out about
this place and sue for copyright infringement.
[NOW: The bus was
King County Metro Transit; 26 I think. Perhaps
because of the legal matters, Pink Godzilla is now Pink Gorilla]
To save a couple of
minutes, I went down the transit tunnel in that district just in time to take a
light rail one stop to the Pioneer District, where I visited Elliott Bay Book
Company.
[NOW: That light rail
is Sound Transit, probably starting in Tukwila International Blvd Station that
year and now Angle Lake. Elliott Bay Book Company is now in Capitol Hill.]
Back downtown I went
up the 73rd story of Columbia Center and got a few shots, visited Pike Place
Market and Swerve, then walked to the Queen Anne District, where I visited
Underdawg Records, then the book store that used to be Twice Sold Tales (still
no sign of a cat), then Easy Street Records where I bought a couple of DVDs.
[NOW: Swerve, Underdawg
Records, and Queen Anne's Easy Street Records are now closed. The former Mercer branch of Twice Sold Tales is Mercer
Street Books.]
I walked to Silver
Platters and bought a DVD and a Jones drink, then walked to Seattle
Center. There I got another meal at the
Orange Julius and took it to the International Fountain, where I found myself
struggling to stay awake despite the breeze.
Guess it's just been a long trip.
[Silver Platters moved to 1st Ave S. Orange Julius closed when Center House became Seattle Center Armory.]
I visited Abraxus
Books and Metropolitan Grocery, then took a bus back to Ballard, got a couple
of drinks at the 7-11, then walked back to the hostel a bit early to give
myself time to pack (I have to get up at 4:30 am tomorrow if I want to play it
safe and catch the first ferry tomorrow instead of the second.)
[NOW: Abraxus Books is now closed. The bus was King County Metro Transit.]
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