Seattle area Sugestions

l10 · 04-27-2005, 02:15 AM

fg 42
I don't know if you have been to Seattle before but I am guessing that you haven't.... so here goes the Chamber of Commerce routine......
If you like big guns try the Boeing Air Museum. They recently added a Vintage War birds section. It is a premier flight museum, Mercury Capsules, Space Station Mock Up, Antique airliners, a 707 that was once the Presidential Plane (Air Force One), F-14, A-6, B-17 and many, many, many more. Also great Civil Aviation Aircraft. It is well worth the visit.
Other nice to see places right downtown, (or very close) are the Pike Place Market and close by the art museum, symphony, and theatre. If Rock and Roll, Jazz and the like interest you then there is the Experience Music Project at the Seattle Center, by the Space Needle. It was built by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame. (The building takes some getting used to for most.) Their are also many other attractions in that general area.
Just over the hill from the center is Lake Union. It is a busy working lake with boats, seaplanes, etc. The Center for Wooden boats is on the north end just over the hill from the Space Needle. A nice little museum and co-op for antique wooden boats, small sailboat rentals and such.
Just a mile or so north of downtown are The Hiram Chittenden Locks, (Watch ships and boats come in from Pudget Sound to the Lake and see fish run the ladder in season) , on the way to the locks stop at Fishermen's Terminal Home port of the North Pacific Fishing Fleet (Where I work and which is a popular stop for tourist) or walk through Discovery Park which is just down the road from the locks. It used to be an Army Fort and is now a park. It has old officer row houses still used by Navy personnel, cliffs, a beach and a lighthouse. 580 acres, there is a visitor center where you can check out the park trails. (They held thousands of German and Italian POW's there during the war.)
Take a ride back and forth on the Seattle to Bainbridge Ferry from the dock right downtown Seattle. The weather is beautiful right now and if it holds you would enjoy the ride and beautiful view especially at sunset. Take the Seattle to Bremerton ferry and a short distance from the ferry is the Naval Shipyard with a few old WWll ships on display for touring. (Call about the times on that, call the Pudget Sound Naval Shipyard.) I haven't been there since they took the Mighty Mo away, ( BB-63 USS Missouri).
If you have a car drive up to the mountains and see Snoqualmie Falls. About 30 minutes east of Seattle, depending on traffic. It's a real pretty little falls, (edited from previous misreport

). Drive a a mile or two up the road from there to a couple of old logging towns with a number of nice old trains on display.
Lots of mountains, beaches, volcanoes and scenery if you have the time and transportation.

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04-27-2005, 02:15 AM	#2
l10 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	fg 42 I don't know if you have been to Seattle before but I am guessing that you haven't.... so here goes the Chamber of Commerce routine...... If you like big guns try the Boeing Air Museum. They recently added a Vintage War birds section. It is a premier flight museum, Mercury Capsules, Space Station Mock Up, Antique airliners, a 707 that was once the Presidential Plane (Air Force One), F-14, A-6, B-17 and many, many, many more. Also great Civil Aviation Aircraft. It is well worth the visit. Other nice to see places right downtown, (or very close) are the Pike Place Market and close by the art museum, symphony, and theatre. If Rock and Roll, Jazz and the like interest you then there is the Experience Music Project at the Seattle Center, by the Space Needle. It was built by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame. (The building takes some getting used to for most.) Their are also many other attractions in that general area. Just over the hill from the center is Lake Union. It is a busy working lake with boats, seaplanes, etc. The Center for Wooden boats is on the north end just over the hill from the Space Needle. A nice little museum and co-op for antique wooden boats, small sailboat rentals and such. Just a mile or so north of downtown are The Hiram Chittenden Locks, (Watch ships and boats come in from Pudget Sound to the Lake and see fish run the ladder in season) , on the way to the locks stop at Fishermen's Terminal Home port of the North Pacific Fishing Fleet (Where I work and which is a popular stop for tourist) or walk through Discovery Park which is just down the road from the locks. It used to be an Army Fort and is now a park. It has old officer row houses still used by Navy personnel, cliffs, a beach and a lighthouse. 580 acres, there is a visitor center where you can check out the park trails. (They held thousands of German and Italian POW's there during the war.) Take a ride back and forth on the Seattle to Bainbridge Ferry from the dock right downtown Seattle. The weather is beautiful right now and if it holds you would enjoy the ride and beautiful view especially at sunset. Take the Seattle to Bremerton ferry and a short distance from the ferry is the Naval Shipyard with a few old WWll ships on display for touring. (Call about the times on that, call the Pudget Sound Naval Shipyard.) I haven't been there since they took the Mighty Mo away, ( BB-63 USS Missouri). If you have a car drive up to the mountains and see Snoqualmie Falls. About 30 minutes east of Seattle, depending on traffic. It's a real pretty little falls, (edited from previous misreport ). Drive a a mile or two up the road from there to a couple of old logging towns with a number of nice old trains on display. Lots of mountains, beaches, volcanoes and scenery if you have the time and transportation.