Earl Krueger on sat 10 mar 12
For those who have never been to Seattle and are planning on walking, it
may be only a few blocks from the waterfront to where you are going but it
could be up a hill so steep I find it scary to drive.
Check before setting out.
You've been warned!
Earl
Building a quick release street anchor
for my car.
Gayle Bair on sun 11 mar 12
It's true that we have some San Francisco-ish hills but it's also true that
there free bus rides in town!
For details see:
http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/ridefree.html
I have walked from the ferry dock up to the convention center area.....
it's doable (unless you are hauling a potter's wheel or slab roller!;-0)
Some tips:
There are definitely areas that "change" after dark! You want to be alert
and ideally not walking alone. Also there are more homeless now but no more
than I have seen in most cities.
If you are driving be alert to one way streets. Note.... parking in Seattle
has gotten pretty expensive. I will likely not drive over from Bainbridge
at all and just hoof it or grab a bus to the convention center.
If you are flying into Seattle hopefully you will be picked up by your
hotel van. If not and you are on a budget consider taking the light rail
from the airport to town. You'll get a great visual tour of Seattle as much
of it is elevated and only costs a few dollars (something like 75 cents if
you are a senior citizen). A cab will cost close to $40.
Seattle is a great city my kids (27 & 32yrs old) love living in the area. I
love Bainbridge Island..... for me it's become one huge family (pop. about
22,000). Ferry ride between Seattle and Bainbridge takes 35 minutes & if
it's a clear day you'll see great views of the Olympics, Mt Rainier and
skyline of Seattle. If you are very lucky you might see orcas or whales or
massive numbers of jellyfish!
Gayle.... who drives up them thar hills in Seattle. Just be glad NCECA is
not in the winter. There must be some utube video of the buses coming down
hills sideways. That was shortly before they suspended the service for the
day!
On BI where I don't know if we even have one snow plow.... so we just
hunker down for the day and don't go out unless it's to play in the snow.
Gayle Bair Pottery
gayle@claybair.com
www.claybair.com
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Earl Krueger wrote:
> For those who have never been to Seattle and are planning on walking, it
> may be only a few blocks from the waterfront to where you are going but i=
t
> could be up a hill so steep I find it scary to drive.
>
> Check before setting out.
> You've been warned!
>
> Earl
> Building a quick release street anchor
> for my car.
>
douglas fur on mon 12 mar 12
Earl et al
Them hills...
Slow down, walk backwards and enjoy the view.
(let me tell you about "side hill runners" some time.)
There are also various schemes to use public use buildings, entering on the
downhill floor taking an elavator or escalator to the next street level and
then crossing the street to the next building..
Today's weather is mid 40's and spitting rain- you're more likely to get
wet steaming up inside a rain coat than from the rain. Old timers would
just wear a wool coat, figgering the heat of working would dryout the rain
that soaked in...
DRB
Seola Creek
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