Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/19/21 12:08 PM
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Seattle is an expensive freak show
I'd dedicate one day and one day only down town and spend the rest of the time elsewhere .
Pike street market is worth seeing once , maybe hit the Crab pot for lunch or dinner . It's a feast fit for a king but expect to pay for it ..........
If you get a little south the Columbia River and water falls on both the Oregon and Washington sides are worth checking out
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/19/21 12:18 PM
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Seriously, I would avoid Seattle completely. There is nothing worth seeing or doing there. Traffic on I5 is unbelievable. Get on the first ferry you can and take it to Kingston or Port Townsend and then drive out the peninsula to Olympic park. Better yet, stay in Idaho and Montana.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/19/21 12:20 PM
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Great..... Was thinking of going to Pike Place Market.... Been a long time since I was there, and I went to Pike Market. I found it interesting with many things there, from live music to art, all the fresh foods, produce , everything imaginable. The places to get fresh seafood were also great....BUT.....that was a long time ago. With the recent tirades happening there, and the real possibility of Seattle frowning bigly on concealed carry , even from out of state , would no doubt pose a safety challenge. Even with my Utah CCW, which covers even begrudging Washington, I'm betting Seattle proper wouldn't want the law-abiding armed citizen in concealed carry. And I will not go anywhere without protection . Especially to an area that is known for out of the blue trouble. Too bad, too. Pike Market has a lot of interesting things to do. Call the city police dept and ask them about any questions along these lines if you want, see what they say. I have done that traveling through other states , you'd be surprised at how well they want to cooperate with you. They appreciate the asking contact. My motto for everything ....it doesn't hurt to ask.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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This is so sad. In 1967, I was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA for close to a year. Seattle was a beautiful city at that time. Since they were so close together, we referred to Seattle as heaven and Tacoma as he**. Seattle had it's clean streets, newer contemporary buildings, space needle, etc. Tacoma's streets were dirty, buildings were run down, lots of homeless people, etc.
I haven't been back since, but from everything I hear, Seattle is more like Tacoma was back 1967. Not a good or safe place to visit anymore. It's sad to see a once beautiful city deteriorate. I wonder, what's Tacoma like now, just as bad?
Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/19/21 02:14 PM
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Seriously, I would avoid Seattle completely. There is nothing worth seeing or doing there. Traffic on I5 is unbelievable. Get on the first ferry you can and take it to Kingston or Port Townsend and then drive out the peninsula to Olympic park. Better yet, stay in Idaho and Montana. Seeing Olympic Park really is the thing to do. It is an amazing place and takes time to tour around there. And I would think it is also a different world as to safety , compared to the city. Only in rare places will you ever see such immense Cedar and Hemlock trees. My favorites. Giant cedars and Hemlocks are indigenous in the whole NW , on up into coastal BC. They are something to see. Along with the big coastal mountains. As far as diving, yes I5 is hyped driving. Actually, I get used to it after I tighten my racing helmet and driving gloves After you learn to breathe and ramp up your BP , driving at Mach 1, you begin to feel there is a rhythm pulse to the driving style. Most adhere to that unspoken considerate style , and once you get the feel of it, it is doable, well, for me it is. The times I don't like it especially , are the ones who don't adhere to safe, but fast driving , and do things in sudden movements that are risky. Driving a big F250 gets respect. Which is what I drove when I was there years ago. Just breathe, and have your mirrors in perfect adjustment , and you should be fine.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/19/21 06:56 PM
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Heading west for a family vacation next month to the area. Plan on spending some time in Seattle, Mt. Ranier area, and Olympic National Park.
Anyone ever been?
Anything we should avoid? Yes, avoid Seattle But be sure to visit Mount Rainier, and maybe do the Cascade loupe drive; highway 20 over the North Cascades highway then south on 397 then back west over highway 2, you won't be disappointed. When specifically in June will you be out here? How long? I was up at our property just this morning, half a mile from Rainier National Park. Camp on our place if you'd like.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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05/20/21 01:47 AM
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KSP107 Hey, don't let us scare you from heading out this way, it's just that we all like to hate on Seattle; not really Seattle, but the people who have moved into Seattle in the past 20 years or so. We hate on Seattle for good reason.
However, Washington along with California (hate to admit it) are probably the two most beautiful States in the lower 48, both with more natural diversity than anywhere else in the USA.
You can get out of Seattle pretty fast; a few years ago I shot a 6x6 elk 18 miles east of Seattle, and the pictures I posted above are only 38 miles from Seattle. If you are headed out to the Olympic Peninsula you will find plenty of wild out there too.
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Re: Family Vacation- Seattle/Mt.Ranier
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Pacific science center,zoo and aquarium are nice. Panhandlers can be aggressive at times but I've never had a problem. I have two kids and four grandkids there so we visit several times a year. We do spend most of the time at the kids' houses.
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