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Washington
November 22 - 26, 2017 |
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November 22 (Wednesday): The Seattle Underground | |||||||||
Since my brother and his wife came to visit Connie and I last Thanksgiving, we decided to visit them this year. It was also our chance to meet our new nephew (and Zack's cousin). One of my cousins came as well. Since we arrived on Tuesday night, we decided to spend Wednesday doing some sightseeing in Seattle. Noah recommended an underground tour (there's several), so that's where we all headed after taking the ferry into the city. |
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November 23 (Thursday): Thanksgiving | |||||||||
Thanksgiving was, of course, the main reason for our trip. In addition to myself, Connie, and Zack, my brother's family, and my cousin, my aunt and uncle (the parents of said cousin) came as well, along with a couple of my brother's friends. So we had a fairly big group. It was a fun day. I cooked, we played some Catan, had a great meal, and so on. Not a whole lot to say, but it was a good Thanksgiving. |
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November 24 (Friday): Tacoma | |||||||||
My aunt, uncle, and cousin left, leaving just myself, Connie, my brother and his wife, and the babies. In the end, we didn't really want to go into downtown Seattle, or do any Black Friday shopping, but we didn't really want to just sit around all day either. So we ended up going to Tacoma, which is the nearest small city / large town to where my brother lives. After lunch at a nice Asian fusion place, we headed to the Museum of Glass. It features a gallery with works by Chihuly and several other glass artists. The gallery isn't huge, but it had some interesting pieces. There was also the glass bridge outside. Unfortunately, the bridge itself is not made of glass, but it does have more glass on display along the sides and a Chihuly designed ceiling. Back inside the museum, the biggest draw is the glass workshop, which features multiple glass artisans working on a variety of projects for most of the day. When we were there, they were making a solid glass guitar. It was interesting to watch the process, though we didn't stay to see the entire thing (that would have taken hours). I wouldn't really say that the glass museum is worth a detour from Seattle (especially considering that there's an entire Chihuly museum near the Space Needle) but, if you want to watch the show, it's not a bad place to visit if you happen to be in the Tacoma area. |
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November 25 (Saturday): Seattle Parks | |||||||||
The synagogue we went to was either in or near Seattle (though not the downtown area) so we decided to do a bit more sightseeing afterwards. I'll note that we had to drive to these places, as they weren't really within walking distance of downtown, or each other, for that matter. Out first stop was Gas Works Park. If you couldn't guess from the name, it's an abandoned gas works that was changed into a public park. While the rusty tanks and equipment were fenced off, they were rather cool to see and gave the place a neat vibe (sort of the whole green post-apocalypse thing). The park also features great views of the bay (or is it a sound or something?) with downtown Seattle in the background. It was a cold day, so we didn't stay too long, but Gas Works park is a neat place to walk around and take some pictures. Getting back in the car, we drove over the the locks. Locks, in this case, refer to the locks used in canals and rivers to raise and lower boats so they can move between uneven parts of the water way. Kind of interesting, and you can watch the locks work when a boat comes along, but I'm not sure they really should qualify as a tourist attraction. And that was it for the day. We headed home the following evening (after a fairly lazy day) so I could get back in time for Monday's classes. While I still haven't spent all that much time in Washington State, there's certainly a lot of fun things to see and do there. Though I'd really recommend trying to time any trips to the Seattle area during the 3 months or so of good weather that they get in the summer. |
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