Seattle May 2009 Retro Itinerary

This is the itinerary I used for my May 2009 trip to Seattle.  I no longer have electronic versions of earlier itineraries though I might have print versions somewhere.  Abbreviations as per the original itinerary for historical reasons, though I've resized it.  See the links for the trip reports posted to see how the itinerary compared to the actual day.  I do not recommend trying to use the timings listed as these were 2009 timings.  NOW in brackets is present day notes. 

May 10:

·  Arrive Coho around 10

·  Leave Victoria 10:30

·  Arrive Port Angeles 10:15

·  Visit Odyssey, E-Z Pawn, Port News & Books

·  Visit other pawn shop

·  Lunch at China First

·  Visit Blockbuster

·  Leave new transit center 3:10 (bus)

·  Arrive South Point 4:30

·  Leave South Point 4:40 (water shuttle)

·  Arrive Lofall 5:00

·  Leave Lofall (bus) 5:20

·  Arrive Bainbridge 6

·  Leave Bainbridge 6:30

·  Arrive Seattle 7:05

·  Arrive hostel 7:25 (check in, dinner)

·  Explore downtown 8:00

[Now: This route was only used during the Hood Canal Bridge closure. The hostel is the Green Tortoise.]

May 11

·  Visit Kerry Pt

·  If before 10 visit Easy St

·  Visit Space Needle

·  Visit Pacific Science Center

·  Arrange Ducks

·  Visit Sci-Fi if have ticket or Silver Platters

·  Ride Ducks

·  Visit Sci-Fi if have ticket or Silver Platters, then KCTS 9 Store, International Fountain, Easy St if not already, Twice Sold, Underdawg, Blockbuster, Olympic, Aquarium

·  Arrange Argosy Tour

·  Visit Columbia Center

·  Do Argosy if not already

·  In eve revisit Space Needle

[NOW: KCTS 9 Store now online only; The Queen Anne Twice Sold Tales, Blockbuster, and Underdawg Records are now closed.]

 

May 12

·  510 4^th & Union 8:56

·  Arrive Smith Ave & 33 St 9:41

·  20 Everett Station Bay 1 9:45; check for 701

·  Arrive Mall Station 10:10

·  Visit Half Price Books, Sam Goody, Borders, Comic Stop (no real order)

·  20 Mall Station 11:50

·  Arrive Everett Station Bay E1 12:12 or Everett/Cedar 12:22

·  Visit Bargain, Diversified, Loaner, South Music Everett Comics

·  201 Everett Station B4 2:09

·  Arrive Lynnwood Transit Center 2:44

·  Walk to: Barnes & Noble, FYE, Borders, Comic Stop (then can take 118 here or at 48^th Ave W and 196^th St SW)

·  Visit Psycho 5, Comic Café, Half Price Books, Reread, Lynnwood

·  114 196^th St & 76^th Ave W 4:50 to SR 99 & 196^th St SW 4:54, then 100 5:03 there to SR 99 & 238^th St 5:15 OR

·  115 196^th St & 76^th Ave W 4:32 to 200^th St SW & 64^th Ave W 4:39, then 100 4:54 SR 99 & 200^th St to SR 99 & 238^th St 5:05 then

·  Leave same 5:35 100 to Aurora Village Transit Center Bay 2 5:38, then Bay 10 N 200^th St 358 to 3^rd & Pike (5:55-6:40)

·  118 Hwy 99& 196^th SW at 4:51 pm

·  Arrive Lynnwood Transit Center Bay 1 5:05

·  511 Lynnwood Transit Center Bay D3 5:18

·  Arrive 5^th Ave & Pike St 5:50

[NOW: References to Diversified, Loaner, South Music refer to defunct stores, as to Psycho 5, Comic Café, and Lynnwood [Books]]

May 13

·  5 3^rd & Union 8:58

·  Arrive Phinney Ave N & N 55^th St 9:19

·  Enter zoo 9:30

·  Visit Video Isle, Wit`s End, Ophelia`s, Center, Lenin, Rocket, Dinosaurs, Rain City, JP, Waiting, Troll, Seattle Book

·  Walk/16 or 82, then 44 to Comics Dungeon, Hollywood, Wide World

·  Walk/26 to Gas Works Park

·  If downtownN 35^th & Wallingford Ave N to 3^rd Ave & Pine St or 5/55 Aurora Ramp & N 38^th St to 3^rd Ave & Pike St

·  If Seattle Center 30 N 35^th St & Stone Way N to Broad St & 5^th Ave N or 26/42 N 35^th & Wallingford Ave N to Dexter Ave & Denny Way

·  If U District, walk/26 Wallingford Ave & N35th St to Latona Ave NE & NE 45^th then NE 45^th St & Thackeray Way 44; Fremont Ave N & N 34^th St 30; or NE Ravenna Blvd & Woodlawn Ave NE 48; exit at University Way NE & NE 45^th St or 15^th Ave NE & NE 455^th St

[NOW: Wit’s End is now in Marysville. Rain City and all branches of Hollywood Video are now defunct.]

May 14:

·  28 3^rd Ave & Pike 8:43

·  Arrive 3^rd Ave NW & NW 117^th St 9:16

·  Walk to Carkeek Park

·  Walk/75 to Blockbuster if open (10 am)

·  Walk/48/82/355 to Elephant on Aurora

·  Walk to Blockbuster if now open

·  Walk/48/82/355 to Balderdash if open

·  Walk/48/82/355, then 358 to Pawn X-Change

·  Walk/358 to Aurora Loans, Blockbuster

·  Walk/358, 304, then 308 to Video Factory

·  Walk/242 then 41/243 to near Blockbuster

·  Walk to Pawn Xchange

·  Walk/take (many choices) to Garcia’s then Video Theater

·  Walk/785, 68 to Reckless Video

·  Walk to Silver Platters

·  Walk to Barnes & Noble

·  5, 41, 66 downtown, possibly from T-C

[NOW: Only the second Blockbuster is still in business if that. Garcia’s is/was Spanish only. Video Theater is defunct.]

May 15

·  550 University St Sta & Tunnel Sta Bay D 8:24

·  Arrive NE 4^th St & 105 Ave NE 8:53

·  Visit Bellevue Square, then Downtown Park, then Western Cash, then Barnes & Noble

·  Rosalie time permitting

·  Kelsey Creek Park Farm time permitting

·  Walk/233 to Pawn Xchange

·  Walk/233, then 229/245 to Crossroads (Blockbuster, Barnes & Noble, Silver Platters, Half Price)

·  Walk to Hanaro, Lake Hills

·  230 NE 8^th St & 156^th Ave NE 2:02

·  Arrive West Lake Sammamish & Leary Way 2:22

·  Visit Redmond Town Center (Borders, Half Price), Comic Stop, Blockbuster, Hollywood Video

·  545 NE Redmond Way & NE 79^th St 4:22

·  Arrive 5^th Ave & Pike St 5:16

[NOW: The two Blockbusters above are closed; all branches of Borders and Hollywood Video are now defunct.]

May 16

·  174 2^nd Ave & Pike St 9:36

·  Arrive East Marginal Way & S 94^th Pl 10:02

·  Walk to Museum of Flight

·  174 East Marginal Way & S 94^th Pl 12:09

·  Arrive 4^th Ave S & Michigan St 12:15

·  Visit American Pawn, then Fantagraphics

·  23 4^th Ave & S Michigan St 1:00

·  Exit 9^th & Holden

·  Walk/85 to 16^th Ave SW

·  128 16^th Ave SW & SW Holden St at 1:21

·  Arrive 44^th Ave SW & SW Alaska St 1:37

·  Walk/55, 85, 128 to Square One, Holy Cow, Easy St, Pegasus, Leisure, W Seattle Books, Arcane, Blockbuster

·  Walk/56, 775 to Alki, Birthplace, Liberty

·  Walk/775 to Seacrest Marina

·  Take water taxi downtown

[NOW: American Pawn, Square One Books, West Seattle Bookstore, and the West Seattle branches of Blockbuster and Arcane Comics are now closed. West Seattle’s Holy Cow Records is now Rubato Records.]

May 17

·  Leave 4^th Ave & Pike at 8:39 33 or 8:59 24

·  Arrive W Government Way & 36^th Ave W 9:02 or 34^th Ave W & W Government Way 9:24

·  Visit Discovery Park, Fish Ladder, Ballard Locks

·  Time permitting 17 to Nordic, Rain City

·  17 (if applicable) then 44 or 46 to market

·  Visit Abraxus, Ballard Books (if closed visit later?), Sonic Boom, Epilogue, Blockbuster, Arcane, Hollywood, Art Books

·  Walk/15 to Crown Hill

·  48, 81 Blockbuster, Dreamstrands, Squirrel’s

·  Walk/5, 82 to Arundel, Santaro’s

·  5/55 to 3^rd Ave & Pike St

·  Explore downtown ½ hour

·  39 3^rd Ave  & Pine St

·  Arrive at S Orca St & 55 Ave S 9:26

·  Walk to Seward Park

·  Walk/7, 9, later 34 Pathfinder, Bookworm, Hollywood, Pawn

·  Take 7 or 42/26 downtown

[NOW: Abraxus Books, Books. Epilogue Books, Ballard’s Blockbuster, all Hollywood Videos, Pathfinder are now closed. Since Arundel is downtown not sure why I put it there.]

May 18

·  594 2^nd Ave & Stewart St 7:53

·  Arrive Tacoma Dome Station E 8:50

·  Visit transit info center

·  41/11 Tacoma Dome Station D 9:05

·  Arrive 5810 N Pearl St/Pt Defiance 9:41

·  Visit zoo

·  11/41 5810 N Pearl/Pt Defiance 12:30

·  Arrive Puyallup Ave & E D St 1:08

·  Visit Tacoma Dome, Tacoma Book Center

·  Streetcar to glass bridge

·  Visit University Book Store, Visitor’s Info, Buzzard’s, Mother Records, King’s Books, Stadium Video

·  Go to Pacific Ave & S 19^th St 2:43 53 or Tacoma Ave & S 17^th St 2:50 3

·  Arrive Tacoma Mall Zone A 3:10 or G 3:07

·  Visit FYE and Suncoast in mall, then Half Price Books

·  3 Tacoma Mall TC Zone F 4:25

·  Arrive Commerce St Transfer Area Zone B 4:50

·  Leave Commerce St Transfer Area Zone D 5:04 590 or 5:19 594

·    Arrive 4^th Ave & Union 6:04/6:13

[NOW: Buzzard’s is now in Stadium Video; Mother Records and Tacoma’s Suncoast are now closed.]

May 19

·  Book Underground Tour

·  Visit Silver Cloud Hotel-Stad’m/Vickie 10:30

·  Walk to Pawn Pros, then Hollywood Video in Central District

·  Walk to Vina, Amazon.Com, Hing Pay Park, Uwaimaya (lunch), Pink Godzilla, Great Family, Power Video, Bk

·  Visit Rialto, Police Museum

·  Go up Smith Tower

·  Ride SLUT

[NOW: Vina, Great Family Video, Power Video, that other book store, and Rialto are now closed. Pink Godzilla is now pink Gorilla]

May 20

·  554 2^nd Ave & Stewart 8:35

·  Arrive Issaquah P&R AcRd & Bay 6 9:12

·  Walk to Cougar Mountain Zoological Park

·  Visit Funcoland, Wherehouse Music, Barnes & Noble, Blockbuster, Soundsations, Maple Leaf, Discover Books

·  554 Issaquah P&R Bay 2 2:35

·  Arrive Eastside P&R (14200) 2:49

·  Visit Blockbuster, Southgate, Mercer Slough

·  554 Eastside P&R 4:49

·  Arrive Mercer Island P&R 4:58

·  Visit Island Books, Hollywood Video

·  550 N Mercer Way & Mercer Is P&R WB 6:08

·  Arrive Westlake Sta & Tunnel Station 6:24

[NOW: Funcoland, Wherehouse Music, Isaquahs Blockbuister & Soundations, I think Maple Leaf Books, the Bellevue Blockbuster, and again Hollywood Video are now closed.]

May 21

·  73 Westlake Sta AcRd & Tunnel Bay A

·  Arrive NE Campus Pkwy & Brooklyn Bay 1

·  Explore University, visit HUB

·  Visit Barnes & Noble, then (adjust as per store hours), Magus, Bulldog, 2^nd Time Around, University Books, Twice Sold, Cellophane, Al’s, Blockbuster, Globe, Dreaming, Scarecrow, Cinema, Half Price, Wall of Death, Neptune, Zanadu

·  Arrive 15^th Ave NE & NE Campus Pkway

·  49 to 10^th Ave E & E Prospect St or 48 to 24^th Ave E and E Galer St

·  Visit Volunteer Park Tower

·  Walk/10 to Sonic Boom, On 15^th, Video Connection

·  Walk to Pop Machine, Twice Sold, Half Price, Vandeater, Hollywood, Bailey/Coy, Gruv, Broadway Market, Broadway News

·  Walk/9 to Jimi, Everyday, Blockbuster, Cal Anderson, Seattle U, City, Frye, Twice Sold, Capitol, Spine & Crown, Wall of Sound, Bauhaus

·  Head downtown

[NOW: University District’s Barnes & Noble, 2^nd Time Around Records, Cellophane Square, University District’s Twice Sold Tales, University District’s Blockbuster, Capitol Hill’s Sonic Boom Records, Video Connection, Vandeater, Hollywood Video again, Bailey/Boy Books, Gruv, Broadway Market. First Hill’s Blockbuster are now closed; Everyday Music has moved. University District’s Zanadu Comics is now the Comic Stop.]

 

May 22

·  Check out 5:10 or 5:50

·  Leave Seattle 5:30 or 6:10 (ferry)

·  Arrive Bainbridge 6:05 or 6:45

·  Leave Bainbridge 6:10 or 6:50 (bus)

·  Arrive Lofall 6:45 or 7:30

·  Leave Lofall 7 or 8 (water shuttle)

·  Arrive South Point 7:20 or 8:20

·  Leave South Point 7:30 or 8:30 (bus)

·  Arrive Port Angeles 8:50 or 9:50

·  Visit Port News & Books

·  Visit E-Z Pawn, Odyssey, time/energy permitting other pawn/China 1^st or Blockbuster

·  Leave Port Angeles 12:45

·  Arrive Victoria around 2:30

[NOW: Port Angeles’ Blockbuster is now closed.]

Bus Schedules Needed:

·  Metro: 5, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48, 49, 55, 56, 66, 68, 73, 75, 81, 82, 85, 128, 174, 229, 230, 233, 242, 243, 245, 304, 308, 355. 358, 775, 785

·  Sound Transit: 545, 510, 511, 550, 554, 590, 594

·  Everett Transit: 1, 20, 701

·  Community Transit: 100, 114, 118. 201

·  Pierce Transit: 3, 11, 41, 53