Saturday, October 20, 2012

Seattle Trip Summer 2011 Itinerary


This is the itinerary I used for my July 2011 trip to Seattle.  Abbreviations as per the original itinerary for historical reasons.  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 2011 timings.  NOW in brackets is present day notes. 

Books/Booklets Needed:  Metro Transit (MT 1,2,3,5,13,16,17,18,19,26,28,30,31,33,36,39,43,44,51,54,55,56,68,128,140,180,181,209,221,230,253,358,372,917,Cen)
Sound Transit (ST) Pierce Transit (PT) Jefferson Transit (JT) Clallum Transi (ClT) Kitsap Transit (KT): 90 Olympia Transit (OT) Everett Transit (ET) Community Transit (CT) Island Transit (IT) Washington State Ferry (WF) Thomas Guide: Snohomish, King, Pierce (SKP) Thomas Guide: Pacific Northwest (NW) Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle (NFT)   ½=Half Price BB=Blockbuster CA=Cash America Pawn BN=BN/Noble CH=City Hostel IF=International Fountain TP=Torchlight Parade McD=McDonald’s ()-Bay/Zone Dtn=Downtown  Always: 4+  memory cards, 5+ batteries, VISA, US$, cameras, ORCA, keycard


Mon July 25 Arrival     HANDY:ClT, JT, IT, CT, ST, SKP, MT:2, 3,13
Coho ferry terminal Victoria 5:40 arrive/6:10 -->same Port Angeles just before 8
30 Gateway TC 8:00-->7th/Washington 8:28-->McD, Rite, Walgreens,Seal,Staples
8 Sequim TC 9:43 --> Port Townsend Park/Ride 10:30  
11 same 10:30 --> Water/Quincy 10:39
Ferry 1301 Water St 11:15 --> Keystone ferry terminal 11:50
6 same 12:00 --> Coupeville Park/Ride 12:18
1 12:27 --> Clinton Ferry Terminal 1:20
Ferry same 1:30 --> Mukilteo ferry terminal 1:50   clud
113 Hwy 525/Front St 1:57/2:17 --> Lynnwood TC 2:48/3:09
511 same (D3) 3:03/3:18 --> 5th Ave/Pine St 3:37/3:52
13/3/2 3rd Ave/Pike St 3:49/3:49/4:01-->3rd Ave/Bell St 3:53/3:54/4:05-->CH,IF,CH

Tues Jul 26 Seatac/Tukwila/Burien/NormandyPk/Auburn/Algona/Pacific/FederalWy
PACK:ST,SKP,MT:Cen,5,33,140,180,181, 917
19 3rd Ave/Bell St 8:33 --> 3rd Ave/Pine St 8:35
Central Westlake Stn (C) 8:48 --> Tukwila Int Blvd Stn 9:22
140 same (2) 9:30 --> Strander Blvd/Andover Park W 9:40-->BN,Park,½,Borders
140 Andover Park W/Strander Blvd 10:38 --> SW 156th St/1st Ave S 10:57
BB, Page 3, Normandy Park, CA, Burien Books, Platinum
180 Burien TC (6) 12:31 --> Auburn Sounder Stn (2) 1:33 --> Comstock
917 Auburn Sounder(4) 2:16-->Milwaukee Blvd S/Warde St 2:27-->Algona Park,Pacific
917 Milwaukee Blvd S/Ellingson Rd 2:50 --> A St SW/2nd St SW 3:02
181 same 3:13-->Federal Way TC (3)3:37-->Al’s,Action,Pawn Pros,CA,Fantas’m
182 Pacific Hwy/S 336th St 4:23 --> Federal Way TC (3) 4:30
578 same (7) 4:53  --> 4th Ave/Union St 5:30
33 4th/University 5:38 --> Denny Way/Broad St 5:47 --> IF, CH
[NOW; Borders is now defunct.  Burien’s Blockbuster is now gone. Page 3 should actually be Page 2 Books.]

Wed July 27 Marysville/Everett/Lynnwood/NSeattle ST,CT,ET,SKP,NFT,MT:5,54,358
54 3rd Ave/Bell St 8:14 --> 3rd Ave/Pike St 8:18
510 4th Ave/Union St 8:25 --> Everett Station (A4) 9:09
201 same (C3) 9:28 --> State Ave/100th St NE 9:47 --> McD, Kmart
201 State Ave/100th St NE 10:16 --> State Ave/Grove 10:20 --> Wit’s End, CA, other pawn
201 State Ave/Grove 10:35 --> Everett Station (B2) 10:54
9 Smith Ave/33rd (E1) 11:03 --> Broadway/19th 11:15 --> CA, Buy/Sell, Bargain
17 Everett Ave/Lombard Ave 11:41/25 Colby/25th 11:42--> Wetmore/Hewitt 11:43/11:44  Everett Comics
7 Hoyt Ave/Hewitt 12:15 --> Smith Ave/33rd (E1) 12:21
701 Everett Stn (D4)12:31-->Everett Mall 12:43-->Comic Stop,Borders,½, lunch
17 Everett Mall 1:20 --> Everett Station (D3) 1:48
202 same (B2) 1:54 --> Alderwood Mall 2:22 --> FYE
115 33rd Ave W/188th St SW 2:57 --> A 200th St SW/64th Ave W 3:19 --> ½
CSwift Crossroads SB Stn/196th St SW 3:48 --> Aurora Village TC 4:01
358 same (10) 4:06 --> Aurora Ave N/N 85th St 4:36
5 N 85th St/Aurora Ave N 4:43 --> Greenwood Ave N/N 85th St 4:47
Balderdash, BB, Dreamstrands, Squirrel’s, Santoro’s, Greenwood Parade
5 Greenwood Ave N/N 80th St 8:05 --> A Wall St/5th Ave 8:23 --> IF, CH
[NOW: Borders is now defunct. Balderdash Books is gone but 50c Books is in its place. ]

Thur July 28 Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater    PACK: ST, OT, NW, MT: 358
590 2nd Ave/Lenora St 6:34 --> Tacoma Dome Stn (E) 7:29
603 same (C) 7:42 --> Capitol Wy/Maple Pk 8:40-->Subway,Capitol,Heritage Fn
48 Olympia TC 9:45 --> Westfield Mall 9:58 --> Borders, BB?
48 Westfield Mall 10:28 --> Olympia TC 10:40
66 same 10:45 --> A Lacey TC(J)11:05 --> Olympic, Boomerang
66/13 Lacey TC (D) 12:20 -->Capitol/W Lee 1:00-->Lunch,Tumwater Video, BB
13 Capitol/W Lee 2:17 --> Olympia TC 2:40 --> Star Wars, Phantom City, De Colores, Fireside,Browsers,Danger Room,Rainy Day,Last Word; ?:walk/62/64/66 A20, CA
603 Olympic TC 4:35 --> A Tacoma Dome Stn 5:45 (E)
594 same (B) 6:01 --> 4th Ave S/S Jackson St 6:42
36/1 S Jackson St/5th Ave S 6:49 --> Broad St/2nd Ave 7:03 --> IF, CH
[NOW: Borders is now defunct. Tumwater Video, Tumwatyer’s Blockbuster, Fireside Books, A20 are now gone.]

Fri July 29 Snoqualmie/Issaquah/Duvall/Bellevue
PACK:ST,SKP,NFT MT:19,209, 221, 230, 253
554 Lenora St/4th Ave 7:31 --> E Sunset/Rainier 8:13
209 Front St S/W Sunset Way 8:36 --> SR 202/SE King St 9:03 --> Isadora’s
209 Transit Rd/SE King 9:38 --> A Issaquah TC (3) 10:15 Cougar Mtn
271 Issaquah TC  (4) 11:43 --> Eastgate P&R (1) 12:08
221 same (2) 12:17 --> 148th Ave NE/Main St 12:28 --> DVD Now, Duvall Books, lunch
221 148th Ave NE/Main St 1:27 --> Redmond Wy/159thAve NE 1:54 --> ½, Borders
253 SR 202/NE 79th St 2:35 --> NE 8th St/156th Ave NE 3:08 --> BB,Silver Platters, ½, BN
230 NE 8th St/156th Ave NE 3:58 --> Bellevue TC (10) 4:14
222 same (1) 4:20 --> Bellevue Way SE/Main St 4:22 --> Downtown Park, BN
550 Bellevue TC (9) 4:55 --> University St Stn (B) 5:26
19 4th Ave/Union St 5:38 --> Denny Way/Broad St 5:47 --> IF, CH
[NOW: Isadora’s, Crossroads’ Blockbuster are now closed. Borders is now defunct.]

Sat July 30 Dtn/Alki/Torchlight Parade    PACK: NFT MT: 18, 55, 56, 128
TP set-up, Dtn inc Pike Place Market
54 3rd Ave/Pike St 12:00 --> Alaska Jn (3) 12:18 --> Pegasus,Leisure,Easy,Rubato,Safeway
55 Alaska Junction Bay 6 1:43 --> California Ave SW/SW Lander St 1:50
56 SW Admiral Way/California Av 1:58 --> Alki Av SW/63rd Av SW 2:03
Alki/Birthplace/Art/Liberty/Pepperdock
56 Alki Ave SW/61st Ave SW 3:12--> 3rd/Pike 3:45-->TP set-up,IF,dinner (4:45ish),TP,CH
[NOW: Rubato Records is now closed. The above West Seattle’s Safeway no longer has a pop machine with a mystery button.]

Sun July 31 Ballard/Fremont/Gas Works/Seward  NFT MT:17,26,28,33, 39, 44, Towel
TP aftermath
17 Blanchard St/4th Ave 8:31 --> 8th Ave NW/NW Market St 8:46
44 NW Market St/8th Ave NW 8:54 --> 32nd Ave NW/NW Market St 9:01 -->  Fish/locks
Walk/44 NW 54th St/30th Ave NW 10:05 --> NW Market St/Ballard Ave NW 10:07
Seafoodfest, Sonic Bm, Moviecycle, Arcane, BB
44 NW Market St/15th  Ave 11:38 --> MW Market St/8th Ave 11:40
28 8th Ave NW/NW Market St 11:49 --> N 36th St/Phinney Ave N 11:54
Dinosaurs, Rocket, Lenin, lunch, Opheila’s, Jive, Rapunzel, JP, Troll
26 N 35th St/Troll Ave N 1:40 --> Wallingford Ave N/N 35th St 1:42 --> Gas Works Park
26 N 35th St/Wallingford Ave N 2:37 --> 3rd Ave/Union St 2:57
39 same 3:10 --> S Orcas St/55th Ave S 3:42 --> Seward Park
39/33 Seward Park Ave S/S Orcas St 5:19 --> Denny Wy/Broad St 5:57 --> IF, CH
[NOW: Seafoodfest is now held at a different time of year. Moviecycle, Ballard’s Blockbuster are now closed.]

Mon Aug 1 Tacoma/Puyallup/Sumner    PACK: SKP, ST, PT MT 19
594 Lenora St/4th Ave 8:22 --> Pacific Ave & S 19th 9:26
1 same 9:35 --> Pacific Ave & S 38th 9:43
54 S 38th St & Pacific Ave 9:50 --> Tacoma Mall TC (I) 10:00 --> FYE, ½
51 Tacoma Mall (M) 10:45 --> Commerce St (B) 11:07
1 same 11:25 --> Tacoma Ave & S 7th St 11:28 --> King’s, Stadium
Walk/26 N 1st & Tacoma Ave 11:43 --> Commerce St (B) 11:48
2 same 11:55 --> S 19th & Market St 11:59 --> Buzzard’s, University Bookst, Glass Bridge
TacomaLink Union Stn/S 19th St 1:05 --> Tacoma Stn 1:10 --> Tacoma Book Center
41 Tacoma Dome Station (C) 1:39 --> 72nd St TC (A) 2:04
409 same (D) 2:15 --> Puyallup Sounder Stn (2) 2:35 --> Dtn Puyallup
409 Puyallup Sounder Stn (2) 3:36 --> Sumner Sounder Stn (5) 3:47 --> A Good Book
Sounder Sumner Station 4:42 --> King St Stn 5:23
36/1 S Jackson St & 5th Ave S 5:33 --> Denny Wy/Broad St 5:51 --> IF, CH
[NOW: Staduium Video, Buzzard’s (which merged with Stadium) are now closed.]

Tues Aug 2 U District/Magnuson    NFT MT:26,30,68,73,75,372,Towel
16 3rd/Bell 8:37 --> Stone Way N & N 40th 8:51
31/68 same 9:01 --> 25th Ave NE & NE 47th St 9:17 --> BN
68/372 25th Ave/NE 47th St 9:45/9:54-->NE Campus Pkwy/12th Ave NE(4)9:56/10:04--> Wall,½,Magus,Bulldog,U Bk,Kennel,Zanadu,Nept,Al’s,Cinema,Scarecrow,Dreaming,Pink
30 NE 50th St/University WyNE 12:28-->Sand Point Wy NE/NE 65th St 12:41-->Magnuson
30 Sand Point Wy NE/NE 65th St 2:55 --> Denny Wy/Broad St 3:36 --> IF, Dtn, CH
[NOW: University Village’s Barnes & Noble and Book Kennel are now closed. The University District’s Zanadu Comics is now a Comic Stop.]

Wed Aug 3 Lake Stevens/Gold Bar/Sultan/Monroe  PACK:ST,CT MT: 33, 51
51 3rd Ave/Bell St 8:44 --> 3rd Ave/Pine St 8:48
510 4th Ave/Union St 8:56 --> Everett Station (A4) 9:41
280 same (B4) 10:07 --> Market Pl/91St Ave NE 10:21 --> BB
280 Market Pl/91St Ave NE 10:40 --> Everett Stn 10:54
270 same (B4) 11:05 --> 10th St/Orchard Ave 12:13 --> Sky Valley
270 10th St/Orchard Ave 12:28 --> Hwy 2/Maple St 12:48 --> Sultan Pizza 613 W Stevens
270 Hwy 2/Maple St 1:48 --> Hwy 2/Woods Creek Rd 2:01--> Video Factory, Pawn Pros
270 Hwy 2/Chain Lake Rd 3:02 or 275 Hwy 2/179th Ave SE 2:21 --> Everett Stn 3:41/3:04
510 same (B2) 3:50/3:20 --> 5th/Pine 4:43 OR Stewart St & 7th 4:09 --> IF, CH
33 4th/Pine 4:53/4:22 --> Denny Wy/Broad St 4:59/4:28 -->IF, CH
[NOW: Sky Valley Video is now closed.]

Thur Aug 4 Capitol Hill    PACK: NFT MT: 43
Walk/43 Pike St/4th Ave 9:31 --> Olive Way 9:41
Pop,Broadway Video,Gruv,On 15th?,Jimi,Elliot Bay,Everyday,Twice, ½, Sonic Boom,3rdM 
Walk/43 E Olive Wy/Summit Ave 12:06-->Pine St/4th Ave 12:13-->Dtn,IF,CH
[NOW: Broadway Video was actually Broadway Market Video at the time but having moved to Broadway is now the former name. Gruv and Third Man Video are now gone. Everyday Music is now across the street from its location at the time,].

Fri Aug 5 Home    HANDY: ST, WA, KT 90, JT, Cl
578 2nd Ave/Lenora 5:01/5:51 --> 2nd Ave/Marion St 5:06/5:56
Ferry Seattle terminal 5:30 or 6:10 --> Bainbridge Island 6:05 or 6:45
90 same 6:15 or 6:57 --> Poulsbo TC 6:35 or 7:20
7 same 7:35 --> SR-20/4-Corners 8:27
8 same 8:45 --> Sequim TC 9:21
30 same 9:43 -->Pt Angeles TC 10:20-->Port,E-Z Pawn,Odyssey, Angeles Pawn,China 1st
Coho 12:45 --> Victoria around 2:30

As time permits: Silver Platters, KCTS 9 Store, Easy St, Twice Sold, Olympic, Kerry,
Hing Pay Park, Uwajimaya, Pink Gorilla, South Lake Union’s streetcar, Freeway Park
[NOW: KCTS 9 Store is now online only. Queen Anne’s Twice Sold Tales is now Mercer Street Books.]

If spending a day at Wild Waves
578 2nd Ave/Lenora 8:29 --> Federal Bay TC (2) 9:08
402 same (5) 9:30 --> Enchanted Pkwy & 360th St S 9:40
Wild Waves
402 Enchanted Pkwy & 360th St S 7:00 --> Federal Bay TC (1) 7:09
578 same (7) 7:20 --> 4th Ave/Union St 7:57
16 3rd Ave & Union St 8:11 --> Cedar St/Denny Wy --> IF, CH

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