Friday, December 28, 2012

Seattle Trip 2012 Retro Itinerary



This is the itinerary I used for my July 2009 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.  While the timings are relatively recent as I post this, there may be some changes and over time the timings will be more and more outdated.  NOW in brackets is present day notes. 

Books/Booklets Needed:  Metro Transit (MT A,B,1,4,5,8,11,13,18,19,26,27,28,30,33,39,44,49,54,56,66,72,140,150,182,187,224,236,255,372,773,775) Sound Transit (ST) Pierce Transit (PT) Jefferson Transit (JT) Clallum Transit (ClT) Kitsap Transit (KT): 90 Olympia Transit (OT) Everett Transit (ET) Community Transit (CT) Island Transit (IT) Washington State Ferry (WSF) Thomas Guide: Snohomish, King, Pierce (SKP) Thomas Guide: Pacific Northwest (NW) Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle (NFT) ,CH=City Hostel IF=International Fountain TP=Torchlight Parade McD=McDonald’s ()-Bay/Zone Dtn=Downtown FT=Ferry Terminal Always: 1+  memory cards, 6+ batteries, VISA, US$, cameras,ORCA, keycard
Sun July 22 Port Angeles
Coho Black Ball FT Victoria 6:10/10:30/3 -->same Port Angeles 8/12:30/5
Odyssey, Movie House, Peninsula, E-Z, Port, Angeles, Rocktopus, Hostel

[NOW: The Movie House has closed down once again.]

Mon July 23 Arrival /Federal Way/Burien/Tukwila
ClT,JT,KT90,WSF,PT,ST,MT A,18,24,140,150
30 Gateway TC 6:00-->7th/Washington 6:28-->McDonald’s, Seal St Park
8 Sequim TC 6:55 --> Haines P&R 7:42 --> Dtn and back
7 same 9:30 --> Poulsbo TC 10:45 --> 90 same 10:50 --> Bainbridge FT 11:15  
WSF same 11:30 --> Seattle FT 12:05
18 3rd Ave & Columbia 12:21 --> 3rd Ave & Bell St 12:30 --> CH, IF
578 2nd & Pike 2:30 --> Federal Way TC (2) 3:06
182 same (3) 3:16 --> S 336th St/ Pacific Hwy S 3:23 --> Fantasium
501 S 336th St & 20th Ave S 3:48-->23rd Ave S & S 319th Pl 3:55-->Al’s,Action
A Federal Way TC (8) 4:41 --> Tukwila International Blvd Stn (1) 5:24
140 same (3) 5:33 --> 4th Ave SW/SW 152nd St 5:44 --> Platinum, Burien Books
140 Burien TC (6) 6:30 --> Andover Park W/Baker Blvd 6:50 --> FYE,Pond,Half
150 Andover Park W/Strander Blvd 7:33 --> University Stn (A) 8:09
24 4th Ave/University 8:19 --> Denny Way/Broad St 8:26 --> IF, CH
Tues Jul 24 Bellevue, Duvall, Redmond, Woodinville, Kirkland
PACK:ST,SKP,MT: B, 4, 8, 224, 236, 255, 931
4 3rd Ave/Bell St 8:10 --> 3rd Ave/Pike St 8:13
550 Westlake Stn (D) 8:22 --> Bellevue Way NE/Main St 8:54 -->Dtn Park, BN
B Bellevue TC (3) 9:36 --> 156th Ave NE & NE 10th St 9:48 -->Half, Barn, SilvPl B NE 8th St & 156th Ave NE 10:47 --> Redmond TC (1) 11:13
224 same 11:19 --> SR 203 & NE 145th St 11:46 --> DVD Now, Duvall Books
224 SR 203 & Stewart 1:00 --> Redmond TC (5) 1:38 --> Half Price, Redm Town
931 same 2:11  --> 138th Pl NE & NE 175th St 2:38 --> Sneak
236 SR 202 & 131st Ave NE 2:59-->124th Ave NE & NE 124th St 3:30-->Cor,Bel
236 NE 116th St & 120th Ave NE 4:32 --> Kirkland TC (4) 4:46
255 same (3) 4:54 --> Stewart St & Yale Ave 5:29
8 Denny Way & Stewart 5:37 --> Denny Way & Broad 5:50 --> IF, CH
Wed July 25 Marysville/Everett/Lynnwood/North Seattle
PACK: ST,CT,ET,SKP,NFT,MT:5,19,66,73,372
19 2nd Ave & Bell St 8:06  --> 2nd Ave & Pike St 8:08
510 4th Ave & Union St 8:25 --> Everett Stn (A4) 9:09
201 same (C3) 9:20 --> State Ave/100th St NE 9:40 -->McDonald’s, Kmart
201 same 10:07 --> Broadway & 14th St 10:22 --> Pawn Xc, Buy & Sell, Bargain
Walk/201 Broadway & Wall 11:09 --> Everett Stn (B2) 11:10
701 same (I2) 11:18 --> Everett Mall 11:28 --> Half Price Books
17 same 11:50 --> Wetmore/Hewitt 12:10 --> Everett Comics
CSwift Wetmore SB Stn 12:27 --> Crossroads SB Stn 1:00 --> Half Price
196 196th St SW/Hwy 99 1:19 --> Alderwood Mall 1:30 --> FYE, lunch
535 Alderwood Pkwy & 186th St SW 1:56 --> UW Bothell & Cascadia 2:11
372 same 2:18 --> Lake City Wy & NE 145th St 2:38 --> Video Factory
73 15th Ave NE & NE 145th St 3:12 -->15th Ave NE & NE 89th St 3:24-->Reckless
Walk/66 5th Ave NE & NE 90th St 3:56 --> 5th Ave NE & NE 95th St 3:57 --> Silv
5 1st Ave NE & NE 95th St 4:15 --> Greenwood Ave N/N 85th St 4:35
Blockbuster, Dreamstrands, Squirrel’s, Santoro’s, Couth,Greenwood Parade
5 Greenwood Ave N/N 80th St 8:05 --> Wall St/5th Ave 8:23 --> IF, CH
Thur July 26 Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater PACK: ST, OT, NW, MT: 18, Mason
590 2nd Ave/Lenora St 6:34 --> Tacoma Dome Stn (E) 7:29
603 same (C) 7:35 --> Capitol Wy & 11th 8:40--> Capitol, Subway, Heritage Fn
48 Olympia TC 9:45 --> Westfield Mall 9:58 --> Blockbuster, Barnes?
48 Westfield Mall 10:28 --> Olympia TC 10:40
66 same 10:45 --> Lacey TC (J) 11:05 --> Olympic, Boomerang
66 Lacey TC (D) 12:20 --> Olympia TC 12:40 --> Star Wars, Phantom City, De Colores, Fireside, Browsers, Danger Room, Rainy Day, Last Word
6 Olympia TC 3:45 --> 5th & Cota Credit Union 4:35
1 Civic Center 4:45-->Bill Hunter Park 5:45-->3 same 5:55 --> Bremerton FT 6:30
WSF same 6:45 --> Seattle FT 7:45
18 3rd Ave & Columbia St 7:56 --> Broad St & 2nd Ave 8:08 --> IF, CH

[NOW: Fireside Books is now defunct.]

Fri July 27 Vachon/Tacoma/Puyallup/Seatac
PACK: MT: A, 1, 33, 39bhh, 118, PT, WSF, Towel,
54 3rd Ave & Bell St 6:03 --> Fauntleroy Way & SW Barton St 6:33
WSF Fauntleroy FT 6:45 --> Vashon FT 7:05
118 same 7:15 --> SW Tahlequah Rd/SR 163 7:45
WSF Tahlequah FT 8:00 --> Point Defiance FT 8:15
10 5810 N Pearl St/Pt Defiance 8:45 --> TCC TC (E) 9:10
52 same (K) 9:15 --> Tacoma Mall TC (E) 9:40 --> FYE, Half
3 Tacoma Mall (F) 10:45 --> S 9th St & Fawcett Ave 11:05 --> King’s
Walk/13 N Tacoma Ave/N 1st St 11:46-->Pacific Ave/S 14th St 11:56-->UB,Glass
TacomaLink randomly
400 Pacific Ave & S 17th St 1:21 --> Puyallup Sounder Stn (3) 1:44 --> Dtn Puy
402 same 3:36 --> Federal Way TC (1) 4:09
A same (8) 4:21 --> International Blvd/S 195th St 4:52 --> Angle Lake Park
A same 5:30 --> International Blvd/S 176th St 5:35
599 Seatac Station 5:42 --> Columbia City Station 6:01
39 S Alaska St/S Alaska Pl 6:09 --> S Orca St/55th Ave S 6:19 --> Seward Park
39/33 Seward Ave S/S Orca St 8:04 --> Denny Way/Broad St 8:40 --> IF, CH
Sat July 28 Dtn/Alki/Torchlight Parade    PACK: NFT MT: 54, 56, 773, 775
TP set-up, Dtn inc Pike Place Market
54 3rd Ave/Pike St 12:00-->Alaska Jn (3) 12:21--> Pegasus, Leisure, Easy, Rubato
773/775 Alaska Jn (2) 1:02 --> Alki Av SW/53rd Av SW 1:26
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 defunct.]

Sun July 29 Ballard/Fremont/Gas Works  PACK: NFT MT: 18, 26, 28, 44, Towel
TP aftermath
18 3rd Ave/Bell St 8:34 --> NW Market St/Ballard Ave NW 8:56
Walk/44 8:58 same 8:58-->32nd Ave NW/NW Market St 9:01-->Locks/fish ladder
Walk/44 NW 54th St/30th Ave NW 10:05-->NW Market/Ballard NW 10:07-->SBm,Moviecy
Walk/44 same 10:22 --> NW Market St/15th Ave NW --> Arcane 10:25
44 NW Market St/15th  Ave 10:55 --> MW Market St/8th Ave 10:57
28 8th Ave NW/NW Market St 11:19 --> N 36th St/Phinney Ave N 11:28
Dinosaurs, Rocket, Lenin, lunch, Opheila’s, Jive, Rapunzel, JP, Troll
26 N 35th St/Troll Ave N 1:10 --> Wallingford Ave N/N 35th St 1:12 --> Gas Wks 26 N 35th St/Wallingford Ave N 4:07  --> Dexter Ave/Denny Wy 4:21 --> IF,CH

[NOW: Moviecycle is now defunct.]

Mon July 30 Portland  PACK: Portland map, Bus tickets, MT: 13, 27, 66, ST
27 3rd Ave & Bell St 7:12 --> 3rd Ave & Pine St 7:14
545 4th Ave & Pike St --> Olive Way & 8th Ave 7:25 --> Greyhound depot 811 Stewart
Greyhound Seattle Bus Depot 8:00 --> Portland Bus Depot 12:05 550 NW 6th Ave
9 NW Broadway & Hoyt 1:08 --> SW 5th & Taylor 1:15
Green Union Stn/NW 6th & Hoyt St MAX 1:11-->Convention Ctr MAX 1:18 -->Vacuum
6 SE Grand & E Burnside 1:40 --> NE M L King & Knott 1:47 --> Title Wave
6 NE M L King & Knott 2:02 --> NE M L King & E Burnside 2:10
20 E Burnside & NE Grand 2:27 --> E Burnside & SE 44th 2:38 --> Movie Madness
15 SE Belmont & 43rd 2:58 --> SW Washington & 5th 3:16
35 Macadam to Oregon City TC 3:26 --> SW Moody & Whitaker 3:37 --> Tram
35 SW Macadam & Curry 4:28 --> SW 6th & Salmon 4:38 --> Mill Ends Park
51 SW 2nd & Taylor 5:07 --> SW Washington & 9th 5:11 --> Powell’s, etc.
Greyhound Portland  Bus Depot 6:50 --> Seattle Bus Depot 10:55
66 Stewart St & 7th Ave 11:02 --> 3rd Ave  & Pine St 11:03
13 3rd Ave & Pike St 11:15 --> 3rd Ave & Bell St 11:18 --> CH
Tues July 31 U District/Magnuson    NFT MT:8, 30, 49, 72,Towel
72 Westlake Stn (A) 8:33 --> University Way & NE 41st St 8:44 -->  maybe U, U Village
Bulldog,U Bk,Wall,Half,Cinema,Magus,Neptune,Comic Stop,Al’s,Scarecrow,Dreaming?
30 NE 50th St/University Wy NE 11:28-->Sand Point Wy NE/NE 65th St 11:41-->Magnuson
30 Sand Point Wy NE/NE 65th St 2:56 --> NE Campus Pkwy/12th Ave NE (4) 3:15
49 same 3:21 --> Broadway Ave E/E Republican St 3:37
Pop, Broadway Video, Jimi, Elliot Bay, Everyday, Twice, Half
8 E Olive Way/Summit Ave E 5:04 --> Denny Way/Broad St 5:20 --> IF, CH
Wed Aug 1 Magnolia, Ballard, Gas Works PACK: 26, 30, 33, 44, NFT
33 Denny Way & Broad St 11:52 --> W Government Way & 36th Ave W 12:09
Discovery Park, then walk to Ballard Locks again
44 NW 54th St/30th Ave NW --> NE 45th St/Thackeray Pl NE 3:29
26 Thackeray Pl NE/N 35th St & Wallingford Ave N 3:52 --> Gas Works Park
30 N 35th St/Stone Way N 4:25 --> Denny Wy/Broad St 4:38 --> IF, CH   OR
26 N 35th St/Wallingford Ave/Dexter Ave/Denny Way 4:43 --> IF, CH
Thur Aug 2 Capitol Hill    PACK: NFT MT: 8, 11
Walk/8 Denny Way/Dexter Ave 9:34 --> E Olive Way/Broadway Ave 9:42
Pop, Broadway Video, Jimi, Elliot Bay, Everyday, Twice, Half, Sonic Boom,3rd Man
Walk/11 E Pine St/Belmont Ave 12:14 --> Pine St/5th Ave 12:20-->Dtn,IF,CH

[NOW: Third Man Video is now defunct.]

Fri Aug 3 Home    HANDY: KT 90, JT, Cl, WSF, Victoria bus, Gray’s
132 2nd Ave/Bell 5:27 --> 2nd Ave/Marion St 5:32
WSF Seattle FT 5:30 or 6:10 --> Bainbridge Island FT 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 9:45 -->Gateway TC 10:20--> as July 22
Coho Black Ball FT 12:45 --> Victoria Black Ball FT around 2:30 OR
590 2nd Ave/Lenora St 6:34 --> Tacoma Dome Stn (E) 7:29
603 same (C) 7:35 --> Capitol Wy & 11th 8:40--> Capitol, Subway, Heritage Fn
40 7th/Capitol 9:30 --> Aberdeen Station (Wishkah/G) 11:00
60 same 11:30 -->Amanda Park Merc 12:40
Olympic Connection same 12:53 --> Forks TC 2:24
14 same 3:05 --> Gateway TC 10:20--> as July 22
Coho Black Ball FT 5:20 --> Victoria Black Ball FT around 7:30 OR
27 3rd Ave/Bell 7:12 --> 3rd Ave/Union 7:15
510 4th Ave/Union 7:25 --> Everett Station (A4) 8:09
90X same (?) 8:35 --> Skagit Station 9:20 -->411W same 12:50 --> March’s Point P&R 1:10
410 same 1:35 --> Anacortes FT 1:57 --> WSF same 2:50 --> Sidney FT 5:00
70 Fifth/Beacon 5:39 --> Government/Superior 6:22
As time permits: Silver Platters, Easy St, Olympic, Kerry, Hing Pay Park, Uwajimaya, South Lake Union’s streetcar, Freeway Park
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