UPDATED: February 12, 2021
This is the 13th of a series of posts
dealing with my 2017 trip to Portland, Seattle, and vicinity. I’ve made minor
corrections to these reports (typos, bits I don’t feel like making public).
Also, I’ve added additional thoughts with the hindsight of two years later or
to add further clarification. These are
indicated by “NOW”.
Got up before 5 and got photos of the early
morning blue sky gradually turning to daylight. I visited Rachel the Pig at
Pike Place Market before taking a 594 bus (Sound Transit) to Tacoma Dome
Station, Tacoma. I got on the 612 bus to near the Capitol in Olympia (all buses
to/from/in Olympia Intercity Transit). I explored the Capitol before taking a
winding path to Capitol Lake. I walked to and had breakfast at the McDonald's
on Plum St.
I walked back to the downtown core, passing the
Star Wars Mural. I crossed one bridge to the west side of Olympia and another
back to the east side, then went to Olympia Transit Center and took a 62B bus
to Lacey. In Lacey I visited Rite Aid (got some mini-Payday and Take 5 bars), Olympic
Cards & Comics, and Boomerang Music & Videos where I got a DVD. Unless anyone
buys it, Boomerang will close August 2018 when the lease runs out.
[NOW: Boomerang closed circa July 2019.]
I took another 62 B bus back to Olympia Transit
Center, Olympia, and a 48 bus to Capital (sic) Mall. Heading south I visited
Barnes & Noble and Half Price Books Outlet; got DVDs at the latter, some
25c. Returning to Capital Mall, I took a 48 bus back downtown.
I visited Browsers' Bookshop and Danger Room
Comics. I had lunch at Jack in the Box
and then visited Last Word Books, Rainy Day Records (got DVDs; store guy recognized
credit cards with chips as a Canadian thing), and Orca Books. At the latter
location I bought a DVD as the store cat hung out, eventually jumping up on and
curling up in the New Arrivals section.
[NOW: Orca Books has closed.]
I hadn't been to Tumwater in years and was curious
to find out what Tumwater Square was so I took a 13 bus there. It turned out to
just be stores like Safeway etc. scattered about. I took another 13 bus back to
Olympia. Early on this bus ride my backup camera quit on me, forcing me to
switch back to the camera that overexposes the right side.
I got off by Sylvester Park near the Greyhound
terminal and wandered around in an anxious state, eventually taking a 603 bus back
to Tacoma Dome Station; long ride due to traffic. I took another 594 bus (Sound
Transit) bus back to Seattle. On the bus I figured out that if you switch to
sports mode it compensates for the exposure issue. Not ideal because sports
mode photos aren’t as good, but the photos will look better at night in particular
than the overexposed on right photos.
[NOW: I later realized I was wrong about this
trick.]
Why is night an issue? I'll be seeing the
Torchlight Parade tomorrow. I wandered along 4th Ave to Seattle Center, noting
that people already had their chairs ready over 24 hours before the parade
starts. Not unusual for this parade. At Seattle Center I realized at the International
Fountain. I went to the Seattle Center Armory and got a fries concoction from
The Fries Guys and walked back to the fountain. As I was distracted by my
favourite fountain music, a seagull got at my dinner. I managed to salvage most
of it through means I won't go into. I relaxed some more and returned to the
hostel. I found my missing book.
[NOW: At the parade, as it got darker, the
overexposure issue temporarily went away. The hostel I stayed at was City Hostel Seattle. The Fries Guys is probably actually Cool Guys Fry Bar.]
Olympia by the way is a nice mix of shopping (many
indie stores, many left wing) and scenery. I would say it's the best daytrip
from Seattle.
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