UPDATED: February 12, 2021
This is the 6th of a series of posts dealing with my 2018
trip to Olympia, 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”.
Typing this in Notepad due to connection issues, possibly
caused by AVG. I got up and visited Kerry Park Viewpoint, probably the best
free place to get a few aerial shots of Seattle. I then Walked to Olympic
Sculpture park, along the way seeing a sculpture of a giant hand holding a
paddle ball paddle. At Olympic Sculpture Park I saw the usual subjects,
including Love and Loss, with its rotating ampersand. and the Father and son statue.
Since the father and son facing each other are naked, sometimes obscured by
water, and the sculpture is realistic looking, I suspect that the name of the
art piece hides the real point of the piece.
[NOW: I started out for the day from City Hostel Seattle.]
I dropped a few things off at the hostel, then walked to
Pike place Market and saw Rachel the Pig(gybank). At Target I got black
Lightning season 1 on Blu-ray; for some reason it doesn't seem to be available
in Canada but it was on sale at Target. I returned to the hostel for breakfast.
I took a 62 bus (King County Metro Transit) bus back
downtown and then a 594 bus (Sound Transit). One person got on without paying
at first, then another guy got on the bus but got off when he asked if he had
to pay and was told yes.
I got off the bus at Union Station Tacoma, and visited the
Bridge of Glass, which isn't made of glass but does have glass displays.
Someone made a tribute on the bridge for someone they hadn't met, completed
with flowers, so I suspect they might have seen someone jump sadly. I visited
the University Bookstore, then walked up and down the stairs of University of Washington
Tacoma.
[NOW: I checked later and my suspicions were confirmed
unfortunately.]
I took a 1 bus
(Pierce Transit) a little ways until it
ran out of water and broke down; the guy in front of me had a cop with images of gun and bullet holes
with "I don't call 911".
I walked to my next stop, American Pawnbrokers; the next
bus passed me when i was two blocks away. I walked some more, finding at one
bus stop a Chick Tract (comics that promote a fire and brimstone version of
Christianity). I jogged ahead some more
stops to kill time; just before a stop I was going to stop at anyway, I tripped
and fell, protecting my camera and
backpack with backup camera, but getting a bit bloody in the process.
I took another 1 Pierce Transit bus to All in One Jewelry
and Loans where I got a couple movies. I
visited a Cash America (chain that used to be Pawn X-change) and E-Z Loans
(latter not open when I arrived), then took a third 1 bus to Topkick Loans in I
think Parkland. More walking then a fourth bus to Spanaway Park in Spanaway. I
debated whether to visit but it's partly a golf course so I decided to just
walk to Godfather Pizza for a lunch buffet; they gave me some adhesive bandages.
[NOW: Topkick is in fact in Parkland.]
I bought more DVDs at nearby Home Video Express than I
would have otherwise because it turned out to be closing. I took a fifth 1 bus
back north to near parkland Transit Center, probably in Parkland, where I took
a 55 bus (Pierce Transit) to Tacoma Mall in Tacoma. I cut through JP Penny and
got pics of a life-sized Batman statue at fye. Leaving the mall I visited
Atomic Comics. For one intersection the walk signal buttons were in the middle
of the road, but still managed to cross to a shopping area where I visited
Dollar Tree (got a pop) and Half Price Books (got lots of DVDs).
I took a 57 bus (Pierce Transit) to downtown Tacoma. I walked to Destiny Comics and Kings Books; I
petted the cat who meowed at me first. I took a 13 bus (Pierce Transit) to Backstage
Video, then took the same bus the other way to Tacoma Dome station. I visited
Tacoma Book Center and then took a 590 bus (Sound Transit) to downtown Seattle,
where I noticed my credit card was missing. I have no phone access but a friend
is helping me investigate, but if was dropped on a bus in Tacoma, on the 590,
or at Tacoma Dome station might not know until Monday. I took a C Rapidride
then 5 bus north and got dinner at the McDonald's across from Seattle Center.
[NOW: The credit card never turned up but has since
expired. Backstage Video has closed.]
I relaxed at the International
Fountain at Seattle Center, but didn't take as many photos as usual, a bit
tired from my injuries and distracted by the credit card thing. Live music and
food trucks all over due to the Take a Bite Out of Seattle event. I returned to
the hostel. Had to restart computer because AVG was interfering with my
internet connection.
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