UPDATED: February 12, 2021
This is the 9th 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”.
Someone in the room was texting with the lights on, and at
times having a loud conversation with a friend. Managed to get a bit of sleep
before finally turning the lights off when he left the room at 1:15 am. Then at
3:45, a group of young women returned from partying but didn't stay long: I
heard one say about one of her friends, "She puked on my bed". They
weren't in the room when I got up before six.
I got up and walked to Seattle Center to see the initial
clean-up of Take a Bite of Seattle, passing the Chief Sealth statue along the
way. After sitting at the International Fountain for a bit, I withdrew some
money from a Bank of America machine and then headed downtown, catching a 62
bus (King County Metro Transit) along the way. At Westlake Station, Downtown
Transit Tunnel, I took the Link Train (Sound Transit) to University of
Washington Station. At the University of Washington I relaxed a bit at
Drumheller Fountain before taking the Link train back to Westlake Station, then
a 24 bus (King County Metro Transit) to City Hostel Seattle.
[NOW: The Central Link train is now Line 1.]
One of the owners, whom I hadn't seen in years, recognized
me. After breakfast I took an E Rapidride bus (King County Metro Transit) bus
downtown. Waiting for my next bus a guy harassed me including swearIng for
taking photos. Ironically i wasn't taking photos: my bus was late and as I told
him I was using my camera as binoculars.
Finally the 545 bus (Sound Transit) arrived and I took it
to Redmond. I got a couple DVDs from Half Price Books, visited Redmond Town
Center (including the fountain with the bears), and McDonald's Book Exchange.
It Redmond Transit Center I took a B Rapidride bus (King County Metro Transit)
to Crossroads Shopping Center in Bellevue (bus was stuck in traffic and I
accidentally got off one stop earlier). There I got a DVD set a Half Price
Books. I took another B Rapidride bus to Montlake Park & Ride and then a
249 bus (King County Metro Transit) to Silver Platters, where I got a DVD after
first getting some flavoured water from QFC. I walked to downtown Bellevue,
where I visited Barnes & Noble and Downtown Park before heading to Bellevue
Transit Center. There I took a 550 bus
(Sound Transit) to Mercer Island Park & Ride in Mercer Island. I crossed
the highway to I-90 Sculpture Park, had lunch at McDonald's (had a muscle spasm
and knocked my trip over) and visited Island Books before returning to the Park
& Ride.
[NOW: The I-90 Sculpture Park is now the Greta Hackett Outdoor Sculpture Gallery.]
I took a 554 bus (Sound Transit) to Seattle's Pioneer
District where I promptly caught a 21 bus (King County Metro Transit) to
Seattle's Silver Platters, where I bought quite a few DVDs. I took a 50 bus
(King County Metro Transit) to Seward Park. The bathroom stalls there don't
have doors so I put my backpack just outside the cubicle to signal it was
occupied. I swam at Lake Washington at Seward Park Beach (lifeguards on duty)
before walking along the park, getting shots of the lake and Mercer Island. You
can walk through the inside of the park but with the poison oak I'd rather not.
I took another 50 bus to Othello Station, where I took a
Link train (Sound Transit) to Westlake Station, Downtown Transit Tunnel. I walked
to Subway, returned to the hostel for quarters. I grabbed a seltzer from a
nearby Rite Aid and then put my clothes in the dryer (actually I might have
done the latter before Rite Aid; can't recall). I walked to a viewing area on a
deck at the end of Bell Street, just past the Bell Street Bridge, and then
returned to the hostel once more.
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