Seattle
July 24, 2007
We crossed the floating bridge in Seattle
Monday was a day of total relaxation.
Tuesday, Steve was able to take the day off work and so both he and his wife joined us in our sites-seeing. We took them places they hadn’t visited in twenty years or more.
Today we will spend the day looking at sights around
Then east only about 25 miles to Snoqualmie Falls. This is one of the best known falls in the area and both easy to get to and see and spectacular to view. The view here is from the top and the viewpoints make people afraid of heights a little anxious. We got lots of good pictures.
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We crossed the floating bridge i...
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As part of the Washington Park Arboretum in downtown Seattle this three and one-half acre formal garden presents a beautiful Japanese Garden. It was designed and constructed under the supervision of world renowned Japanese garden designer Juki Iida in 1960. It is very well-maintained and includes some of the nicest Koi you will find anywhere. It has been rated as one of the top ten Japanese Gardens of the United States. There is a small fee for entry, at the time we were there it was $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. We were there in mid summer so there were very few flowers in bloom, but all of the gardens were green and lush and very clean. A very nice experience.
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Barely 25 miles east of Seattle is the small community of Snoqualmie. And the highlight of this area is Snoqualmie Falls, which was just downstream from the oldest hydro-electric plant in the Pacific Northwest. The area is very visitor friendly with a huge parking lot and wonderful two-acre park with large gift shop, visitor center, and observation platform. It is disabled friendly and wheelchair accessible and the observation area to the upper view of the falls is less than 200 yards from the parking area. You can also take the steep trail down to the river below and get a great view up at the falls. That trail is a half mile each way. There is no charge for parking or the falls. Naturally, higher water levels in early spring make this 270 foot waterfall more spectacular because the width and amount of water is so much greater, but even in late July it was well worth seeing.
