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North America » United States » Washington » Seattle June 3rd 2019

Everybody understands even those who've never been to Seattle, the Space Needle. It is also the number one tourist destination in the Pacific Northwest and the city landmark. Proceed into a gift store and you are bound to come across a lot along with Space Needle figurines as their focus of postcards with all the Space Needle. The marginally extraterrestrial-looking monitoring tower brought in over 2.3 million people when it opened for the 1962 World's Fair. For this day, over 1 million people visit it. So it has been established that everybody knows about the Space Needle, but what exactly do folks actually know about the Space Needle? Listed below are just five little facts 1. In unison cement trucks functioned in less than 12 hours to fill the Space Needle's base hole . They ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle May 31st 2019

Your luggage is packed, you have lined up a vehicle, and water your crops and you have arranged to feed your pets. But while preparing to the holiday, did you remember to take the steps required to keep your house secure while you're off? Here are seven strategies to make sure your abode remains tragedy - as you're gone and robbery-free. 1. Make it look like you are home To prevent becoming another crime statistic, consider action to make sure it appears that someone in the home. So that they turn on throughout the morning and 23, set timers on lights, radios, and televisions. Ensure that your grass is cut. Have somebody park their vehicle in your drive that is empty. Drapes and position window drapes like regular be certain that they aren't currently exposing appliances ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle May 30th 2019

Taking the opportunity to go to make certain your property is well cared for may bring a good deal of reassurance, if your trip prep record is a mile . Installing a house security system might be the very first thing you consider, however there are loads of smaller measures you may take that are equally (or more) successful in deterring theft. 1. Notify Neighbors Think two prior to sharing facts about your journey on networking or via a site. I know lots of folks do, and nothing comes of it, but file this under "Better safe than sorry" It's very important to provide them a heads-up whenever you're leaving town for a week or even longer if you and your neighbors talk. Think about leaving a copy of your key in the event of emergency ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle September 8th 2018

Despite having been awake since 04:45, we were awoken at 7am by banging, hammering, drilling and sawing coming from next door. Or we would have been if we were asleep!! Today, I’m going to get my wish and see the Seattle skyline from atop a tower. The Smith Tower is a skyscraper (by UK standards, at least) in Pioneer Square. Completed in 1914, the neo-classical 38-story, 484 ft tower is the oldest skyscraper in the city, and was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at the time of its completion. It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River (why always West of the Mississippi?) until the completion of the Kansas City Power & Light Building in 1931. It was then relegated to the tallest building on the West ... read more
The Smith Tower - once the talest builing on the west coast
Pike Street - Rainbow crossing
Eying the needle in Seattle

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle September 7th 2018

I apologize for not posting the past two days of our Alaskan Cruise, but for some reason I have been having trouble logging in on this travel site and very slow internet speed. I think I have it figures out now so we shouldn't have any more issues. This first post will be covering the first three days of our trip. Currently we are on the Holland America Euradam on our way to Juneau, Alaska. We left for our trip on Friday evening flying from Oklahoma City to Seattle nonstop on Alaskan Airlines. I really do love that we have a nonstop flight to Seattle. The flight lasts about four hours and was a very smooth and pretty uneventful flight. Drury and I both had dinner on the plane and the flight attendant was very nice. ... read more
I'm a little anxious to board
View of our condo building (it's the round building in the middle)
Enjoying some dinner on the plane

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle September 7th 2018

‘Where are we off to this time?’ I asked Roisin. This is not as strange as it sounds as in the next twenty-four months we have at least thirteen trips booked to various corners of the Globe and also, I just wanted to get this blog started by using a few golden oldie puns! ‘Alaska’, Roisin replied rather surprisingly calm and not at all thinking it was strange that I didn’t know where our next trip was despite having just returned from Asda with a Fist full of Dollars (minus the cheroot, cowboy hat, poncho, a horse and designer stubble!!) ‘Juneau?’ ‘Yes, Alaska!’. Roisin repeated ‘Yes, but Juneau?’ This could have gone on all night but Roisin, not wanting to repeat herself sa... read more
The old meets the new of Seattle
The world famous Pike Place market
Pike Place Market

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle September 2nd 2018

I woke-up to see our fantastic view for the last time and what was shaping-up to be a stunning sunrise, so I jumped out of bed and went out to try and get a picture of it. My wife and I had also decided that we would have one last trip to Stanley Park so we got out early, whilst there were still some bikes available. It was again, a very peaceful and pleasant time, with just a few other riders and early morning runners out as well. We had thought about going to Victoria on Vancouver Island, however after looking into it, we decided that it would be too long a journey to do in one day, with an hour drive to the ferry terminal (there are no ferries from Vancouver itself), a two hour ... read more
Point Roberts Lighthouse
Peace Arch
Seattle Skyline

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle » Pioneer Square August 23rd 2018

I thought I would have another early start and try for another photo of the Seattle skyline, this time from a bridge to the south east of the city. The walk there was straight forward but I had not realised what kind of area it would take me through. At five in the morning, the area south of Downtown was absolutely awful - full of rough sleepers, rubbish everywhere and a number of people wandering around for no apparent reason. With the possible exception of the Blue Line in Los Angeles (see ) and an excursion in Bangkok (see ), I had never felt more at risk. It was one of those times when you wonder if it is better to carry on in hope that it gets better or turn around and walk back through ... read more
Underground Tour
The Smith Tower
Smith Tower View

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle August 22nd 2018

It was my wife’s birthday today and it was agreed that I should go out early to collect a McDonalds breakfast for us all. Most of our holidays in America involve a Segway tour and this was to be no exception. It was a 20 minute walk to to the tour office and, when we arrived, we had to sit through the usual safety video. Our guide put it really well. If you have been on a Segway before then the video will seem like a comedy. If you have not been on a Segway before then it would scare the hell out of you. The tour lasted about an hour and a half. It was mainly around the Seattle Center and South Lake Union. It completely missed out Downtown, Pioneer Square and the Waterfront area, ... read more
The Museum of Pop Culture.

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle August 19th 2018

US immigration is never something to look forward to, but with a bit of patience and a love of queuing you can usually get through it. The patience this time was required a lot earlier than usual, whilst we were still at home. During the online check-in, there were no problems for me, for our son and for our daughter, but the website refused to check-in my wife. Once we got to the airport, the check-in machines were not co-operating either. Check-in never used to be the highlight of a flight, but we found ourselves pining for the days when there was a human being doing the check-in for you. All we were getting now was an obstinate “computer says no”. There was a person there to help, but he had a crowd of people swarming ... read more
Cheesecake Factory




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