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From: ingrid@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (the Real Swede)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Fun in Seattle?
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 15:47:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 15:47:58 1986
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> 
>    Does anyone out there know of anything neat to see or do while in & around
> Seattle, Washington? A couple of us will be out there the third week of March.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Peter Koning

I've lived here all of my 27 years....it's a great place and I hope you like
it. I can't mail to you; our outside mail doesn't work too great.

Some fun things to do:

Take a ferry ride. They leave from downtown Seattle at the bottom of James
Street. It's fun to walk on; you can park on the street, south of the term-
inal. Take the Bremerton ferry for an hour's ride through Puget Sound.
Bremerton is a navy town...lots of Navy ships are usually docked there. There's
a small ferry you can take across the bay to Port Orchard. It's a cold wind
that blows across the water--if you want to stand outside while on the boat,
have a ski jacket or warm clothes with a windshell on top.

If you come to Seattle, you've just GOTTA go up in the Space Needle. I think
it costs three bucks for the elevator ride; but it's worth it. The Space 
Needle is at the site of what was the 1962 World's Fair. There's a small 
amusement park there; also an excellent science center with a great theatre.
Make sure and ride the monorail to downtown (another tourist thing!); then
walk about four blocks West to the area of the Pike Place Market--a wonderful
farmer's market. It's usually only open weekends; mornings (10:00 AM) are fun
because you can watch them set up their wares. This isn't our best section of
town though--don't hang out here after dark! From the Market, you can head
South on 1st Avenue to Pioneer Square. There are "Underground" tours you can
take, to see what the town was like before the big fire. Pioneer Square puts
you within two blocks of the ferry terminal, so you could make a circuit tour,
if ya start out early!!!

call if you need info.
ingrid tenggren (Data I/O's Real Swede) 206-881-6444 ext.296

South on 1st avenue to Pioneer Sqa