A more eccentric attraction: The Fremont Neighborhood Troll under the North end of the Aurora Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Troll Tourist trapish: Pioneer Square: https://www.pioneersquare.org/
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > Howdy, > > We're a couple weeks out from NANOG 88 so I thought I'd repost a list > of things I think folks with computer and engineering backgrounds > might enjoy doing up here in Seattle. > > 1. The Connections Museum is a must-see for telecom enthusiasts (which > I assume you are since you're attending a NANOG meeting). Six > different phone switches (some electromechanical) and a boatload of > other telecom stuff taking up a floor and a half of a "central office" > building. In good working order. You can see and, to some extent, > touch. https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/ > > Beware: It's only open on Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm, so if you want > to check it out, you'll have to come in early for it. > > > 2. The monorail (https://www.seattlemonorail.com/) is a well > maintained German-engineered 1960s vision of the future. Departs from > Westlake Center about 3 blocks from the hotel. Runs to the Space > Needle and MoPop (the Museum of Popular Culture) which are also worth > seeing. Both the monorail and space needle were built for the 1962 > World's Fair. Buy tickets for the Space Needle the day before. Sunset > is particularly nice. > > > 3. Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Museum and power plant > https://www.pse.com/en/pages/tours-and-recreation/snoqualmie-tours > > Beware that Snoqualmie Falls is a half hour or so outside of the city. > > > 4. Northwest Railway Museum (also near Snoqualmie Falls) > https://www.trainmuseum.org/ > > > 5. Museum of Flight (this is Boeing's home town, so it's a high > quality aircraft museum) > https://www.museumofflight.org/ > > > 6. Pike Place Market, about 10 blocks from the hotel, is a Seattle icon. > > > 7. Mt. Rainer, if you want to check it out, is a full-day trip: 2.5 > hours to get there, 2.5 hours to get back plus the time you spend in > the > park. They finally cleared the snow from the roads last weekend so > it's open but it's too far to catch it in an afternoon. Decent odds of > getting a shirtsleeves on the snow pack picture like this one: > https://bill.herrin.us/pictures/20210627-rainier/img-20210627-145745.jpg > > If you've been to Rainier before, Diablo Lake, Cascades National Park > and Washington Pass in the opposite direction are also beautiful. > > > > Some things to know about Seattle: > > * Summer weather is good weather in Seattle. Expect sunshine, mild to > warm temperatures in the day, crisp in the morning. Light if any rain. > 5 am sunrise, 9 pm sunset. > > * Downtown Seattle parking spaces are super-tight. If > you rent a car, get a small one. > > * Seattle is -very- dog friendly. You'll encounter our generally > well-behaved canine companions on the street, in stores and possibly > even in the hotel and event venues. Pack your allergy medication if > you need it. > > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us > https://bill.herrin.us/ >