We're off to Tacoma, Washington this June. To help our friends and family become educated about what has been referred to as the armpit of Washington state, I've compiled a list of little known facts about our new destination:
1. Tacoma--our new destination--is actually referred to as "The City of Destiny"...coincidence, I think not.
2. The first woman to climb Mount Rainer was Faye Fuller, a Tacoma School Teacher. She achieved this goal on August 11, 1890.
3. In 1990, Money Magazine named Tacoma the 4th best place to live in the U.S....what's it been doing for the past 18 years?
4. Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma on May 3, 1903.
5. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is the 5th largest suspension bridge in the world.
6. Guy Larson, cartoonist of the "The Far Side", is a resident of Tacoma.
7. It's been 10 years since Tacoma has been considered an "All American City".
8. The Tacoma Dome is the largest wood arena in the world!
9. Point Defiance Park is the 2nd largest city park in the nation, second only to Central Park in NYC.
10. Over 200,000 people live within a 5-mile radius of the center of Tacoma. That spells traffic.
We're departing sometime around June 13th, and driving across the country via the northern route, possibly stopping somewhere to climb, but the jury is still out on the verdict. Lindsay has been working frantically setting up a place for us to stay once we're there. Thea's Landing is going to our home away from home while we're in Tacoma. Apparently, this was the only place in all of Tacoma/Seattle that would accept a German Shepherd. I guess the resident of Washington are scared of the wrath of the Shepherd, thus having a strict ordinance against certain breeds. What the eff!?
Waterfront views, we'll be able to see Mt. Rainer from our window, and the interstate is withing a stone's throw from our front door. Squamish is 4 hours away, Bend is 5 hours, and Hood River is about 2.5 to 3 hours. More later...
More later.
4 comments:
You forgot to mention that ice slayer Grahambo was born in Tacoma. See you's on the West Coast.
Don't forget that people refer to the smell in Tacoma as "Tacoma Aroma" thanks to the pulp and paper mill. You'll love it. There are finer points to Tacoma, a good local foods market and other things. I'll help you out with the details and the hot places to go if you want!
april 7th to may 1st. Hmm... Maybe the sh** talking should cease. Cool blog, I will link it up on ours.
i can't believe i had to find out about your blog from running into ryane in jeffersonville!! jeepers, i'm totally out of the loop... you'd think i'd been on the other side of the world or something! glad i found you guys, and enjoy washington :)
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