Tacoma, United States Travel Blogs

Wednesday 22 April
Apr 27, 2008 (7 photos)

... off to find somewhere to stay for the night and ended up in a state park camp ground south of Seattle and a little north of Tacoma.  Nothing very flash but Steve was not feeling well with a very heavy cold and we needed to get sorted for the night.

Cream Sodas, Pop Tarts and Idol Tunes
Sep 3, 2006 (25 photos)

So we wanted to eat at The Melting Pot. And they had been booked for two weeks. I hadn't even thought to make a dinner reservation. We figured it must be the American Idol Tour that had everybody busy. So, we hightailed it over to The Old Spaghetti ...

The Overpass is GLASS
Aug 27, 2006 (41 photos)

... , we did!   For one, I wanted to do an "overnight" somewhere with the kids, and for two, well, I happen to like Tacoma, its beautiful setting, its easy-to-get-around size, and all the things there are to do. Like, Pt Defiance Zoo, which I learned ...

Tacoma - 14th August 2007
Aug 14, 2007

... I know, but you have to give people the benefit of the doubt.  Anyways we arrived, passing car lot after car lot down Tacoma way.  We dragged our burden out of the cab and paid Keven his fair plus a couple of dollars, but prior to our leaving ...

Lunar Eclipse the highlight of a long drive home
Feb 20, 2008 (1 photos)

It was a long drive home but beautiful the entire way . . . highlighted by the windmill farms in California and a lunar eclips that started just as we crossed the Washington Oregon Border. Jackie Please leave me a ...

Get Up and Get At It
Aug 27, 2006 (6 photos)

It was a great night's sleep. We all woke up at 6 and saw the shining sun. And then we agreed -- let's sleep some more! Eyes closed, and slept till 8, oh joyous resting place.   Then Gawgie says get up get dressed let's go and I remind us all that ...

Playing the tourist in Yuma
Feb 18, 2008 (9 photos)

Spent some time playing tourist in Yuma looking at the historic sites St Thomas Church was built in 1922   Jackie Whedbee

To the Pacific
Aug 16, 2008 (3 photos)

... Seattle on another trip and headed on south. I wanted to camp if I could, but that didn't seem likely. I rode into Tacoma, which is very empty and seemingly conservative compared to Seattle, but has a nice little 'old town' section, though very standard ...

Chillin' at the Ritz
Aug 27, 2006 (24 photos)

We are sweaty from the heat, itchy from the grass, and wet from the fountains. Where next? Well, the lobby of the highrise Sheraton, of course, to check in and live fancy for a while. There is a reception going on, black tie and spangly evening gowns and ...

A Circle Complete
Jul 4, 2009

... stay in Eastern Washington we headed over the pass to the North West. Our goal was Gig Harbor which is across the bridge from Tacoma. From there we could easily see and visit all of our family, Aunts, Uncles,brothers, sisters, cousins and friends. We've ...

Is This The Choo Choo Town?
Sep 2, 2006 (10 photos)

... .   The Sounder is a lovely trip from Everett to Tacoma, designed for the commuter. The mini-electric shuttle services the downtown Tacoma area with frequent hop on-hop off stops. And of course, there's AmTrak, want to go to Canada? Or Mexico? Or ...

Friday Night Fireworks
Apr 18, 2009 (21 photos)

Set up of the fireworks for the Opening of the Friday Night Fireworks at Cheney Stadium home game fireworks shows is considered the training showcase show for Entertainment Fireworks. done by all of the new pyros wanting to learn, led by the old pyros ...

C@L Part II
May 24, 2007 (5 photos)

[ignore map pin entry - i justed need to allocate one to tacoma or it would miss out!!] so i havent actually read tanya's account of seattle yet - perhaps some double up, more likely some differnent perspective, let's see what happens... so as I ...

what i am learning
Oct 6, 2005

We just spent 5 hours with William Catton, author of Overshoot. At a few weeks shy of 80 he is just as sharp as our old friend Barbara Lorie! We had planned on a 3 hour interview but what happens I think is there is a desire on my part to give these ...

Is it really that hard?
Oct 9, 2009

I consider myself a techie but very frequently I find myself at odds with Twitter, Facebook, blogging or all that new Social interaction stuff. All these things make me feel like I am no longer part of Generation X. Finally I am able to muster enough ...

Fairy aminita mushrooms
Sep 24, 1975

Views of Pacific. Quinault River trails Picked up young cute blond hitch hiker headed for Mexico. On the road year and half. "I scrounge a lot." Headed in different directions after just a few miles.  Viewed Capitol building in Olympia. ...

Tacoma
Aug 10, 2007

tacoma

Late for a not so very important date.
Mar 25, 2008

... other thing that is going on and end up at LEAST 20 minutes late.   Anyway the meeting was at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma.  OMG gorgeous hotel.  I just wanted to put on a hot "going out" outfit and sit in their bar and look at ...

Mt Rainier
Oct 9, 2006

We went snowshoeing today, into the land of hunched trees, bowing beneath their load of snow. Tramping along the trail, every tree seemed to be a monk hunched in prayer, praying for the grass and leaves buried beneath the snow, or a mother, cradling her ...

Jobless @ the JobFair
Apr 4, 2008

Well yesterday I think I wasted 38 dollars.  I had to pay 30 to get into the Educators JobFair.  I also had to pay 8 dollars to freaking park!  And I don't think I made a huge difference in the distrits where I actually want to work.  ...

Got my Visa Invite Today...
Jan 5, 2008 (1 photos)

Today I got my visa invite from Fedor.  I will go on monday to get my visa with Geoff.

a stop at the Glass Bridge
May 25, 2009

On our way up to Seattle we stopped at Tacoma to have a look at the Glass Bridge.

Ready to leave
Dec 17, 2008

I'm so tired of being cold. I am ready for some warm weather and sunshine. Less than a week left!

Bon Voyage
Oct 1, 2006

i'm leaving for my grad school trip

My Time in Washington
Jul 14, 2009 (10 photos)

So, this is not quite my European part of my trip yet, but it was awesome to be be back in my home state! On Friday I hung out with my good friend Mary in her new apartment, and Christiana and her Fiance picked me up for the evening. We went out to eat, ...

Tacoma - short visit
Sep 9, 2000

TBD

Are you my Elder?
Oct 5, 2005

Ah...one hour of Internet time in a nice little library south of Tacoma, with a real mouse, a working keyboard, and a comfortable chair... When last we checked in, we had made it to Spokane, where we were staying with Ran Prieur. We stayed with him on ...

Mount St. Helen's
Jul 27, 2009 (4 photos)

We made a day trip to Mount St. Helen's today. It was quite spectacular, but sobering. We stopped at the Visitor Centre near the I5 where there were some great displays and a moving video of the 1980 eruption of the volcano. We then continued up the 49 ...

Washington
Apr 3, 2005

We made it after a long drive....here we loaded up on bikes tires and set off.

Kayaking in September
Oct 9, 2006

I'm encrusted in salt from kayaking in the spray and sun of today, from gliding over crystal water, peering down at the undulating bottom. The ground at the shore, rocky and slippery with seaweed, gave way to clusters of sand dollars, stacked like shale ...