Lapho Ukuthatha Abangane Nomndeni Puget Sound
Sonke sikubonele. Noma ngabe uhlala ePuget Sound iminyaka (noma mhlawumbe impilo yakho yonke) futhi ungalokothi ube nenkinga yokucabanga ukuthi yini okufanele ukwenze ngesikhathi sakho, unabangane noma umndeni edolobheni izinsuku ezimbalwa. Bayazibuza ukuthi, "Yini okufanele siyenze ngenkathi silapha?" Bayabuza. Ngesizathu esithile usuke uqine ngokuphelele. Cabanga ngalesi shidi esikhombisayo:
Kerry Park
Ngomvakashi ongaphandle kwedolobhana lapha nje nje ngosuku noma ngaphansi, akukho nhlobo engcono ebhakeni lakho kunombono omkhulu kakhulu womuzi, iPuget Sound noMt.
U-Rainier (uma unenhlanhla) kunalo mbono ovelele phezulu kwe-Queen Anne. Hlanganisa nesidlo sakusihlwa, uphuze noma ikhofi kunoma iyiphi enye yezintaba ezinhle kakhulu, futhi usuvele ubonisa i-Seattle ngendlela engcono kakhulu.
I-Alki Beach
Ehlobo kuphela, usho? Yebo, kusobala ukuthi kukhona okunye okumnandi ukukujabulela mayelana ne-Alki lapho ilanga liphuma futhi amanzi esabanda ngokweqile kodwa eqala ukudlala ngothando. Kodwa ngisho nangenkathi engaphandle-yonyaka, lokhu kungenye yamabhishi angcono kunazo zonke zokuhamba nokuthatha imibono emihle yedolobha neziqhingi ezizungezile. Cabanga ukuhlanganisa itekisi yamanzi ukusuka edolobheni. Ukuze ube nesifiso esikhulu, shintsha le jaunt nge-beach yokungatholakali e-Discovery Park.
I-Pike Place Market
I-cliché, kodwa ngesizathu. Imakethe ingaphezu nje kokuzifunela nje kuphela, isebenza ngempela-futhi ikhula-njengemakethe yomphakathi ehamba phambili. Zijabulise nabaphangi bezinhlanzi, kodwa uma uthengela uhambe ngezinhlanzi eziphakeme eziseduze nezinhlanzi eziseduze.
Hlala ubuza ukuthi yini esesikhathini futhi ungesabi ukwesaba izinto. Yeqa umugqa ekuqaleni kwe-Starbucks (nomaphi lapho izivakashi zakho zivela khona, bane-Starbucks futhi) bese uzama esikhundleni se-Mee Sum Pastry.
I-Boeing Factory Tour
Uma ufuna ukuqonda ngempela indawo ye-Seattle, kufanele uqonde ubuhlobo bethu ne-aerospace.
Ngenkathi iMicrosoft ihlehlile iBoeing njengohlobo lokuqala lwe-Seattle brand, i-Windows iyathandeka ngempela kunezindiza zezindiza ezesabekayo emhlabeni wonke? Thatha u-Everett bese ufaka isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni (ngevolumu) ukuze ubone abasebenzi abangu-30 000 abanekhono nabazinikezele abakha ama-jetliners kusasa. Uma uzijabulisa izingane, cabangela i-Renton's Museum of Flight esikhundleni salokho.
I-Northwest Trek
Ngenkathi kokubili iTacoma neSeattle benama-zoo amahle, akuzona neze ezihlukile kunezilwane ezinkulu zedolobha elikhulu. Kodwa i-Eatonville yeNorth West-West Trek eduze neTacoma ingenye yehlobo. I-park yemvelo yama-435 yama-acre enezilwane eziningi ezibandakanya ama-grizzles, izimvu ezinkulu, ama-cougars, i-moose, i-elk, i-caribou, ukhozi lwe-bald kanye nezintandokazi eziningi zaseMelika. Uma umsindo we-grizzlies ukwethusa wena, ungakhathazeki, emlandweni weminyaka engu-35 wepaki, izivakashi zidliwe ngokuqondile.
Mount Si
INtaba iSi mhlawumbe ilungele ukuhamba ngosuku. Amaminithi ambalwa ukusuka edolobheni, uzithola ukhulu kakhulu ehlane futhi ubheke ukukhuphuka ukukhuphuka. Ukunciphisa ngokusebenzisa izihlahla ngendlela ephakanyiswayo esithembisweni salokho okuzayo, futhi ngemva kwamahora amabili ufinyelela "esitokisini." Isisekelo se-haystack yindawo ejwayelekile yokuma futhi inikeza ama-vistas amahle ama-Cascades, ama-Olimpiki nawo wonke amaphuzu phakathi.
Abantu abanomdlandla bangabhubhisa i-haystack enamahlumela esiqongweni sangempela sezintaba, kuyilapho lo mellow ethanda ukujabulela ukudla kwasemini okufanelekile.
I-Bellevue Botanical Garden
E-Seattle ukuvakashelwa, i-Bellevue ivame ukunganakwa. Ngokuqinisekile kubhekwe njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuhlala eMelika, kodwa ayinayo iziqephu ezidume kakhulu, izimboni zomlando, noma izikhungo ezinkulu zamasiko omakhelwane. Kodwa i-Botanical Garden ye-Bellevue ihambela ngaphansi kwe-radar njengokungenzeka kube yinto engcono kakhulu engayenza kuyo yonke indawo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyazi amagama ezitshalo noma cha, kungcono ukuhamba, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuyedwa noma lowo muntu okhethekile. Vele ugcine lokhu phakathi kwami nawe.
I-SAM Olympic Sculpture Park
Kungani kungenjalo i-SAM ngokwayo, ungase ubuze? I-SAM iyigugu lendawo, kodwa idlala ngokubamba kakhulu amadolobha amadala 'amaqoqo amakhulu kakhulu futhi angase athole izivakashi zakho ezingaphandle kwedolobha.
I-Olympic yethu ye-Sculpture Park nokho iyingxenye eyodwa, kodwa, futhi mahhala. Indawo ehlukile ngokumelene namanzi futhi phezu kwamathrekhi amakhulu kanye nezitimela, leli paki liyakwazi ukuhlala lihle futhi lijabule njalo. Ezinye zezithombe zingabonwa ngamakhulu amabanga kude. Ezinye izicucu zixubha phezu kwakho, zenza umqondo uma ukutholakala okuseduze. Okuqakathekileko kwezingane yi-cross-section enkulu yelogi langempela elingamamitha ayisithupha nantathu.
Ihlelwe nguKristin Kendle.