We are just wrapping up our first field trip day. We motored on Professor Young's sailboat along Alki, past the shipyard got a narrated tour of the waterfront of Seattle. (Thanks to Alex of course.) Having a greater understanding of the background of the waterfront has been very interesting. Particularly, that there was such controversy over the way that ferry boats signal each other as they are leaving coming and going from the ferry terminals. This has been a great day seeing the piers from an alternate perspective.
Other random info, Bell Town used to be part of the slums. This made me laugh because now it is the place to go and there are clubs and lounges and things that are considered upscale.
Hey, April. You misspelled my name -- that's Youngs (with an s) to you! BY
ReplyDeleteIts crazy how much you can learn from a guy like Alex. That little bit about Belltown was suprising to me too. I understand sometimes downtown Seattle is not known as the most clean part of Washington, but you would never imagine it being an area of the slums. I told me uncle about this and he said he remembers it always being pretty upscale and he was suprised as well. :)
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