Seattle (mostly) by bike

Friday, September 26, 2014

Fremont is a happenin' neighborhood on the other side (i.e. north) of downtown from where I was staying (i.e. maybe 12 miles by bike).

The famous (concrete) Fremont troll ...

... lives under a bridge

... tourists love it

note the VW Bug in its left hand

Pioneer Square

Went on a "Underground Tour" of the oldest part of Seattle, Pioneer Square, next to downtown.

waiting to get in

cool carved wood bar

Victorian architecture

In the old days Seattle had plenty of wood but not so much steel. It needed pipes for sewage, so it drilled a hole in a log for this pipe.


Wooden pipe

Fisherpeople at the Duwamish River

At Puget Sound

Fishing is popular, but the water isn't the cleanest near a metro of over 3 million, so eating the fish is problematic.

Puget Sound

They live in West Seattle (more like Southwest -- south of downtown and west of the Duwamish River)

The great city of Seattle

My kind and generous hosts

Their two adorable children

They were so nice they even gave me a ride to and from the airport