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For reasons that are much too uninteresting to type here, I'm scouting locations around Tacoma (and the immediate area, but not too far) that are really scenic.
If you're going to take a snapshot and send it to someone who has never been here and likely never will, what locations would you shoot that you feel could really show off Tacoma's beauty?
Ruston Way? Browns Point? The skyline?
I'm looking for a few good ideas, so feel free to just brainstorm -- even if someone has already mentioned it.
COMMENTS:
who is there?
Larry
Larry who?
The Ghost of Larry Frost!
what.. what do you want?
Frost Park Chalk Challenge NO.8! I want you there. Tell the people!
why me?
because you work for the tribune dummy. The sleepers listen to you. The sleeper must awaken. That's from DUNE (another clever Tacoma reference).
* Mt. Rainier from the parking lot of Tacoma Central (Target/TopFoods)
* Skyline in Twilight as the Sounder train comes around the corner by the EQC and up the hill past the La Quinta Inn
* Fife/Tideflats darkened in Rain while Downtown is bathed in sunlight creating a magnificent rainbow over the T-Dome and Stanley and Seaforts. (Observable from McCarver Village or St. Joe's)
* The same location from above at night. The panoramic of the tideflats, East Side, Federal Way.. and on a really clear day/night Bonney Lake.
These aren't the pictures that you'd put on postcards in the Tourist Office, but they are the views that make me love living in Tacoma.
Mount Rainier from the bridge to Fox Island
Gig Harbor Marina
Stadium High School w/water
Almost anything at Point Defiance, Spanaway Lake, or American Lake
(can you tell I love the water?)
Skylines at twilight are always good -- maybe from I-5 -- get the cable-stay bridge in, too bad it isn't lit up any more. Maybe photo-shop in the one in Kennewick.
I realize that it’s just TOO obvious, but Pt Defiance.
*Pt Defiance is a rare treasure for an urbanized area, old growth forest surrounded on three sides by water with fabulous gardens.
*Titlow Beach at sunset
*Fireman’s park at sunrise. The view of sunrise hitting Tahoma (Mt Rainier’s real name) while standing next to a totem pole is just too cool.
*Commencement Bay at the mouth of the Puyallup River in any sort of boat (best, in my opinion in a kayak) while the Coho Salmon are leaping and the seals are popping up all over playing. Their favorite game is “fool the stoopid human” which consists of ducking under the water, then popping up a few feet behind your boat and making that “phooph” noise, then ducking under again.
*Stanley & Seaforts at sunset (it may be expensive and a bit cheesy, but dining there at sunset provides some amazing views of downtown and the water)
*sunset at Owens Beach (as far out towards the point as you can get) a perfect place for a wine and cheese picnic (pot smoking teenagers optional)
~L
I really like the view of Downtown from in front of Commencement Bay Coffee Co. looking north on Jefferson Ave. The old industrial buildings in the front and the modern skyscrapers in the background make a great shot.
Downtown from Commencement Bay is something everyone should experience. You don't realize how dense some of the neighborhoods are until you see them from the water.
Well, if you go the OTHER way towards the water, the tracks quickly become overgrown. Back in the day there used to be a RR trestle over the Foss. When they took it out, the tracks were left.
Follow the tracks to the water's edge. It's just a phenomenal view of the skyline. I have some pics from there, Scott. Would you like to see?
--Mt. Rainer as you crest 27th Ave. W., travelling east from Bridgeport Way toward Fircrest. Or from TCC, for that matter. Well...where ISN'T a good place?
--Gig Harbor from Pt Defiance's Five Mile Road.
--Ruston Way at sunset, looking back at downtown or over toward Brown's Point/Vashon Island.
--The Narrows and islands from Grandview, over the golf course.
The tree that ate the bicycle on Vashon Island. Very cool spot!
Mt. Rainier from the road leading into Orting. The mountain is huge from that vantage point!
The lovely old homes in North End.
The Rose Garden and Pagoda at Pt. Defiance, they are lovely when in full bloom.
There's some beautiful architecture in downtown Tacoma. Some of the old buildings have wonderful detail.
There's lots of beauty around us in the Northwest, we just have to keep our eyes open.
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