{"id":4251,"date":"2020-01-22T22:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2022-04-23T06:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T22:52:57","slug":"20200122seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/22\/20200122seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Tour of North Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last day in Seattle, I planned to tour the city’s Northern districts, Fremont and UW regions, before hopping onto evening flights back to DC.<\/p>\n

\"Downtown<\/a>

<\/br>Downtown Seattle across Lake Union<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, weather’s not very cooperative as it was raining throughout the day. To make matters worse, after days of experiencing Seattle’s public buses I learned they were always late, which was a perpetual fact that Google Maps were only able to learn at the last minute. Unhappy face.<\/p>\n

My first (and probably only) stop of the day was Gas Works Park. Google Maps was pretty active in recommending Fremont Troll by displaying its pin at low zoom ratio. Since I would be transferring buses near that sculpture, I paid it a visit.<\/p>\n

\"Fremont<\/a>

<\/br>Fremont Troll<\/p><\/div>\n

By Wikipedia, the idea of a troll living under a bridge is derived from Scandinavian folklore. Apart from that, I didn’t find this sculpture particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

Then it’s Gas Works Park, probably the second best location for viewing Seattle Skyline (after Kerry Park). <\/p>\n

\"Downtown<\/a>

<\/br>\"Downtown<\/a> \"Downtown<\/a><\/br>Downtown Seattle across Lake Union<\/p><\/div>\n

The park was built on the site of a former coal gasification plant, as there were some factory parts still left to rust<\/del> behind fences.<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>

 \"Former<\/a><\/br>\"Former<\/a> \"Former<\/a><\/br>Former Factory Plant<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Shipyard\"<\/a>

<\/br>Shipyard<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Old<\/a>

<\/br>Old Fishing Boat<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Rain was falling steadily, and I was probably the only person in the park besides a bunch of geese. On a good note, wind wasn’t very strong, and I were still able to take these photos while keeping my front lens dry.<\/p>\n

\"Distant<\/a>

<\/br>Distant Space Needle<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Downtown<\/a>

<\/br>\"Downtown<\/a><\/br>Downtown Seattle across Lake Union<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"View<\/a>

<\/br>View across Union Lake from Gas Works Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Houses<\/a>

 \"Houses<\/a><\/br>Houses and Hill across Lake<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

\"Factory<\/a>

 \"Factory<\/a><\/br>Factory Machinery<\/br>Some parts were dismantled, repainted, and put into a nearby warehouse for display.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bridge<\/a>

<\/br>Bridge Piers<\/br>Probably used to carry some pipeline. And there were so many geese around.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

After that, I made my way to Henry Art Gallery which was in University of Washington’s campus.
\nUnfortunately, I found out its exhibits were few and uniformly modern art like this, which I could hardly appreciate.<\/p>\n

\"Array<\/a>

 \"Array<\/a><\/br>Array of Coffins<\/p><\/div>\n

And the Art Gallery had more people in its cafeteria enjoying lunch than its exhibit rooms.
\nOriginally, next on my list was UW’s campus. But since I wasn’t particularly in the mood of a tourist on such rainy day, I decided to call of the day’s tour early and head back packing up for airport.
\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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