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Maritime Festival at Fishermen’s Terminal

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The Seattle Martime Festival is being held at Fishermen’s Terminal this week. Free fun and educational events for the entire family.

Friday, May 10th is a guided walking tour of the terminal from 10:30 am to noon. You have to RSVP for this since the number of participants is limited.

Saturday, May 11th is the Family Fun Day from 11 am to 4 pm. The fun day is actually held at the Maritime Academy located on the Ballard side of the bridge. Events range from free Argosy tours, to a boat piloting simulator, to knot tying.

For details see the website at this link.

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Olmstead Parks Survey

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Seattle Parks has completed a study for restoration projects at 10 of the Olmstead Parks in the city. You can find the page here. In the middle of the page is a link to a survey for park users. The survey is very quick to fill out, though I encourage people to take a couple minutes and use the comment section to detail any concerns or priorities you have for any of the parks on the list. I used the section to discuss the needs of the mobility impaired who are ambulatory.

Free Admission to the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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The admission fee for the Volunteer Park Conservatory is small ($4 for adults, $2 for youth, under 12 free), but it’s enough to push the Conservatory down on the things-to-do list for a lot of people. Now’s your chance to visit without having to pay. Admission is free until February 28th.

The free admission comes courtesy of the Bennet-Shear family. The children made a generous donation to celebrate their parents’ 40th wedding anniversary. The children grew up nearby and often walked to the park and toured through the conservatory, which was free to enter until 2013. What a neat way to honor their parents and benefit the community!

The Conservatory is open 10 am to 4 pm every day except Mondays.

To see my post about the Conservatory click here.

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A Trip to the Ocean

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(Have patience with the backstory stuff, it all ties together.)

From 1982 to 1984 I worked at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. Because I lived in the employee dorms it was easy to make friends and meet people to hang out with. One of the cool things about living there was that we were surrounded by National Forests so a group of us took full advantage by going camping together as often as our work schedules allowed.

Three of the people I hung out with were Chris and Connie, twin sisters and part of the camping gang, and Jody.

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