Tuesday, June 21, 2005
TXPTLMS #7: Puget Sound on the Fourth of July
Top Ten Places That Leave Me Slackjawed
No, the jawdropping thing about the evening was the fireworks "show" going on across the Sound. Dina and I had a vantage point on top of one of the parking garages for KeyArena* (home of the Seattle Storm). From there we could see fireworks going off over on Bainbridge Island. It really looked like cannonfire across the water.
I'm not a Revolutionary War buff. I know the good guys won and that's enough for me. But for a half hour or so it was possible to ignore the modern city we were in and imagine looking back two-hundred-plus years to see the battle for independence taking place.
If you're in the States this July 4th, try and find yourself near a large body of water at night. Check out what's happening on the far side. It might be quite astounding.
*KeyArena is the large two-toned rectangle on the upper-left quadrant of the satellite image. We would've been on top the slightly-smaller rectangle in the lower-left quadrant, perpendicular to the arena. The Space Needle is in the lower-right quadrant. To see the names of other things in the picture, switch from Satellite to Map, by clicking the "Map" link in the upper-right corner of the linked page.
- Yosemite
- Whiskeytown Dam
- Santa Cruz Giant Redwoods
- Disneyland
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor
- South Dakota During a Thunderstorm
- Puget Sound on the Fourth of July
No, the jawdropping thing about the evening was the fireworks "show" going on across the Sound. Dina and I had a vantage point on top of one of the parking garages for KeyArena* (home of the Seattle Storm). From there we could see fireworks going off over on Bainbridge Island. It really looked like cannonfire across the water.
I'm not a Revolutionary War buff. I know the good guys won and that's enough for me. But for a half hour or so it was possible to ignore the modern city we were in and imagine looking back two-hundred-plus years to see the battle for independence taking place.
If you're in the States this July 4th, try and find yourself near a large body of water at night. Check out what's happening on the far side. It might be quite astounding.
*KeyArena is the large two-toned rectangle on the upper-left quadrant of the satellite image. We would've been on top the slightly-smaller rectangle in the lower-left quadrant, perpendicular to the arena. The Space Needle is in the lower-right quadrant. To see the names of other things in the picture, switch from Satellite to Map, by clicking the "Map" link in the upper-right corner of the linked page.
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