Welcome to Captivate Seattle
There's just no denying that Seattle is a captivating city to say the very least.
With it's world-class restaurants, hi-tech businesses, famed architecture, coffee shops,
and the birthplace of "grunge" music, it's easy to say that Seattle is a city like no other.
From it's stunning cityscape to it's picturesque setting nestled between two magnificent mountain ranges,
with a breathtaking view of a lake and bay, Seattle is easily one of most beautiful cities in America.
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Below you will find a few of the many exciting places and things around Seattle which
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GRAND COULEE
As tall as a 61-story building and nine blocks long, Grand Coulee Dam is one of the engineering marvels of the world. This massive concrete structure har nesses Columbia River waters to bring irrigation, power, flood control, and recreation to this arid region. An out side elevator at the third power plant rises at a 45° angle, affording spectacu lar views of the spillway. In the sum mertime the spillway is used as a giant screen for one of the world’s largest laser light shows.
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Plan a Visit to Grand Coulee and Kettle Falls When Visiting Seattle, WA
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June 7th, 2010 | Tags: Arid Region, Canadian Border, Columbia River, Concrete Structure, Engineering Marvels Of The World, Flood Control, Giant Screen, Grand Coulee Dam, Half A Mile, Har, Lake Roosevelt, Laser Light, Long Reservoir, Marvels Of The World, National Recreation Area, Nesses, River Waters, Seattle Wa, Spillway, Visiting Seattle
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SOAP LAKE
Known as Smokiam (“healing waters”) to local Indians, the resort lake of this small town contains alkaline waters with high concentrations of 16 minerals and salts. The name is derived from the sudsy froth on the lake’s surface. These waters have long drawn believers, who claim a good soak relieves arthritis, pso riasis, and sundry other ailments.
WENATCHEE
The sun-kissed Wenatchee Valley be came one of the world’s largest apple-growing regions once irrigation was established here in 1903. Since 1919• Wenatchee has thrown a party for its most important crop with an Apple Blossom Festival from late April through early May. Orchards of apri- cherries, and pears line roadsides, cots, brightening the valley in springtime with pink and white blossoms. Visit the Washington Apple Commission Visi tor Center for exhibits, a film, and a sampling of apples and juices.
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Places You Must See: Soap Lake, Wenatchee and Cashmere, Washington
(449 words, 10 images, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)
May 31st, 2010 | Tags: Alpine Gardens, Aplets, Apple Blossom Festival, Cascade Range, Cashmere Washington, Chelan County, Cotlets, Dians, Healing Waters, Lake Wenatchee, Nine Acres, Ohme Gardens, Pioneer Life, Pioneer Village, Rocky Bluff, Shady Glens, Soap Lake, Stone Pathways, Washington Apple Commission, Wenatchee Washington
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SOUTH BEND
Since the 1890′s this little port has been known as the Oyster Capital of the West. Still-pristine Willapa Bay pro duces one-sixth of the entire country’s harvest. Visit during the four-day Oys ter Stampede, held on Memorial Day weekend, when you can reserve a tour of the Coast Oyster Company, the world’s largest oyster-processing plant.
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When in Washington You Will Want to Visit South Bend, Spokane & Steptoe
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May 17th, 2010 | Tags: Age Of Elegance, Camp Bell, Coast Oyster Company, Duncan Gardens, Fertile Volcanic Soil, Greensward, Hilly Land, Law Olmsted, Manito Park, Memorial Day Weekend, Oyster Capital, Railroad Yard, Rain Shadow, Splendid Park, Spokane Aquifer, Steptoe Butte State Park, Tour Winds, Tundra Swans, Undulat, Unofficial Capital
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VANCOUVER
This vigorous port city with a multi ethnic populace is within striking dis tance of fir-shrouded mountains and brisk river breezes. Visit 19th-century Vancouver, when it was described as “the New York of the Pacific,” at the re constructed Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, furnished as the fur-trad ing center it was in 1845.
A collection of 21 Victorian homes built for military personnel have been restored as the Officers’ Row National Historic District. Open to the public are the 1886 Marshall House, once the quarters of Gen, George C. Marshail, and the 1850 Grant House.
In Battle Ground, 15 miles northeast, hop aboard the Lewis & Clark Rail way. Its 21/2-hour seasonal weekend trips roughly follow the route of the pi oneers past scenic vistas. In the summer you can take a dip in Yacolt Creek; in December a Christmas-tree train will carry you up the mountain to bring back your own fresh-cut tree.
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Sightseeing in Vancouver, Mount Saint Helens and Ilwaco, Washington
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May 7th, 2010 | Tags: Bivouac, Christmas Tree, Cream Cone, Detour North, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Ilwaco Washington, Interstate 5, Lence, Monu, Mount Saint Helens, Mount St Helens, National Forest Roads, River Breezes, Silver Lake, Slide Program, Snowy Summit, Spectacular Vistas, Ston, Tance, Washington Vancouver
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TOPPENISH
Murals depicting scenes from Toppen ish history blanket the sides of build ings in this award-winning city. See them by taking a narrated Mural Tour in a horse-drawn Conestoga wagon. A seven-story winter lodge dominates the Yakama Nation Cultural Center, which chronicles the history of the Yakama (also spelled Yakima) nation. The fertile volcanic soil of the Yakima Valley has been a boon to grape grow ers, spawning a wine industry that is world renowned. A loosely strung necklace of 23 wineries, from Wapato to Benton City, follows the flow of the Yakima River. Visit the last weekend in April for the Yakima Valley Wine growers’ Spring Barrel Tasting. From the town of Paterson west to Vancouver you’ll be driving the Lewis and Clark State Highway (Rte. 14) through the Columbia River Gorge. A national scenic area astride the river protects many of the same cliffs, water falls, and forests that Lewis and Clark encountered in 1805.
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Sightseeing in Washington – Toppenish, Maryhill & North Bonneville
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April 30th, 2010 | Tags: Ancient Volcano, Bonneville Dam, Chinook Salmon, Columbia River Gorge, Conestoga Wagon, Fertile Volcanic Soil, Maryhill Museum, National Scenic Area, North Bonneville, Palatial Mansion, Queen Marie, Spring Barrel, Steelhead Trout, Toppenish Murals, Underwater Windows, Winter Lodge, Yakama Nation Cultural Center, Yakima Nation, Yakima River, Yakima Valley Wine
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SAN JUAN ISLANDS
The 172 evergreen islands dotted along the San Juan County waterways are prized for their beauty and recreational choices but especially for their low-key pace. Four of the islands can be reached by ferry from the town of Anacortes. Try to visit off-season; these popular is lands can be crowded in summer. With relatively few hills, Lopez Is land is a favorite of cyclists, who leisurely cruise past orchards, weathered barns, and velvety pastures. Fri day Harbor, on San Juan Island, is a popular sailors’ anchorage. Rent a bike and pedal to the Whale Museum, to study orca lore. To see the real thing, visit the Lime Kiln Point Lighthouse at Lime Kiln Point State Park, 10 miles west, where in the summer you can spy pods of orca whales feeding close to shore. The largest and most rugged of the islands is Orcas Island. Here Mount Constitution in Moran State Park offers panoramas of the sur rounding islands.
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Visiting the San Juan Islands, North Cascades and Yakima, Washington
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April 20th, 2010 | Tags: Alpine Meadows, County Waterways, Diablo Lake, Lime Kiln Point, Lime Kiln Point State Park, Lively Environment, Mount Constitution, North Cascade Mountains, Old Growth Forests, Orca Whales, Orcas Island, Point Lighthouse, San Juan Island, San Juan Islands, Skagit Valley Tulip, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Valley Tulip Festival, Whale Museum, Yakima Valley, Yakima Washington
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ABERDEEN/HOQUIAM
These twin cities share bustling Grays Harbor, named for Capt. Robert Gray, who first charted this land in 1792. The shipyard in Aberdeen’s Grays Harbor Historical Seaport often includes a replica of Gray’s ship, the Lady Wash ington. The museum offers seasonal cruises aboard the ship along the Chehalis, a nationally designated wild and scenic river coast, where short, well-marked trails on the vegetation-shroud ed three-quarter-mile Hall of Mosses Loop Trail. Take the 14-mile road just west of Fairholm south to the steaming sulfur pools of Sol Duc Hot Springs. This rustic spa re sort dates back to 1910; a three-quarter-mile hike leads to Sol Duc Falls. The Port Angeles en trance to the park takes you through subalpine meadows of spring-bloom ing avalanche lilies and purple lupine. Seventeen miles south is Hurricane Ridge, which affords spec tacular views of glacier-mantled Mount Olympus.
April 10th, 2010 | Tags: Douglas Firs, Fairy Tale, Gingerbread Houses, High Tides, Hoh Rain Forest, Hoquiam, Hurricane Ridge, Landmark Buildings, Marked Trails, Olympic National Park, Rustic Spa, San Francisco Landmark, Seasonal Cruises, Snowy Peaks, Sol Duc Hot Springs, Spring Bloom, Subalpine Meadows, Temperate Rain, Tide Chart, Victorian Architecture
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Tacoma
Bing Crosby’s birthplace has two his toric districts, fine Victorian residences, and much to do. The Broadway Cen ter for the Performing Arts includes two old restored vaudeville halls. The pioneer, Indian, and Alaskan col lections at the Washington State His torical Society Museum are the largest on the Pacific Coast. Point Defiance Park, 700 acres of gardens and old-growth forest, has a zoo and aquarium.
Olympia
This pretty-as-a-picture state capital has parks of all stripes: harborside parks, historic parks, and the Capitol Cam pus, one of the finest capitol grounds in the nation. The elegant Legislative Building bears more than a passing re semblance to the U.S. Capitol; it’s even surrounded by flowering cherry trees.
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Seattle’s Neighbors: Tacoma & Olympia
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March 30th, 2010 | Tags: Alpine Forests, Bing Crosby, Capitol Cam, Cen Ter, Farm Ing, Flowering Cherry Trees, Gentle Hills, Giant Salmon, Lections, Massive Glaciers, Nisqually River, Oyster Farm, Pacific Oyster, Pacific Oysters, Point Defiance Park, Pungent Flavor, Scenic Rail, South Central Park, Taylor United Inc, Victorian Residences
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Hey brides and grooms, why not visit Seattle on your honeymoon? Seattle is a beautiful place to vacation and the people are the friendliest in the world. Imagine going to the top of the Space Needle for a breath taking view of Seattle, or climbing to the top of Mt. Rainier. No honeymoon would be complete without a trip to the historic down area and of course that includes checking out the craziness of the fish markets. If you are a local wedding couple, you may want to check out Seattle Honeymoons.
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Honeymoon in Seattle
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February 20th, 2010 | Tags: Beautiful Memories, Beautiful Place, Beautiful Scenery, Brides And Grooms, Bridesmaids Dresses, Climbing To The Top, Craziness, Fish Markets, Flower Girl Dresses, Forest Lake, Mother Of The Bride, Mother Of The Bride Dresses, Pacific Northwest, Planning A Wedding, Space Needle, Tuxedo Rentals, Twin Cities Area, Warm Climate, Wedding Couple, Wedding Dresses
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