Gas Works Park－piower的部落格

好久沒有旅遊日記囉~今天終於又到達Seattle的另一個景點Gas Works Park!
雖然說一兩個禮拜前就想過去看看了...可是一直沒有準備好資料...走到半途就覺得
好像走錯路而返回...今天就特地上網查了一下資料...大家好像都很忙...我也不想
打擾大家....所以一個人很堅強的跑去溜搭了....雖然走一走有時候會悲從中來哈哈
相關資料: http://www.tsca.net/puget/GasWorks.htm
http://www.cityofseattle.net/transportation/burkegilmantrailmaps.htm

The Burke Gilman Trail

這個Trail延伸好長好長...第一個Section主要是延著學校的楓葉林道...一直延伸到Gas
Works Park，前兩個禮拜我把學校的楓葉林道走了一次...今天就從40st直接走Pacific
St.切過去...不過我不知道原來從學校宿舍可以延伸trail...我原來一直走在大馬路上*_*
難怪沒人...越走越毛...還好回程的時候看大家的走向跟著走回家....單程大概花了一個
小時左右...去的時候我就是沿著Pacific接Northlake沿著Union Bay邊走邊欣賞風景...

<我猜這是I-5?我也不確定>

哈哈終於到了Gas Works Park!!那時候我毛毛的...以為走錯了路...本來有看到招牌寫著
Gas Works Park Marina...可是我走進去看沒東西阿是一個停車場...想說該不會我被騙了
所以看到這個招牌的時候我欣喜若狂....竊笑...挖哈哈

整個Gas Works Park感覺起來很像小型高爾夫球場...只是山坡地很多...有些人跑去那邊
玩飛盤....溜狗...照相...整個場地都是老外...不不...整個公園只有我一個老外.....
他們大概想我一個人跑去那邊到底要幹啥麼喔...不過那真的是野餐的好地方...如果有三五
好友能夠作伴去野餐聊天....那真的超讚超讚的(只能在夢裡面想囉:P)

<公園裡頭的景緻>

This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant
to manufacture gas from coal - later converted to crude oil. Import of
natural gas in the 1950's made the plant obsolete. The city acquired the
site for a park in 1962. The park was opened to the public in 1975. The
boiler house has been converted to a Picnic Shelter with tables, fire
grills and an open area. The former exhauster-compressor building, now
a children's play barn, features a maze of brightly painted machinery.
資料來源: http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/GASWORKS.htm