Seattle and Environs
I'll bet this place is gorgeous when it's not overcast all the bloody time. SeaTac is a nice airport, well-organized, nicely decorated, and equipped with all sorts of shops to drain money from imprisoned travelers. I'm sure I'll be spending some tomorrow, as I'm out of books to read, and it's a long flight back.
McNeil Island Correctional Center is apparently a place that specializes in incarcerating sex offenders. As we're preparing to board the ferry, the vending rep nudges me and says "I've been told they like blonds." I reply that we should stay back-to-back the entire time. A bear-like security guard grins through his grey beard and says "You'll be fine. We got rid of the cannibal."
The ferry takes us across Puget Sound to McNeil Island; on the way there, there's a nice view of the Narrows Bridge, and of the Sound in general, which is very pretty. On the ferry ride back, the clouds had cleared enough that I could actually see Mt. Ranier, which is huge. Spectacular. That mental image you have of a big mountain? That's it. And me without my camera; not that I could have taken it to the island anyway. The irony is that the beautiful views from McNeil Island are wasted on prisoners who can't wait to leave.
Some private citizens live there as well, though they're all employed by the state. In exchange for the inconvenience of being trapped on an island (which is only accessed by a ferry on a set schedule) with a bunch of sex criminals, apparently their entire existence is subsidized by the state, with cheap rent, etc.
Recommended Listening: Frank Black, "End of Miles"
Recommended Reading: none right now; out of books
McNeil Island Correctional Center is apparently a place that specializes in incarcerating sex offenders. As we're preparing to board the ferry, the vending rep nudges me and says "I've been told they like blonds." I reply that we should stay back-to-back the entire time. A bear-like security guard grins through his grey beard and says "You'll be fine. We got rid of the cannibal."
The ferry takes us across Puget Sound to McNeil Island; on the way there, there's a nice view of the Narrows Bridge, and of the Sound in general, which is very pretty. On the ferry ride back, the clouds had cleared enough that I could actually see Mt. Ranier, which is huge. Spectacular. That mental image you have of a big mountain? That's it. And me without my camera; not that I could have taken it to the island anyway. The irony is that the beautiful views from McNeil Island are wasted on prisoners who can't wait to leave.
Some private citizens live there as well, though they're all employed by the state. In exchange for the inconvenience of being trapped on an island (which is only accessed by a ferry on a set schedule) with a bunch of sex criminals, apparently their entire existence is subsidized by the state, with cheap rent, etc.
Recommended Listening: Frank Black, "End of Miles"
Recommended Reading: none right now; out of books
posted by Matt at
8:58 PM
1 Comments:
Oh yes -- Seattle is amazing when it's clear. Even overcast, it's lovely. If you get the chance to go to the Pike mumble Market, go, and have dim sum at the little Chinese place overlooking the sound. You can see Ranier through the windows, and it's altogether lovely.
And while you're doing the install? Don't drop the soap.
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