I live in Camas and we see Mt Hood easily from here on clear days. I think both mountains are beautiful and the fact we don’t get to see them daily makes us appreciate them more.
Yes, exactly, I’ve traveled the west coast of the US from WA to Southern California & back via planes, trains & automobiles. :) It is absolutely gorgeous & train is by far the best for beautiful views. Not to mention 2.5 hours north of Seattle is Vancouver, Canada which is an absolutely beautiful city and region with soooo much to do. If a person visits Seattle & has the time & a passport, a visit to Vancouver would be a ton of fun.
The Pacific Rainforest, a small part of which you see here, is the largest temperate rainforest in the world, stretching from Alaska to Northern California through British Columbia, western Washington and western Oregon.
7:45 I'm a born and bred local in Seattle. All local seattleites know it is Pike place market not Pike's market. So if you add that s to Pike we are 100% know you're a tourist.
Indeed! 🙂 I was stationed there on two different submarines in the USN, at Bangor and later PSNS. The Asheville, my 2nd boat, was in drydock at PSNS the whole 9 months I was assigned to her! lmao. Don't worry, I did go underway on my first boat, USS Florida SSBN-728. Four patrols on that boat, 365 days underway, longest time spent underwater was 87 days. 🙂
the other thing is the small towns surrounding Seattle, you can tell if people are from the area by whether they can pronounce it properly. For example, I know how to pronounce Tukwila and Puyallup because I lived in the area. 🙂
As a Seattleite… who still lives in Seattle, glad to see a positive reaction to my city for a change. Respect to these tourists for hopping over Lake Washington for a hike up Rattlesnake. I feel like the true Seattle experience can’t be complete without a hike. Seattle’s the perfect city for nature lovers who want an urban lifestyle mixed together. We live here because we love the outdoors & we love the smell of fresh water, evergreen trees & of course great food. Little disappointed they didn’t try our salmon, but it’s all good. The PNW is the most spoiled region in the US & this video kinda proved that lol. Much love bruv 🤘
The state of Washington goes from wild ocean beaches, through mossy rainforests, past port cities and towering volcanoes, through more forests, over tall mountain passes, out into sprawling farmland, crossing a 2,500-mile-long river, out into rocky desert canyons and rolling wheat country and more pine forests. We have so many different geographical features and micro-climates in just this single state.
The Pacific Northwest of America is probably the most beautiful region I've ever seen in my 50 years on the Earth... and Seattle probably has the best skyline in the USA, especially if you consider the natural skyline too🤘 WASHINGTON State is magnificently beautiful
Seeing it from alkali beach is incredible. You can sit on the beach. People driving behind you in amazing cars. You can see mountains and, the skyline. ❤️
If you drive over those mountains, 2 hours outside of Seattle you'll be in desert. An hour and a half away is skiing in the winter. Three and a half hours away and you can go to Mt. St. Helens, the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in US history. Less then 3 hours south is Portland, Oregon, and less than three hours north is Vancouver, Canada. A 45 minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle, with spectacular views of the skyline, and you'd be on the other side of Puget Sound and could explore the wineries, distilleries and cideries of Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Peninsula. It's funny how you talked about how expensive those houses must be. About 30 minutes walk from Gas Works Park is the house my grandfather grew up in. My grandmother moved to a house a 5 minute walk away when she was in high school, which is how they met. Both were the children of Scandinavian immigrants, and that area was far from rich. My grandfather inherited and sold that house in the 1940s for $19,000. I looked it up, and that same house, which still is standing, is now worth almost $1,000,000.
@@SurrealNirvana Mostly true. The majority looks like a desert because the Ice Age Floods scrapped away all the top soil. It's more a steppe. But there are regions in the rain shadow that get less than 10 inches of rain a year, which makes it a true desert. Have you ever driven around the Hanford area? That's desert.
When I tell people I'm from Washington State, they always say, "Oh, I heard it rains a lot there." I'm from the OTHER side of the mountains. I used to love the green of the west side, but now when I drive back home from Seattle and cross over the pass and head down the other side, I breathe a sigh of relief at the wide open space. I've even grown to love Ponderosas.
It's 100% sun, 75 to 95 5 months straight. Then 50/50 for 2 and cloudy 100% for the rest. Pretty much cloudy and rainy Oct.15th until mid March it start the 50/50 days. Then Sept.same thing into mid Oct. But the summers for 5 months is all sun and green tall trees, outside Seattle you can't see further than quarter mile, tall green Trees. Lived here my whole life and it's been hard to live in another environment. It's perfect warmth, cool.to hot. Not more than 90 three days in a row. It peaks there for about 3 to 4 days. Then drops to 75 Perfect
The Gum Wall is because there was a theater (?) operating around there at one time, and they banned chewing gum inside. So visitors would stick their gum on the wall before going in and it became a thing for people passing by to do the same. Eventually became a sort of traditional everyone follows when they go through there. They clean the walls once a year, so all that gum is about a year worth of gum. Gross, but it's definitely an interesting place to visit and think just how many people walked through there.
technically, yes, a large portion of the landscape in Western Washington is a rainforest. Temperate, not tropical, but still so so so very green and refreshing. Less dangerous as well,
Washington State is one of the most unique states, from Seattle to Spokane you have just about every environment possible. Rainforest, timbered forests, high desert, scablands, Palouse. Massive rivers, lakes, puget sound. Cascade mountains and the edge of the Rockies mountains reaches Eastern Washington. Huge sports venues and some of the most passionate football fans American and European football. Huge variety of culture and food options. The state was the first to keep natural landscape incorporated in the cities.
This is the first one of these Seattle videos where they went out to a hiking trail. Bravo; that is core Seattle. I'm even willing to forgive "Pike's Market" for that. But those trees were not especially big. They're spindly compared to old growth, and they're not at full height.
Seattleite here: regarding the marmalade in the sandwich, the guy misspoke. The sandwich has marinade. But it lives up to the hype. I wish they described it better because they do it no justice! It's got slow-roasted pork marinated in this olive garlic tapenade, the thickest, sweetest caramelized onions you can imagine, picked jalapenos, and garlic aioli. They're unreal.
I grew up in Washington State. I have visited Seattle hundreds of times over the years. It’s a beautiful city. I happen to appreciate the natural beauty of the state much more than. You can see everything from rain forests to desert hills. The state has almost every kind of natural environment and is definitely worth exploring. The eastern side of the state is dry and hot- the western side is cool and rainy. My favorite places are the North Cascades, the Quinault Rain Forest, the Columbia Gorge and the Palouse Hills.
You asked about a rainforest at 18:45 - that isn't a rainforest, but if you drive a few hours from Seattle over to the Olympic peninsula, you can go see the Hoh Rainforest. It's the single wettest forest in the contiguous US, and has vegetation to match-e.g. the Hall of Mosses trail.
Washington also has a type of rainforest that exists nowhere else on the planet. It is like walking onto a set of lord of the rings or Harry potter. It is called the Olympic National Rainforest. It is almost mystical.
@@DrogothehuskyOlympian here. The view of Mount Rainier on a clear day where the 101 and I-5 meet, is so incredible I've nearly crashed my car because you just can't look away 😅
I was born and raised in Port Angeles...trips to Forks and Neah Bay, fishing on the Elwha river, Solduc hot springs, Lake Ozette, Pacific Ocean beaches and so much more are etched in my mind. I love Seattle, but I long to return to the land of Spanish moss in every tree...
Born and raised in Seattle I lived there all my life until moving to just a couple of hours away on the Olympic Peninsula which sports even more spectacular scenery than that you which experienced here---and the town in which I live gets sunshine over 300 days a year due to being in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains!
My husband and I, both retirees, moved from the very beautiful, but expensive and crowded, San Francisco Bay Area to the rural Olympic Peninsula in gorgeous Washington State 2 years ago. We are loving the quiet, and are just a ferry ride away from both Seattle and British Columbia. East of Seattle is very different to the big city, with lots of small, mountain towns, and equally beautiful geography. I hope you get to visit sometime.
I live in Olympia, Washington (the state capital) and about an hour south of Seattle. I’m a regular visitor to Seattle for the amazing music scene there. Thank you for covering this and showcasing the cool vibe and beautiful side of the city.
Michelle lived in Oly in 1973-5 haven't been back since 78 when it was starting to build up! Prefer it before it built up! Saw where Dan Evans died he was the gov when I lived there! Love the old clock right next to the capitol! The capitol is beautiful!
I lived in Oly through elementary school. Tacoma for middle/high school. I live in Bremerton now. I have two siblings who live in Seattle. I love traveling to other states. It can feel like, enter a completely new world. However, WA will always be my home. The mountains. The beaches. The cities. The hiking trails. The water….omg the water!!!! The islands. Seafair (Make friends with a boat owner, or rent one!!) The food. The diversity. The MUSIC. I’ve made friends from someone of every nationality, in one single state. It’s incredible.
@nilloc28 i used to live in Bremerton. My ex-wife was stationed on the USS Puget Sound in Norfolk. Navy didn't want to change too much so was stationed on The Puget Sound!
Amazon the company is headquartered in Seattle. Few places can match the varieties of food you can get. I live about an hour from Seattle. Yes, weather is similar to London. These 2 sure love their deserts. Seattle also has an incredible Museum of Flight there that takes about a half a day to go through. It has an Air Force One and a Concorde you can walk though. So, in a nutshell welcome to my corner of the world.
Along with Amazon some other brands known around the world call Seattle home, or they use to. I was surprised that they didn’t mention that Pike Place was the location of the first Starbucks. Microsoft: A major tech company in the Seattle area Starbucks: A multinational coffeehouse chain Costco Wholesale: A Fortune 500 company Nordstrom: A luxury department store chain Expedia Group: A travel technology company Boeing: A multinational aerospace corporation with a major presence in Seattle
I'm so happy you like it!! Washington is my home, and Seattle is a gem of a city. Sure, there are definitely issues, as any big city has, but on the whole, I have so many wonderful memories of visiting Seattle as a child to see the science center, the Museum of flight (
I'm 79 years old and grew up.around this area and went to school here. These brief glimpses give you a "taste" of Seattle and surrounds but you really need to spend several weeks or maybe a month here to get decent idea of Western Washington.
I live in the Seattle area, about 30 minutes south in Auburn. I absolutely love it here. We do have a rainforest, it's on the peninsula at the Olympic Mountain. This state has so much. And really, you don't need to go 40 minutes outside of the city to see nature. There is an arboretum not far from Capitol hill where you can take a beautiful walk around. I used to walk around there when I lived in Seattle.
The cities of the Pacific Northwest are pretty amazing, including Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia; Portland, Oregon. This video did great job showing the kinds of urban and natural amenities surrounding the cities of Cascadia.
I’m a southern Californian who moved to Whidbey island in Washington state and this place is a kind of magical that you need to see to believe! It’s got everything one could ever want.
Washington state, as a whole, is breathtakingly and beautifully diverse. The western third (approximate) of the state is lush and green. What you saw in this video is merely a snippet of the treasures that await. Then, crossing the Cascade mountain range to the eastern side of the state is a whole other thing... the dry side of the state holds its own beauty and wonders. Imagine a place where you can see the lay of the land (as the trees aren't super thick like the western part), and you're floating down a glacier-fed river while the sun kisses your skin. I have traveled a good bit and lived all over, but I call Washington my home because I'm so in love with it. I do so hope that you get to visit someday soon!
I moved from Las Vegas to Seattle five years ago. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I absolutely love this city and the surrounding lush greens. There are so many beautiful parks and beaches. Thank you for the lovely positive video!
I live across the lake from Seattle, and absolutely love it. I don't like the climate in eastern WA but western WA? Incredible. And yes, on this side of the mountains, our weather is very much like the UK. We have mountains, forests, volcanoes, ocean...one of the only temperate rainforests in the lower 48 states...we're very lucky with our region. My guess is that they recorded it in September, we don't usually have clear/blue skies after that till the next late spring.
@@sarahteague7290 it’s called the evergreen state for a reason, you get beautiful greenery pretty much year round, maybe a bit more dead in late December/early January but this definitely wasn’t summertime
@orsonbrotnov2948 since I live here, yes, I'm aware. The grass is brown in July and August and early September, and is maybe fully green again at the end of September. The leaves on trees started turning mid September this year.
I was really impressed with these guys. I live just across the water from Seattle (just a ferry ride away) and going to Seattle for the day is always a treat. And they went to Ivar's! I will drop any and everything for a cup of that Chowder. My mom worked there when Ivar was still alive, so she could replicate the tartar sauce and Chowder. ❤
Rain makes Washington state evergreen 🌲🌳🌿 The emerald state..☺️🌸🌺🌷🌼 On a clear day Mt Raimier is very visible driving on I-5 or Rainier Ave. in Seattle. If you like skiing 🎿 drive north to the town of Leavenworth ( about 3 hrs from Seattle) it’s like a small Bavarian town.☺️
I’m on the other side of the state in Kennewick Wa. I cross the Columbia River twice every day for work. We have soooo many wineries, the Columbia Cop hydroplane races, and it’s hot hot in the summer
I’m sure someone else said this but the troll under the Aurora Bridge is a Scandinavian thing. Seattle has a HUGE enclave of Norwegian and Swedish descendants. Trolls under bridges loom large in Scandinavian folklore. Seattle even celebrates annually Norwegian Independence Day with a parade.
Seattle is a great city! I lived in the area for four years with the USN. First with USS Florida SSBN-728 at Bangor Naval Submarine Base, then later with USS Asheville at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. That second boat was in drydock the whole nine months I was assigned to her! lmao. But I did do four strategic deterrent patrols on USS Florida, for a total of 365 days at sea, and the longest time I spent underwater was 87 days. Whenever the submarine was in port and I was off duty, I would go to Seattle on the ferry. I stayed there overnight once because it got too late to get on the ferry! I don't drink, so I just went to the museums and the zoo etc. Great place. It's cold and rainy there like Britain, but I like cold and rainy weather lol. The San Francisco Bay Area is home, but Seattle is one of the few other places I would want to live. 🙂 As other commenters said, it is indeed "Pike Place Market" not "Pike's", lmao. 🙂
I've lived in Washington state my entire life - 71 years. Although I've enjoyed visiting the Seattle area and surrounding forests many times, I much prefer the wide open spaces, and smaller population of my side of the state - eastern Washington. My ancestors came here in 1902 to homestead in the dryland south of Kahlotus - and 6 generations later, we're still here. Thanks for sharing this video about the other side of the state.
Seattle is a great place to live. They did an excellent job showcasing some of the gems during a weekend stay. I've lived in multiple regions in the US, and Seattle is my favorite, even during the rainy winter. There are multiple views of the skyline from different parts of the city with varying background landscapes. It is by far the most beautiful city in the country. It's also the most underrated city in the country. Most Americans have yet to discover Washington State and are surprised when they visit.
I was born in Washington and I have moved to other states before. But I always end up coming back. Having a view of Mount Rainier on the horizon nearly everywhere you go in the state is just nice. I miss seeing it when I am out of State.
Currently watching this here in Washington State. I love the view of Mt. Rainier out my window with the lake view near me. I love it here. The clean air and water. It’s beautiful here love it or hate it. I love my home state
The forests of the U.S.'s Pacific Northwest are temperate rainforests. Most of the sites they explored in this video are easily accessible via the train system (light-rail) so save $ on car rental and parking. As well, in the summer time, there is a Metro bus shuttle from downtown Seattle to that Rattle Snake Ledge hike.
My dad joined the Navy in 1951 and was stationed on Whidbey Island. He and my mom were a young couple from Western Pennsylvania. After living all over the country (Memphis, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Seattle, etc), they settled in Long Beach CA, where I was born. They stayed in So Cal for the weather but said that the Seattle area was the prettiest place they'd ever lived by far. I've always wanted to visit.
And then people learn that it only looks like this on the WEST side of the mountains, which only makes up roughly half (maybe even only a third) of the entire state. Most of what's on the East side of the mountain range is much flatter, FAR more beige, and we have sagebrush and tumbleweeds for miles upon miles. Take it from someone born and raised in Southeast Central WA, I know for a fact that most would be quite surprised to learn just how much of Washington state is technically desert climate. 😂
I was born and raised about an hour north of Seattle and I lived in downtown Seattle for 5 years. Seattle is weird and that's what i live about it. There's so much to do. There are so many different views of the city with the Space Needle and Tahoma. I love hiking and I may be biased, but we most have the most beautiful scenery here.
3:45 That’s Gas Works Park “donated” by the gas company when it became a superfund site. Talking to people who worked there there was a handle there with notches for each worker who was unalived on the job. This is back when gas was deadly. There was an old pipeline running from there to the other side of the Lake Union to the old HQ.
I work in downtown Seattle and watch the seaplanes land in front of me. And I live in the woods. Western Washington is the best of all worlds. From ocean beaches, San Juan Islands, Hoh Rainforest, the deserts of eastern WA, the cities, the mountains, the hiking, the swimming, fishing, skiing…And the Palouse and Walla Walla wineries on a long weekend. And the camping!! It’s amazing
I live in Port Orchard which is on the other side of Puget Sound from Seattle. It is really beautiful here and we’re blessed to be surrounded with so much nature, Mt. Rainier and Olympic National Parks are only about a two and a half hour drive from us. It’s too bad is slightly cloudy during their visit because when the “mountain’s out”, meaning the sky is clear, the view of Mt. Rainier from just about every where because it’s so large at 14,410 feet is spectacular.
Based on the rhododendron in bloom this was filmed in late spring/early summer. No one calls it "Pike's Market", it's Pike Place. The best views of the Seattle skyline are from the ferry. We don't call it "China Town" it's the International District. The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula, about 4 hours west of Seattle. I was born and raised in Tacoma, and have lived on the Kitsap Peninsula for the last 22 years. I've visited a lot of places but there isn't anywhere I'd rather live than Western Washington.
I've lived in Seattle for about 7.5 years. Moved here and got rid of my car. I live in Capitol Hill (where they ate the molten cake/ice cream). I feel so lucky to wander the streets of this awesome city every day. I take the bus and light rail and really get to take it all in. I love sitting down at the waterfront or on the ferry and look up at that magnificent skyline! The weather IS very similar to the UK (I spend a few months there many years ago). I love the drizzle and the gloom, with some sun poking out now and then (and, like London, some truly beautiful summer days). Some of the architecture here reminds me a lot of London's, actually. You'd fit right in sitting eating fish and chips on the pier! There are close by hiking trails and we even have a city bus in the summer that takes you right to the trailhead... super easy to get out of the city and walk among the massive trees!
The weather in the pacific north west kind of sucks, but thanks to it is why it has such an amazing nature. I live in the opposite side of the country , with opposite kind of weather, Miami Beach, FL. I do go to Seattle quite often, and i love it. So much to see and do. The city is extremely modern and the hills and lakes surrounding it create a beautiful blanket of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has its own vibe, some are industrial looking, some are bohemian, some are wealthy with manicured lawns. The food scene is very diverse and good. Lots of Asian influence, which is very different from the diversity I'm used to, which is primarily Latin and Caribbean. That is one of the greatest things about the US, the variety of nature, culture, foods, you would need a 100 lifetimes to be able to see what the US has to offer. The pacific northwest is a perfect place to start exploring this country, you will not be let down.
Ah, my brother lives almost right above and over from the Fremont Troll! I live out in the rain shadow/desert part of the state, it's a pretty wonderful place. I also saw on 19:48 of your video the House that Griffey Built, really enjoyed the History of the Mariners reaction videos. In that shot, the open building with the white railings is the football stadium for the Seahawks and Sounders and the Mariners play in the big building just past it to the right. It has a retractable roof and it seems the roof is on in that shot.
"is this a rainforest?" no, washington's rainforest is out on the peninsula and is noticeably thicker and more green it's the only non-tropical rainforest on earth
Uh, yeah, no, the entire area West of the Cascades is a temperate rainforest. The Hoh is just the rainiest area but everywhere from Juneau to Eureka is classified as a temperate rainforest. Likewise, there are a lot of non-tropical rainforests, Chilean Patagonia, Iran's Caspian Coast, Tasmania and New Zealand, etc... The PNW is just the largest stretch of temperate rainforest in the world.
No there’s non tropical rainforests in plenty of other places, including here where I am in the Appalachians of Tennessee/North Carolina. We get more rain here than Washington
@@writingalias4401 I hate to correct, but negative. There is more than one definition of “temperate rainforest”, and while much of Western Washington is a temperate rainforest under certain definitions, much of it is not under others. Parts of the Olympic Peninsula, on the other hand, are unambiguously rainforest.
Seattleite here! Thanks for having a glance at our city. It's nice to see it from someone else's eyes, as we're very very spoiled by our city and we don't feel as grateful as we perhaps should.
Beautiful video! I’ve lived in Washington State all of my life and love it. My first 40 years in Vancouver, WA. Then Mukilteo, and currently on Hood Canal on the water where I wake up to seals and otters every morning. As for the rainy winters in the Pacific Northwest, all of the beautiful green trees make it worth it. Come visit! You’ll love it❤️
Dude, you have no clue with this vid how beautiful it is. People from all over the world fall in love with the Pacific North West. When sun is out and every where you look is mountains punctuated with the stand alone volcanoes.
Lets begin with leaving Seattle. Its a fairly standard issue big city, complete with high prices and too many people for most Washingtonians. It does have a few unique features (Gasworks Park, hurling fish at Pike Place, trolls lurking under bridges) that draw tourists, but the best parts of Washington aren't in Seattle. We have every type of landscape within a few hours drive: farmland, desert, rainforest, seacoast, mountains, forests. Out there is where you find the hidden gems you spend the next decade talking about. You wanna see a sunrise? Go do it at Paradise. You wanna do some fishing? Westport. Beach town? Ocean Shores. You want a legendary breakfast? Marcia's Silver Spoon. You wanna tramp around a rainforest? One of the oldest is right on the peninsula. If wine is your thing, we have vineyards on the East Side. Ever seen folks cowboy up? The Omak Stampede. We have it ALL here. Don't miss it!!
I live literally on the slope of Rattlesnake Ridge. (It's almost a rain forest. We fall a bit short of the criteria, about 3/4 of the rainfall needed to classify as such due to dry summers and fall is mild until late October. However the plants are indistinguishable from the Temperate rain forest in our state, one of only handful in the world.) The area is in it's own micro-climate.
Note of caution: There are no handrails or fences on Rattlesnake Ledge. You get too close to that edge, you may fall several hundred feet and the landing is not soft.
Just to reassure visitors, there are NO native rattlesnakes in Western Washington. (In zoo, yes, but none roaming around free; they're only found in Eastern Washington.) Rattlesnake Mountain probably has microclimate zones that could qualify as temperate rainforest, but for true rainforest (55 inches / 140 centimeters of rain per year), you need to get a little deeper into the Cascade Mountains, or go to the west side of the Olympic Mountains. (Seattle only gets about 36in / 92cm a year.)
The flower bouquet had a peony in it so I’m guessing it was filmed around May since the flower has a limited blooming time. You can smell the gum wall before you actually see it. The sphere is an Amazon office space. Many of the forests are temperate rain forests in the PNW. They need to do the Underground tour if they go back and learn about exploding toilets of yesteryear.
Born and raised here in the Emerald City. There are so many great places to visit in the US that Washington gets overlooked most of the time. It's nice to see that people are finally turning their travel plans this way. Seattle does have a lot to offer tourist but get out side of the city and there is so much more to see and do. You could spend days exploring the islands via the ferry system. Head out to the coast for some of the biggest beaches I have seen. Head up in to the mountains for some great hiking and skiing (if you are here in the winter). Loads of lakes for all kinds of fun on the water. Yes the spring and autumn are generally grey and wet most days. Winter fallows along the same vain most years, though can get an arctic blast coming down from Alaska that shuts things down for a few days. Summers though have gotten to be quite nice.
The Fremont Troll was created in 1990. And the view behind him from Gasworks Park is over Lake Union, not a river. Rattlesnake Ridge is not rainforest, it's in the Cascade Mountains. To see the temperate rainforest you need to go several hours to the west in the Olympic Mountains. It is very lush and beautiful. It looks like they may have been there in September, when it bounces back and forth between chilly and warm, but foliage is still thick.
Washingtonian born and raised, now a Seattlite for the last 13 years. It’s gotten so expensive but it’s so hard to leave this place, I love it! It does rain for most of the year, but Summer into early Fall is magical.
I live here. I love it. They didn't even discuss the Olympic mountains which aee across from Seattle on the peninsula and that is a rain forest. The mountains east of the city are the Cascade range. South and easr of the city is Mt. Rainier on a clear day it can be seen from everywhere in the area and we say the mountain is out. In the winter it is too cloudy to see it. The eastern part of the state is high desert. The weather is much hotter in the summer and colder in the winter. They do get quite a bit of snow. West of the Cascades doesn't get much if any snow. It rains in the lowlands. It does snow in the mountains and the passes get closed due to snow and for avalanche control. Sometimes you have to wait on the highway to get over the pass. Sometimes you will have to pull over to "chain up", put chains on your tires to safely navigate the roads. Summer is dry and very clear skys,also it can get very warm even on the west side, 90s and most people do not have air conditioning.
Best time to visit Seattle would be in the spring. Spring starts fairly early and the cherry trees are out all over the region. The winter's are fairly warm too. It's funny, but if there is but an inch of snow, the whole city shuts down. For me, the winters were tough. A solid four months of grey grey grey. There is also a damp chill that creeps under your clothes and into your bones. I would take an inland winter with the much colder temps and less humidity, but with the more frequent blue skies, over Seattle winters any day. The grey can wear you down.
I live just 25min north of Seattle. It’s INSANELY beautiful here. The North Cascades, the Central Cascades, Mt Rainier, the Olympics, the coasts (the peninsula, Long Beach, Ocean Shores, etc,), the islands (Vashon, The San Juans), Eastern Washington (Dry Falls, the mountains around Spokane, the Palouse, etc), the Columbia River gorge, and even the city of Seattle itself is all amazing. The waters are full of wildlife and there is loads of whale watching from land and sea. I love it here. Our summers are warm and sunny - the days are long and sun sets late at night. Winters are generally mild, which is my one complaint (I love snow, and I wish the lowlands got more of it. The mountains have PLENTY of skiing though!). The wettest time of year is late fall and winter, but we aren’t as miserably rainy as most people think we are. And… we have some of the nicest summers in the USA. No joke. Perfect long days to explore the coast, hike in the mountains, camp, etc. Almost always sunny.
The Pacific Northwest is known for its temperate rain forests. It's a very rainy part of the country. Seattle usually has the fewest days of sunshine of any major American city. Another beautiful city, not too far away, is Vancouver, BC. It's really worth taking a detour to go into Canada to see. It also has an amazing coastline and parks. On Vancouver Island is Victoria, the capital and a beautiful small city. Taking the ferry to get there is a picturesque ride as well.
Born, and raised here. Thank you for showing my back yard! Id love to show you our beautiful mountains, lakes, hills, valleys, deserts and desserts lol. We have SO many things to offer and so close to each other.
About the Gumwall; There used to be a theatre down there, which didn't allow people to go in with chewing gum, but they also had no trash cans outside, so people who were told they had to spit their gum out started sticking it to the wall.
I moved here in almost a year ago and best decision I ever made. I also spent 30 days in the UK last year around September to October and loved it. I went to Oxford, Bath, London, York,Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cambridge,Inverness, Glasgow, Stirring and everything in between. It is an amazing and beautiful place that is just as beautiful if not more so than Washington
Born and raised in Washington. There's tons of spectacular places to see out away from the city. The High Steel Bridge outside of Shelton is one I'd recommend checking out. The whole of the Olympic National Forest is spectacular with the Hoh Rainforest on the Pacific coast side of it. But the gorgeous scenery really does go further than Washington. All the way down the west coast there's fantastic places to see. If you take the 101 from Washington to California, it'll take you through some of the most beautiful areas you're likely to find in the US including the Redwood Forest down in Northern California. You can also take the train down the west coast and it'll go along the coastline away from the highways. Imagine being on the train on a full moon with the pacific ocean greeting thick, beautiful forests. Day or night, it's absolutely worth it. I could ramble on and on about how gorgeous this place is. There's certainly nowhere else quite like it.
I have lived my whole life about an hour north of Seattle. It is so nice to see people starting to show interest in our beautiful little corner of the country. This was a great representation of the good side of Seattle, but keep in mind that like any big city, we have our bad side too(homelessness, drug use, etc). If you ever do make it to Seattle give yourself plenty of time to explore outside of the city as well, western Washington has so much to offer all within a couple hours of Seattle. I know I’m biased, but I have been fortunate enough to travel all over the US and while all the different regions are beautiful in their own ways, nothing compares to the Pacific Northwest.
I absolutely love living in the Seattle area. I'm off to the North in a city called Lynnwood, but my office is in Downtown Seattle, right by Benaroya Hall, which is home to the Seattle Symphony. My office is also... about four blocks away from Pike Place Market, with just a little further to the waterfront, and I can even just cross the street to get to a light rail station to nip down to the International District. Suffice to say... it is a dangerous place to work for my waistline XD I'm really happy that the light rail just reached Lynnwood right at the end of August, because it has made getting into work so much easier. Even taking a bus into Downtown could take quite a while, but with the light rail... you just don't have to think about it. Anyway, there is so much to see and do here, and one of the best ways to live in Seattle is to never stop living like a tourist in your own city. Don't get complacent and stuck in your ruts, because there is always just so much to explore and experience. And yes, it is just... fantastic to be able to nip out to the mountains like they showed. There is just so much raw nature around here. Heck, on the major interstate that runs through Seattle, there are quite a few stretches that they built to give you a beautiful view of Mount Rainier directly in front of you. At least when the weather is clear enough. I wholeheartedly recommend coming to visit Seattle. It really is a wonderful place, with a lot to explore. It isn't bad to have a car, but you will be way better off parking it further out (there are many "park and rides" connected to the bus network and light rail) and taking transit into the city. Parking fees are ridiculous in the Downtown area. Do give yourself more than just a couple of days to explore, too. These guys did a lot more to tease themselves with the length of their visit than anything. Pike is nuts because it isn't just the street-level market, where you actually do get people renting counter space to set up stalls of their own. That's all great, but on one side, it goes up another three or four stories, and on the other, it goes down about that much again. It even has the oldest comic book shop this side of the Mississippi. Oh, and as for the weather, yes. For the last several years, the summers have been getting hotter and sticking around for longer than they used to. Climate change is taking its toll on the area. Understand that air conditioning is rare in the area, outside of shops, and so forth. Its weather has, historically, been the most similar to England of pretty much anywhere in America. Thankfully, this year has been a little bit of a return to form on the weather. No, the main thing to be mindful of, with how the last decade has gone, is wildfire season. I feel like they must have recorded this before September 10th, 2022, because that's when the Bolt Creek wildfire started, which lasted for over a month. It was honestly awful, because it was in a pass through The Cascades, which only gave the smoke one direction that it could go: straight out into Puget Sound. For the entire time that it burned, the entire area was just choked with wildfire smoke, and you just... _couldn't_ really get out and about because of the air quality. So... if you come, I'd probably suggest late Spring.
That part is technically just a forest, if a wet one. There is an actual temperate rainforest in Washington State, but it's a couple hours drive further west, on the Olympic Peninsula. I highly recommend looking for pictures and videos from people who have been there, the Hoh Rainforest is absolutely stunning. As a note, only western Washington is green and UK-like in weather. Washington is split into east and west by the Cascade mountains, and much of east side is in the rain shadow of the Cascades, so it contains deserts and irrigated farmland. If you look at a precipitation map of the state, the difference in rainfall is stark!
What you have to understand is that even in winter we have more blue skies throughout the US than gloomy ones. Also a lot of places you think are for the "well off" aren't. Yes they might be more expensive but not inaccessible for someone who has a good paying job. We in the US love our green spaces so landscaping and upkeep is a big part of that love.
I absolutely LOVE Seattle. It's like a city out in the woods and on the bay. ❤ It hardly snows in Seattle, by the way. It usually does rain most of the winter, however. We get used to wearing rain gear during the winter months. I now live back in central Washington where I was born and raised (just on the other side of the cascade mountains). The climate is much different here. I live in a high desert area where the soil is rich with minerals from volcanic eruptions and ancient basalt flows. It's a farming area responsible for much of the states agriculture. 😊 Here is where cowboys/girls still live!
Yes, that was the football stadium - both association (Seattle Sounders) and gridiron (Seattle Seahawks) varieties are played on the same pitch. Right next door is the baseball stadium for the Seattle Mariners. Unfortunately this video didn't have clear skies for seeing the Olympic mountains and Mt. Rainier from the city.
Seattle and WA in general is gorgeous. I've lived here for almost 25 years and love it. If you decide to come visit sometime, just remember that the summers here are gorgeous and not too hot, but they don't start till after 4th of July....we just have June gloom before that. I'm sure you would have plenty of local subscribers willing to show you around!
Western Washington does indeed have weather & temperatures similar to the UK. Regarding when it was recorded, based on what people are wearing, I'd say mid to late October, since there's still a mix of folks still in shirtsleeves as well as plenty of folks in jackets. As for the Space Needle, not only is there a restaurant level and an observation deck, we also tend to "blow it up" twice each year, setting off fireworks from its structure on the Fourth of July (Independence Day), and New Year's Eve. (Excepting those years when it's undergoing repainting, of course.)
Fun fact about Rattlesnake lake, it's an artificial lake, many of the stumps from the cut trees are still there so you can swim out to them. From the shore it appears as if you are standing on the water.
Those trees on the trail weren’t even old growth, they were probably 80 years old or so. Old growth Douglas fir forest is mind blowing. Where they went wasn’t a rainforest though the coastal forests are still really green. For rainforest you have to go into the seaward side of the Olympic Peninsula; google Hoh Rainforest. During the summer there’s actually a city bus that takes you out to 3 hiking trails around Mt. Si; that’s really handy if you’re a visitor and don’t have a car. There are some really impressive large parks in the city too; two of them still have some old growth trees (Schmitz and Seward parks). Seattle is a beautiful city in a stunning natural setting; it’s definitely got its seedy parts; it’s always had homeless but fast rising housing prices, have really made it a lot worse. Covid and fentanyl turned a couple parts of downtown into a scene from Walking Dead, though things are slowly getting better (not fast enough though). If you don’t like rain, come between July and September. After that we start getting the gray misty weather we’re famous for. Also locals like to make a big deal about not using umbrellas… It’s not thr great faux pas they make it out to be, but a rain jacket will serve you much better. :-) (Also, almost all of the buildings downtown have a rain awning that covers at least a third of the sidewalk.)
I lived in the Seattle area for 10 years. The whole region is beautiful. My wife and I went hiking in the mountains just about every weekend. The mountains there are something you can never get tired of. I now l8ve in Ohio and miss the mountains tremendously.
For the Space Needle, try to get there in a clear day so you can see Mt. Rainier. Its an active volcano on our doorstep. Seattle is a great place to live. Been here over 20 years and still love it
I love, love, love living in Seattle. Best place I've ever lived! I get homesick the second I cross city lines. I love it here. I love the weather. I love the nature. I love trails. Best. City. Ever. ❤️❤️
Too bad they weren't there when "the Mountain is out". Locals know what I mean.
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Driving down I5 when lady Rainer is out is majestic
I live in Camas and we see Mt Hood easily from here on clear days. I think both mountains are beautiful and the fact we don’t get to see them daily makes us appreciate them more.
We all do.
It's funny, it's just so natural to say it when you see it too.
As a lifelong Washingtonian, I physically winced when I heard them call it "Pike's Market."
Yes, I did too.
Definitely a bit of a visceral reaction to hearing that repeatedly lol
Did you here him saying the city looks clean? 😂😢
Same here... I live in Chinatown. I couldn't believe they missed the best places. And wtf is pike marke??
For those wondering, it is called Pike Place Market.
The entire length of the West coast of North America is spectacularly beautiful.
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Yes, exactly, I’ve traveled the west coast of the US from WA to Southern California & back via planes, trains & automobiles. :) It is absolutely gorgeous & train is by far the best for beautiful views. Not to mention 2.5 hours north of Seattle is Vancouver, Canada which is an absolutely beautiful city and region with soooo much to do. If a person visits Seattle & has the time & a passport, a visit to Vancouver would be a ton of fun.
The Pacific Rainforest, a small part of which you see here, is the largest temperate rainforest in the world, stretching from Alaska to Northern California through British Columbia, western Washington and western Oregon.
The pacific northwest is my favorite region in the US.
I love it here
@@Mike_HerreraMe too!🎉💙💚
I feel very fortunate to live here just a short walk from the Puget Sound. We literally have it all.
7:45 I'm a born and bred local in Seattle. All local seattleites know it is Pike place market not Pike's market. So if you add that s to Pike we are 100% know you're a tourist.
Indeed! 🙂 I was stationed there on two different submarines in the USN, at Bangor and later PSNS. The Asheville, my 2nd boat, was in drydock at PSNS the whole 9 months I was assigned to her! lmao. Don't worry, I did go underway on my first boat, USS Florida SSBN-728. Four patrols on that boat, 365 days underway, longest time spent underwater was 87 days. 🙂
the other thing is the small towns surrounding Seattle, you can tell if people are from the area by whether they can pronounce it properly. For example, I know how to pronounce Tukwila and Puyallup because I lived in the area. 🙂
Apparently they didn't talk to anyone while there but got it right in the Edit! lol
Is there still a Godfather's location right along the seattle waterfront? I used to love that one. 🙂 But I haven't been back up there since 2003. 🙂
Poor things said it like five different ways. I was like where is Pike Market?? lol. Never heard anyone leave off the word "Place" before.
As a Seattleite… who still lives in Seattle, glad to see a positive reaction to my city for a change. Respect to these tourists for hopping over Lake Washington for a hike up Rattlesnake. I feel like the true Seattle experience can’t be complete without a hike. Seattle’s the perfect city for nature lovers who want an urban lifestyle mixed together. We live here because we love the outdoors & we love the smell of fresh water, evergreen trees & of course great food. Little disappointed they didn’t try our salmon, but it’s all good. The PNW is the most spoiled region in the US & this video kinda proved that lol. Much love bruv 🤘
The state of Washington goes from wild ocean beaches, through mossy rainforests, past port cities and towering volcanoes, through more forests, over tall mountain passes, out into sprawling farmland, crossing a 2,500-mile-long river, out into rocky desert canyons and rolling wheat country and more pine forests. We have so many different geographical features and micro-climates in just this single state.
The Pacific Northwest of America is probably the most beautiful region I've ever seen in my 50 years on the Earth... and Seattle probably has the best skyline in the USA, especially if you consider the natural skyline too🤘
WASHINGTON State is magnificently beautiful
Yep. This Washington born and raised girl completely agrees with you. My husband was born and raised in Los Angeles and he will never go back there.
Seattle skyline is a joke compared to Chicago and others.
@@markpreston6930lol you trippin.
Seeing it from alkali beach is incredible.
You can sit on the beach. People driving behind you in amazing cars. You can see mountains and, the skyline. ❤️
@@markpreston6930 gross hyperbole, to be objective.
If you drive over those mountains, 2 hours outside of Seattle you'll be in desert. An hour and a half away is skiing in the winter. Three and a half hours away and you can go to Mt. St. Helens, the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in US history. Less then 3 hours south is Portland, Oregon, and less than three hours north is Vancouver, Canada. A 45 minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle, with spectacular views of the skyline, and you'd be on the other side of Puget Sound and could explore the wineries, distilleries and cideries of Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
It's funny how you talked about how expensive those houses must be. About 30 minutes walk from Gas Works Park is the house my grandfather grew up in. My grandmother moved to a house a 5 minute walk away when she was in high school, which is how they met. Both were the children of Scandinavian immigrants, and that area was far from rich. My grandfather inherited and sold that house in the 1940s for $19,000. I looked it up, and that same house, which still is standing, is now worth almost $1,000,000.
They didn't even mention 10 things I hate about you.
desert in the most mild sense, more like sparse shrub land.
@@SurrealNirvana Mostly true. The majority looks like a desert because the Ice Age Floods scrapped away all the top soil. It's more a steppe. But there are regions in the rain shadow that get less than 10 inches of rain a year, which makes it a true desert. Have you ever driven around the Hanford area? That's desert.
Still less than $1 million? I'm kind of surprised, to be honest, but I guess it's probably thanks to the age of the house.
When I tell people I'm from Washington State, they always say, "Oh, I heard it rains a lot there." I'm from the OTHER side of the mountains. I used to love the green of the west side, but now when I drive back home from Seattle and cross over the pass and head down the other side, I breathe a sigh of relief at the wide open space. I've even grown to love Ponderosas.
I moved to Washington from Hawaii 16 years ago. I absolutely love it here!
It is really impressive on a clear day with Mount Rainier as the backdrop.
Lmao =a CLEAR DAY in Washington???!
What about 5 days a year.?..
@@Steve-gx9ot That's what we tell outsiders.
We get 4 months off great weather.
Another 4 of comfortable ok weather
And 4 rainy yucky and cold.
Usually no more than 2 weeks of snow.
We love the rains all the time myth.
It's 100% sun, 75 to 95 5 months straight. Then 50/50 for 2 and cloudy 100% for the rest. Pretty much cloudy and rainy Oct.15th until mid March it start the 50/50 days. Then Sept.same thing into mid Oct. But the summers for 5 months is all sun and green tall trees, outside Seattle you can't see further than quarter mile, tall green Trees. Lived here my whole life and it's been hard to live in another environment. It's perfect warmth, cool.to hot. Not more than 90 three days in a row. It peaks there for about 3 to 4 days. Then drops to 75 Perfect
The Gum Wall is because there was a theater (?) operating around there at one time, and they banned chewing gum inside. So visitors would stick their gum on the wall before going in and it became a thing for people passing by to do the same. Eventually became a sort of traditional everyone follows when they go through there. They clean the walls once a year, so all that gum is about a year worth of gum. Gross, but it's definitely an interesting place to visit and think just how many people walked through there.
Yeah if they don’t clean it regularly all the saliva from people’s spit will literally dissolve all of the bricks over time, plus it’s just hygenic 😂
It is gross but, I love it. I hope it NEVER goes away. ❤
I always visit when I’m in Pike’s
They do not clean it every year. Every few years maybe, but definitely not every year.
technically, yes, a large portion of the landscape in Western Washington is a rainforest. Temperate, not tropical, but still so so so very green and refreshing. Less dangerous as well,
Washington State is one of the most unique states, from Seattle to Spokane you have just about every environment possible. Rainforest, timbered forests, high desert, scablands, Palouse. Massive rivers, lakes, puget sound. Cascade mountains and the edge of the Rockies mountains reaches Eastern Washington. Huge sports venues and some of the most passionate football fans American and European football. Huge variety of culture and food options. The state was the first to keep natural landscape incorporated in the cities.
This is the first one of these Seattle videos where they went out to a hiking trail. Bravo; that is core Seattle. I'm even willing to forgive "Pike's Market" for that. But those trees were not especially big. They're spindly compared to old growth, and they're not at full height.
Seattleite here: regarding the marmalade in the sandwich, the guy misspoke. The sandwich has marinade. But it lives up to the hype. I wish they described it better because they do it no justice! It's got slow-roasted pork marinated in this olive garlic tapenade, the thickest, sweetest caramelized onions you can imagine, picked jalapenos, and garlic aioli. They're unreal.
I grew up in Washington State. I have visited Seattle hundreds of times over the years. It’s a beautiful city. I happen to appreciate the natural beauty of the state much more than. You can see everything from rain forests to desert hills. The state has almost every kind of natural environment and is definitely worth exploring. The eastern side of the state is dry and hot- the western side is cool and rainy. My favorite places are the North Cascades, the Quinault Rain Forest, the Columbia Gorge and the Palouse Hills.
We have everything except arctic tundra & anything tropical/subtropical, which makes it pretty special when you think about it.
I live 25 min from the gorge amphitheater
Hozier played the Gorge on Sept 6.❤❤❤
You asked about a rainforest at 18:45 - that isn't a rainforest, but if you drive a few hours from Seattle over to the Olympic peninsula, you can go see the Hoh Rainforest. It's the single wettest forest in the contiguous US, and has vegetation to match-e.g. the Hall of Mosses trail.
Washington also has a type of rainforest that exists nowhere else on the planet. It is like walking onto a set of lord of the rings or Harry potter. It is called the Olympic National Rainforest. It is almost mystical.
I live in Shelton 💚 “Gateway to the Olympics”. Literally, my yard is part of the rainforest 💚
@@DrogothehuskyOlympian here. The view of Mount Rainier on a clear day where the 101 and I-5 meet, is so incredible I've nearly crashed my car because you just can't look away 😅
I was born and raised in Port Angeles...trips to Forks and Neah Bay, fishing on the Elwha river, Solduc hot springs, Lake Ozette, Pacific Ocean beaches and so much more are etched in my mind.
I love Seattle, but I long to return to the land of Spanish moss in every tree...
Born and raised in Seattle I lived there all my life until moving to just a couple of hours away on the Olympic Peninsula which sports even more spectacular scenery than that you which experienced here---and the town in which I live gets sunshine over 300 days a year due to being in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains!
My husband and I, both retirees, moved from the very beautiful, but expensive and crowded, San Francisco Bay Area to the rural Olympic Peninsula in gorgeous Washington State 2 years ago. We are loving the quiet, and are just a ferry ride away from both Seattle and British Columbia. East of Seattle is very different to the big city, with lots of small, mountain towns, and equally beautiful geography. I hope you get to visit sometime.
I live in Olympia, Washington (the state capital) and about an hour south of Seattle. I’m a regular visitor to Seattle for the amazing music scene there. Thank you for covering this and showcasing the cool vibe and beautiful side of the city.
Michelle lived in Oly in 1973-5 haven't been back since 78 when it was starting to build up! Prefer it before it built up! Saw where Dan Evans died he was the gov when I lived there! Love the old clock right next to the capitol! The capitol is beautiful!
I lived in Oly through elementary school. Tacoma for middle/high school. I live in Bremerton now. I have two siblings who live in Seattle.
I love traveling to other states. It can feel like, enter a completely new world. However, WA will always be my home. The mountains. The beaches. The cities. The hiking trails. The water….omg the water!!!! The islands. Seafair (Make friends with a boat owner, or rent one!!) The food. The diversity. The MUSIC.
I’ve made friends from someone of every nationality, in one single state. It’s incredible.
Living in Aberdeen, Olympia is our regular place for a Costco run. Plus, Lacey has the store my wife has banned me from,,,Harbor Freight!
@@daveray44 It’s a good thing I’m single. My Lowes/Home Depot receipts are thicker than the encyclopedia. 😂
@nilloc28 i used to live in Bremerton. My ex-wife was stationed on the USS Puget Sound in Norfolk. Navy didn't want to change too much so was stationed on The Puget Sound!
Amazon the company is headquartered in Seattle. Few places can match the varieties of food you can get. I live about an hour from Seattle. Yes, weather is similar to London. These 2 sure love their deserts. Seattle also has an incredible Museum of Flight there that takes about a half a day to go through. It has an Air Force One and a Concorde you can walk though. So, in a nutshell welcome to my corner of the world.
I do think we have better summer weather than the UK. We'll hardly see a drop from Memorial Day thru Labor Day
@@daveray44 Yes, that's the time we all live for around here.
@@michaeltipton5500 almost makes suffering through 8 months of drizzle worth it
Oh man, the Museum of Flight is so awesome.
It's been way too many years since I've been there
Along with Amazon some other brands known around the world call Seattle home, or they use to. I was surprised that they didn’t mention that Pike Place was the location of the first Starbucks.
Microsoft: A major tech company in the Seattle area
Starbucks: A multinational coffeehouse chain
Costco Wholesale: A Fortune 500 company
Nordstrom: A luxury department store chain
Expedia Group: A travel technology company
Boeing: A multinational aerospace corporation with a major presence in Seattle
Google and Amazon as well
In the 1970s Toshi's Teriyaki started the nation-wide teriyaki craze.
@@SpuzzyLargo LOVE Toshi's!
A few other companies that call Seattle home:
Nintendo of America
REI
Eddie Bauer
Alaska Airlines
Funko
World Vision Charities
I'm so happy you like it!! Washington is my home, and Seattle is a gem of a city. Sure, there are definitely issues, as any big city has, but on the whole, I have so many wonderful memories of visiting Seattle as a child to see the science center, the Museum of flight (
I'm 79 years old and grew up.around this area and went to school here. These brief glimpses give you a "taste" of Seattle and surrounds but you really need to spend several weeks or maybe a month here to get decent idea of Western Washington.
I live in the Seattle area, about 30 minutes south in Auburn. I absolutely love it here. We do have a rainforest, it's on the peninsula at the Olympic Mountain. This state has so much. And really, you don't need to go 40 minutes outside of the city to see nature. There is an arboretum not far from Capitol hill where you can take a beautiful walk around. I used to walk around there when I lived in Seattle.
FINALLY!! Someone is exploring in my breathtakingly beautiful state.
The views in Seattle when it’s clear out are mind blowing. Unfortunately they weren’t so lucky.
The cities of the Pacific Northwest are pretty amazing, including Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia; Portland, Oregon. This video did great job showing the kinds of urban and natural amenities surrounding the cities of Cascadia.
I’m a southern Californian who moved to Whidbey island in Washington state and this place is a kind of magical that you need to see to believe! It’s got everything one could ever want.
Washington state, as a whole, is breathtakingly and beautifully diverse. The western third (approximate) of the state is lush and green. What you saw in this video is merely a snippet of the treasures that await. Then, crossing the Cascade mountain range to the eastern side of the state is a whole other thing... the dry side of the state holds its own beauty and wonders. Imagine a place where you can see the lay of the land (as the trees aren't super thick like the western part), and you're floating down a glacier-fed river while the sun kisses your skin. I have traveled a good bit and lived all over, but I call Washington my home because I'm so in love with it. I do so hope that you get to visit someday soon!
I moved from Las Vegas to Seattle five years ago. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I absolutely love this city and the surrounding lush greens. There are so many beautiful parks and beaches. Thank you for the lovely positive video!
Hey! Welcome to the PNW. Here in Port Orchard, less than an hour to Seattle.
Hi neighbor! I’m Port Orchard too!
@@MatthewMullen What up, Port Orchard gang! Well, most of my life. More Brownsville/Bremerton these days.
I live across the lake from Seattle, and absolutely love it. I don't like the climate in eastern WA but western WA? Incredible. And yes, on this side of the mountains, our weather is very much like the UK. We have mountains, forests, volcanoes, ocean...one of the only temperate rainforests in the lower 48 states...we're very lucky with our region. My guess is that they recorded it in September, we don't usually have clear/blue skies after that till the next late spring.
2nd-ing the September guess. It just feels right.
The grass and trees with leaves are super green though. I would almost say may or june.
@@sarahteague7290 it’s called the evergreen state for a reason, you get beautiful greenery pretty much year round, maybe a bit more dead in late December/early January but this definitely wasn’t summertime
@orsonbrotnov2948 since I live here, yes, I'm aware. The grass is brown in July and August and early September, and is maybe fully green again at the end of September. The leaves on trees started turning mid September this year.
I was really impressed with these guys. I live just across the water from Seattle (just a ferry ride away) and going to Seattle for the day is always a treat. And they went to Ivar's! I will drop any and everything for a cup of that Chowder. My mom worked there when Ivar was still alive, so she could replicate the tartar sauce and Chowder. ❤
Rain makes Washington state evergreen 🌲🌳🌿 The emerald state..☺️🌸🌺🌷🌼
On a clear day Mt Raimier is very visible driving on I-5 or Rainier Ave. in Seattle.
If you like skiing 🎿 drive north to the town of Leavenworth ( about 3 hrs from Seattle) it’s like a small Bavarian town.☺️
I live just north of Seattle and see those forest, water, and mountain views every day. Can't live without it! ❤
I’m on the other side of the state in Kennewick Wa. I cross the Columbia River twice every day for work. We have soooo many wineries, the Columbia Cop hydroplane races, and it’s hot hot in the summer
I’m sure someone else said this but the troll under the Aurora Bridge is a Scandinavian thing. Seattle has a HUGE enclave of Norwegian and Swedish descendants. Trolls under bridges loom large in Scandinavian folklore. Seattle even celebrates annually Norwegian Independence Day with a parade.
Seattle is a great city! I lived in the area for four years with the USN. First with USS Florida SSBN-728 at Bangor Naval Submarine Base, then later with USS Asheville at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. That second boat was in drydock the whole nine months I was assigned to her! lmao. But I did do four strategic deterrent patrols on USS Florida, for a total of 365 days at sea, and the longest time I spent underwater was 87 days.
Whenever the submarine was in port and I was off duty, I would go to Seattle on the ferry. I stayed there overnight once because it got too late to get on the ferry! I don't drink, so I just went to the museums and the zoo etc. Great place.
It's cold and rainy there like Britain, but I like cold and rainy weather lol. The San Francisco Bay Area is home, but Seattle is one of the few other places I would want to live. 🙂
As other commenters said, it is indeed "Pike Place Market" not "Pike's", lmao. 🙂
I've lived in Washington state my entire life - 71 years. Although I've enjoyed visiting the Seattle area and surrounding forests many times, I much prefer the wide open spaces, and smaller population of my side of the state - eastern Washington. My ancestors came here in 1902 to homestead in the dryland south of Kahlotus - and 6 generations later, we're still here. Thanks for sharing this video about the other side of the state.
Seattle is a great place to live. They did an excellent job showcasing some of the gems during a weekend stay. I've lived in multiple regions in the US, and Seattle is my favorite, even during the rainy winter. There are multiple views of the skyline from different parts of the city with varying background landscapes. It is by far the most beautiful city in the country. It's also the most underrated city in the country. Most Americans have yet to discover Washington State and are surprised when they visit.
The Troll was made by University of Washington art students decades ago.
I was born in Washington and I have moved to other states before. But I always end up coming back. Having a view of Mount Rainier on the horizon nearly everywhere you go in the state is just nice. I miss seeing it when I am out of State.
Currently watching this here in Washington State. I love the view of Mt. Rainier out my window with the lake view near me. I love it here. The clean air and water. It’s beautiful here love it or hate it. I love my home state
The forests of the U.S.'s Pacific Northwest are temperate rainforests.
Most of the sites they explored in this video are easily accessible via the train system (light-rail) so save $ on car rental and parking.
As well, in the summer time, there is a Metro bus shuttle from downtown Seattle to that Rattle Snake Ledge hike.
My dad joined the Navy in 1951 and was stationed on Whidbey Island. He and my mom were a young couple from Western Pennsylvania. After living all over the country (Memphis, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Seattle, etc), they settled in Long Beach CA, where I was born. They stayed in So Cal for the weather but said that the Seattle area was the prettiest place they'd ever lived by far. I've always wanted to visit.
My mother was from England and she lived almost all of her life here after coming at 21 years old. She adored the weather. Like home she said.
And then people learn that it only looks like this on the WEST side of the mountains, which only makes up roughly half (maybe even only a third) of the entire state. Most of what's on the East side of the mountain range is much flatter, FAR more beige, and we have sagebrush and tumbleweeds for miles upon miles. Take it from someone born and raised in Southeast Central WA, I know for a fact that most would be quite surprised to learn just how much of Washington state is technically desert climate. 😂
I was born and raised about an hour north of Seattle and I lived in downtown Seattle for 5 years. Seattle is weird and that's what i live about it. There's so much to do. There are so many different views of the city with the Space Needle and Tahoma. I love hiking and I may be biased, but we most have the most beautiful scenery here.
3:45 That’s Gas Works Park “donated” by the gas company when it became a superfund site. Talking to people who worked there there was a handle there with notches for each worker who was unalived on the job. This is back when gas was deadly. There was an old pipeline running from there to the other side of the Lake Union to the old HQ.
I work in downtown Seattle and watch the seaplanes land in front of me. And I live in the woods. Western Washington is the best of all worlds. From ocean beaches, San Juan Islands, Hoh Rainforest, the deserts of eastern WA, the cities, the mountains, the hiking, the swimming, fishing, skiing…And the Palouse and Walla Walla wineries on a long weekend. And the camping!! It’s amazing
I live in Port Orchard which is on the other side of Puget Sound from Seattle. It is really beautiful here and we’re blessed to be surrounded with so much nature, Mt. Rainier and Olympic National Parks are only about a two and a half hour drive from us. It’s too bad is slightly cloudy during their visit because when the “mountain’s out”, meaning the sky is clear, the view of Mt. Rainier from just about every where because it’s so large at 14,410 feet is spectacular.
Based on the rhododendron in bloom this was filmed in late spring/early summer. No one calls it "Pike's Market", it's Pike Place. The best views of the Seattle skyline are from the ferry. We don't call it "China Town" it's the International District. The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula, about 4 hours west of Seattle.
I was born and raised in Tacoma, and have lived on the Kitsap Peninsula for the last 22 years. I've visited a lot of places but there isn't anywhere I'd rather live than Western Washington.
I've lived in Seattle for about 7.5 years. Moved here and got rid of my car. I live in Capitol Hill (where they ate the molten cake/ice cream). I feel so lucky to wander the streets of this awesome city every day. I take the bus and light rail and really get to take it all in. I love sitting down at the waterfront or on the ferry and look up at that magnificent skyline! The weather IS very similar to the UK (I spend a few months there many years ago). I love the drizzle and the gloom, with some sun poking out now and then (and, like London, some truly beautiful summer days). Some of the architecture here reminds me a lot of London's, actually. You'd fit right in sitting eating fish and chips on the pier! There are close by hiking trails and we even have a city bus in the summer that takes you right to the trailhead... super easy to get out of the city and walk among the massive trees!
If you're interested in seeing more of Washington state, there are several travel videos about the town of Leavenworth, which you might enjoy.
Visitors always give it the wrong name... It's called "Pike Place Market" and repeat after me! "Pike Place Market" 😀
Say it louder! (So many transplants who now live here call it “Pike’s Place” now…)
Nice video bud. I'm a Seattleite but I grew up in Scotland so I definitely know about the weather parallels!
The weather in the pacific north west kind of sucks, but thanks to it is why it has such an amazing nature. I live in the opposite side of the country , with opposite kind of weather, Miami Beach, FL. I do go to Seattle quite often, and i love it. So much to see and do. The city is extremely modern and the hills and lakes surrounding it create a beautiful blanket of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has its own vibe, some are industrial looking, some are bohemian, some are wealthy with manicured lawns. The food scene is very diverse and good. Lots of Asian influence, which is very different from the diversity I'm used to, which is primarily Latin and Caribbean. That is one of the greatest things about the US, the variety of nature, culture, foods, you would need a 100 lifetimes to be able to see what the US has to offer. The pacific northwest is a perfect place to start exploring this country, you will not be let down.
i love our beautiful blanket
Ah, my brother lives almost right above and over from the Fremont Troll! I live out in the rain shadow/desert part of the state, it's a pretty wonderful place. I also saw on 19:48 of your video the House that Griffey Built, really enjoyed the History of the Mariners reaction videos. In that shot, the open building with the white railings is the football stadium for the Seahawks and Sounders and the Mariners play in the big building just past it to the right. It has a retractable roof and it seems the roof is on in that shot.
"is this a rainforest?"
no, washington's rainforest is out on the peninsula and is noticeably thicker and more green
it's the only non-tropical rainforest on earth
I hate to correct, but negative. A massive portion of western Washington is a rainforest.
Uh, yeah, no, the entire area West of the Cascades is a temperate rainforest.
The Hoh is just the rainiest area but everywhere from Juneau to Eureka is classified as a temperate rainforest.
Likewise, there are a lot of non-tropical rainforests, Chilean Patagonia, Iran's Caspian Coast, Tasmania and New Zealand, etc... The PNW is just the largest stretch of temperate rainforest in the world.
@@crb8124largest in the northern Hemisphere
No there’s non tropical rainforests in plenty of other places, including here where I am in the Appalachians of Tennessee/North Carolina. We get more rain here than Washington
@@writingalias4401 I hate to correct, but negative. There is more than one definition of “temperate rainforest”, and while much of Western Washington is a temperate rainforest under certain definitions, much of it is not under others. Parts of the Olympic Peninsula, on the other hand, are unambiguously rainforest.
Seattleite here! Thanks for having a glance at our city. It's nice to see it from someone else's eyes, as we're very very spoiled by our city and we don't feel as grateful as we perhaps should.
Beautiful video! I’ve lived in Washington State all of my life and love it. My first 40 years in Vancouver, WA. Then Mukilteo, and currently on Hood Canal on the water where I wake up to seals and otters every morning. As for the rainy winters in the Pacific Northwest, all of the beautiful green trees make it worth it. Come visit! You’ll love it❤️
Dude, you have no clue with this vid how beautiful it is. People from all over the world fall in love with the Pacific North West. When sun is out and every where you look is mountains punctuated with the stand alone volcanoes.
Lets begin with leaving Seattle. Its a fairly standard issue big city, complete with high prices and too many people for most Washingtonians. It does have a few unique features (Gasworks Park, hurling fish at Pike Place, trolls lurking under bridges) that draw tourists, but the best parts of Washington aren't in Seattle. We have every type of landscape within a few hours drive: farmland, desert, rainforest, seacoast, mountains, forests. Out there is where you find the hidden gems you spend the next decade talking about. You wanna see a sunrise? Go do it at Paradise. You wanna do some fishing? Westport. Beach town? Ocean Shores. You want a legendary breakfast? Marcia's Silver Spoon. You wanna tramp around a rainforest? One of the oldest is right on the peninsula. If wine is your thing, we have vineyards on the East Side. Ever seen folks cowboy up? The Omak Stampede.
We have it ALL here. Don't miss it!!
I live literally on the slope of Rattlesnake Ridge. (It's almost a rain forest. We fall a bit short of the criteria, about 3/4 of the rainfall needed to classify as such due to dry summers and fall is mild until late October. However the plants are indistinguishable from the Temperate rain forest in our state, one of only handful in the world.) The area is in it's own micro-climate.
Note of caution: There are no handrails or fences on Rattlesnake Ledge. You get too close to that edge, you may fall several hundred feet and the landing is not soft.
Just to reassure visitors, there are NO native rattlesnakes in Western Washington. (In zoo, yes, but none roaming around free; they're only found in Eastern Washington.) Rattlesnake Mountain probably has microclimate zones that could qualify as temperate rainforest, but for true rainforest (55 inches / 140 centimeters of rain per year), you need to get a little deeper into the Cascade Mountains, or go to the west side of the Olympic Mountains. (Seattle only gets about 36in / 92cm a year.)
The flower bouquet had a peony in it so I’m guessing it was filmed around May since the flower has a limited blooming time. You can smell the gum wall before you actually see it. The sphere is an Amazon office space. Many of the forests are temperate rain forests in the PNW.
They need to do the Underground tour if they go back and learn about exploding toilets of yesteryear.
Born and raised here in the Emerald City. There are so many great places to visit in the US that Washington gets overlooked most of the time. It's nice to see that people are finally turning their travel plans this way. Seattle does have a lot to offer tourist but get out side of the city and there is so much more to see and do. You could spend days exploring the islands via the ferry system. Head out to the coast for some of the biggest beaches I have seen. Head up in to the mountains for some great hiking and skiing (if you are here in the winter). Loads of lakes for all kinds of fun on the water.
Yes the spring and autumn are generally grey and wet most days. Winter fallows along the same vain most years, though can get an arctic blast coming down from Alaska that shuts things down for a few days. Summers though have gotten to be quite nice.
The Fremont Troll was created in 1990. And the view behind him from Gasworks Park is over Lake Union, not a river. Rattlesnake Ridge is not rainforest, it's in the Cascade Mountains. To see the temperate rainforest you need to go several hours to the west in the Olympic Mountains. It is very lush and beautiful. It looks like they may have been there in September, when it bounces back and forth between chilly and warm, but foliage is still thick.
Washingtonian born and raised, now a Seattlite for the last 13 years. It’s gotten so expensive but it’s so hard to leave this place, I love it! It does rain for most of the year, but Summer into early Fall is magical.
I live here. I love it. They didn't even discuss the Olympic mountains which aee across from Seattle on the peninsula and that is a rain forest. The mountains east of the city are the Cascade range. South and easr of the city is Mt. Rainier on a clear day it can be seen from everywhere in the area and we say the mountain is out. In the winter it is too cloudy to see it. The eastern part of the state is high desert. The weather is much hotter in the summer and colder in the winter. They do get quite a bit of snow. West of the Cascades doesn't get much if any snow. It rains in the lowlands. It does snow in the mountains and the passes get closed due to snow and for avalanche control. Sometimes you have to wait on the highway to get over the pass. Sometimes you will have to pull over to "chain up", put chains on your tires to safely navigate the roads. Summer is dry and very clear skys,also it can get very warm even on the west side, 90s and most people do not have air conditioning.
Best time to visit Seattle would be in the spring. Spring starts fairly early and the cherry trees are out all over the region. The winter's are fairly warm too. It's funny, but if there is but an inch of snow, the whole city shuts down. For me, the winters were tough. A solid four months of grey grey grey. There is also a damp chill that creeps under your clothes and into your bones. I would take an inland winter with the much colder temps and less humidity, but with the more frequent blue skies, over Seattle winters any day. The grey can wear you down.
I live just 25min north of Seattle. It’s INSANELY beautiful here. The North Cascades, the Central Cascades, Mt Rainier, the Olympics, the coasts (the peninsula, Long Beach, Ocean Shores, etc,), the islands (Vashon, The San Juans), Eastern Washington (Dry Falls, the mountains around Spokane, the Palouse, etc), the Columbia River gorge, and even the city of Seattle itself is all amazing. The waters are full of wildlife and there is loads of whale watching from land and sea. I love it here. Our summers are warm and sunny - the days are long and sun sets late at night. Winters are generally mild, which is my one complaint (I love snow, and I wish the lowlands got more of it. The mountains have PLENTY of skiing though!). The wettest time of year is late fall and winter, but we aren’t as miserably rainy as most people think we are. And… we have some of the nicest summers in the USA. No joke. Perfect long days to explore the coast, hike in the mountains, camp, etc. Almost always sunny.
The Pacific Northwest is known for its temperate rain forests. It's a very rainy part of the country. Seattle usually has the fewest days of sunshine of any major American city. Another beautiful city, not too far away, is Vancouver, BC. It's really worth taking a detour to go into Canada to see. It also has an amazing coastline and parks. On Vancouver Island is Victoria, the capital and a beautiful small city. Taking the ferry to get there is a picturesque ride as well.
Born, and raised here. Thank you for showing my back yard! Id love to show you our beautiful mountains, lakes, hills, valleys, deserts and desserts lol. We have SO many things to offer and so close to each other.
About the Gumwall; There used to be a theatre down there, which didn't allow people to go in with chewing gum, but they also had no trash cans outside, so people who were told they had to spit their gum out started sticking it to the wall.
I moved here in almost a year ago and best decision I ever made.
I also spent 30 days in the UK last year around September to October and loved it.
I went to Oxford, Bath, London, York,Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cambridge,Inverness, Glasgow, Stirring and everything in between. It is an amazing and beautiful place that is just as beautiful if not more so than Washington
Born and raised in Washington. There's tons of spectacular places to see out away from the city. The High Steel Bridge outside of Shelton is one I'd recommend checking out. The whole of the Olympic National Forest is spectacular with the Hoh Rainforest on the Pacific coast side of it. But the gorgeous scenery really does go further than Washington. All the way down the west coast there's fantastic places to see. If you take the 101 from Washington to California, it'll take you through some of the most beautiful areas you're likely to find in the US including the Redwood Forest down in Northern California.
You can also take the train down the west coast and it'll go along the coastline away from the highways. Imagine being on the train on a full moon with the pacific ocean greeting thick, beautiful forests. Day or night, it's absolutely worth it. I could ramble on and on about how gorgeous this place is. There's certainly nowhere else quite like it.
I have lived my whole life about an hour north of Seattle. It is so nice to see people starting to show interest in our beautiful little corner of the country. This was a great representation of the good side of Seattle, but keep in mind that like any big city, we have our bad side too(homelessness, drug use, etc). If you ever do make it to Seattle give yourself plenty of time to explore outside of the city as well, western Washington has so much to offer all within a couple hours of Seattle. I know I’m biased, but I have been fortunate enough to travel all over the US and while all the different regions are beautiful in their own ways, nothing compares to the Pacific Northwest.
I absolutely love living in the Seattle area. I'm off to the North in a city called Lynnwood, but my office is in Downtown Seattle, right by Benaroya Hall, which is home to the Seattle Symphony. My office is also... about four blocks away from Pike Place Market, with just a little further to the waterfront, and I can even just cross the street to get to a light rail station to nip down to the International District. Suffice to say... it is a dangerous place to work for my waistline XD I'm really happy that the light rail just reached Lynnwood right at the end of August, because it has made getting into work so much easier. Even taking a bus into Downtown could take quite a while, but with the light rail... you just don't have to think about it.
Anyway, there is so much to see and do here, and one of the best ways to live in Seattle is to never stop living like a tourist in your own city. Don't get complacent and stuck in your ruts, because there is always just so much to explore and experience. And yes, it is just... fantastic to be able to nip out to the mountains like they showed. There is just so much raw nature around here. Heck, on the major interstate that runs through Seattle, there are quite a few stretches that they built to give you a beautiful view of Mount Rainier directly in front of you. At least when the weather is clear enough.
I wholeheartedly recommend coming to visit Seattle. It really is a wonderful place, with a lot to explore. It isn't bad to have a car, but you will be way better off parking it further out (there are many "park and rides" connected to the bus network and light rail) and taking transit into the city. Parking fees are ridiculous in the Downtown area. Do give yourself more than just a couple of days to explore, too. These guys did a lot more to tease themselves with the length of their visit than anything. Pike is nuts because it isn't just the street-level market, where you actually do get people renting counter space to set up stalls of their own. That's all great, but on one side, it goes up another three or four stories, and on the other, it goes down about that much again. It even has the oldest comic book shop this side of the Mississippi.
Oh, and as for the weather, yes. For the last several years, the summers have been getting hotter and sticking around for longer than they used to. Climate change is taking its toll on the area. Understand that air conditioning is rare in the area, outside of shops, and so forth. Its weather has, historically, been the most similar to England of pretty much anywhere in America. Thankfully, this year has been a little bit of a return to form on the weather. No, the main thing to be mindful of, with how the last decade has gone, is wildfire season. I feel like they must have recorded this before September 10th, 2022, because that's when the Bolt Creek wildfire started, which lasted for over a month. It was honestly awful, because it was in a pass through The Cascades, which only gave the smoke one direction that it could go: straight out into Puget Sound. For the entire time that it burned, the entire area was just choked with wildfire smoke, and you just... _couldn't_ really get out and about because of the air quality. So... if you come, I'd probably suggest late Spring.
This my home. Born and bred. I love it here. I can't imagine living anywhere else. Seattle has had random art all over the city for decades.
From someone who lives in Washington is refreshing to see someone appreciate its beauty
That part is technically just a forest, if a wet one. There is an actual temperate rainforest in Washington State, but it's a couple hours drive further west, on the Olympic Peninsula. I highly recommend looking for pictures and videos from people who have been there, the Hoh Rainforest is absolutely stunning.
As a note, only western Washington is green and UK-like in weather. Washington is split into east and west by the Cascade mountains, and much of east side is in the rain shadow of the Cascades, so it contains deserts and irrigated farmland. If you look at a precipitation map of the state, the difference in rainfall is stark!
What you have to understand is that even in winter we have more blue skies throughout the US than gloomy ones. Also a lot of places you think are for the "well off" aren't. Yes they might be more expensive but not inaccessible for someone who has a good paying job. We in the US love our green spaces so landscaping and upkeep is a big part of that love.
I absolutely LOVE Seattle. It's like a city out in the woods and on the bay. ❤
It hardly snows in Seattle, by the way. It usually does rain most of the winter, however. We get used to wearing rain gear during the winter months.
I now live back in central Washington where I was born and raised (just on the other side of the cascade mountains). The climate is much different here. I live in a high desert area where the soil is rich with minerals from volcanic eruptions and ancient basalt flows. It's a farming area responsible for much of the states agriculture. 😊 Here is where cowboys/girls still live!
Yes, that was the football stadium - both association (Seattle Sounders) and gridiron (Seattle Seahawks) varieties are played on the same pitch. Right next door is the baseball stadium for the Seattle Mariners. Unfortunately this video didn't have clear skies for seeing the Olympic mountains and Mt. Rainier from the city.
3:50 that's a lake between gasworks park and the city.
Seattle and WA in general is gorgeous. I've lived here for almost 25 years and love it. If you decide to come visit sometime, just remember that the summers here are gorgeous and not too hot, but they don't start till after 4th of July....we just have June gloom before that. I'm sure you would have plenty of local subscribers willing to show you around!
Western Washington does indeed have weather & temperatures similar to the UK. Regarding when it was recorded, based on what people are wearing, I'd say mid to late October, since there's still a mix of folks still in shirtsleeves as well as plenty of folks in jackets. As for the Space Needle, not only is there a restaurant level and an observation deck, we also tend to "blow it up" twice each year, setting off fireworks from its structure on the Fourth of July (Independence Day), and New Year's Eve. (Excepting those years when it's undergoing repainting, of course.)
Fun fact about Rattlesnake lake, it's an artificial lake, many of the stumps from the cut trees are still there so you can swim out to them. From the shore it appears as if you are standing on the water.
Seattle looks even prettier in the summer!
Those trees on the trail weren’t even old growth, they were probably 80 years old or so. Old growth Douglas fir forest is mind blowing. Where they went wasn’t a rainforest though the coastal forests are still really green. For rainforest you have to go into the seaward side of the Olympic Peninsula; google Hoh Rainforest.
During the summer there’s actually a city bus that takes you out to 3 hiking trails around Mt. Si; that’s really handy if you’re a visitor and don’t have a car.
There are some really impressive large parks in the city too; two of them still have some old growth trees (Schmitz and Seward parks).
Seattle is a beautiful city in a stunning natural setting; it’s definitely got its seedy parts; it’s always had homeless but
fast rising housing prices, have really made it a lot worse. Covid and fentanyl turned a couple parts of downtown into a scene from Walking Dead, though things are slowly getting better (not fast enough though).
If you don’t like rain, come between July and September. After that we start getting the gray misty weather we’re famous for. Also locals like to make a big deal about not using umbrellas… It’s not thr great faux pas they make it out to be, but a rain jacket will serve you much better. :-) (Also, almost all of the buildings downtown have a rain awning that covers at least a third of the sidewalk.)
I lived in the Seattle area for 10 years. The whole region is beautiful. My wife and I went hiking in the mountains just about every weekend. The mountains there are something you can never get tired of. I now l8ve in Ohio and miss the mountains tremendously.
For the Space Needle, try to get there in a clear day so you can see Mt. Rainier. Its an active volcano on our doorstep. Seattle is a great place to live. Been here over 20 years and still love it
I live in the Pacific Northwest in Oregon. It is an amazingly beautiful area!! ❤❤❤
I love, love, love living in Seattle. Best place I've ever lived! I get homesick the second I cross city lines. I love it here. I love the weather. I love the nature. I love trails. Best. City. Ever. ❤️❤️
The Pacific Northwest is probably the most beautiful. Absolutely loved living there.😁