We started the month by Dan heading into Seattle because 01SEP, was the first Thursday of a month, & every first Thursday some of the museums in Seattle are free. The “big one” is the Seattle Art Museum (aka SAM), but Dan was interested in a much smaller one from his childhood called the Museum of History & Industry (aka MOHI). Although we have been coming to the Seattle area for over three years, Dan decided he had to revisit the museum this year because the building will be torn down for freeway expansion & the museum moving to a new location at the south end of Lake Union in Seattle. So Dan felt the need to visit MOHI one last time in its original building located on the edge of the University of Washington’s (go dawgs!) Arboretum.
Sometime ago in previous BLOGs we have discussed how often Dan & sister Sharon would be allowed to spend weekends (& sometimes entire weeks) at Grandma Jean’s on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Jean was Dan Sr’s mother, otherwise known as Dan’s paternal grandmother. On many of these occasions cousins Steve Ruttner & Rick Lee were also there. Grandpa Fred was also there, but let’s just say that he was a little bit grumpy & appeared not to appreciate all the grandchildren underfoot! Anyway, when things got too hectic even for Grandma Jean, she would load all of us into her big Chrysler New Yorker & drop of us at MOHI. Where we would amuse ourselves (usually by doing things that were not permitted) for hours. So Dan decided to check out the original MOHI before its move & modernization, to see if it was as he remembered it (even vaguely).
The first thing Dan saw upon pulling into the parking lot was a five inch 51 caliber gun from the USS Colorado. Back in the day this gun was fully operational (except for firing). One kid would sit in the left hand seat (or was it right seat) & turn the hand crank & slew the gun around in a 360 degree circle. While another kid sat in the other seat & turned their hand crank to elevate the barrel up down through about 75 degrees elevation. Now the seats are gone & the entire gun is locked down --- wouldn’t want anyone to lose a finger or get an owwie would we!?!
Sometime ago in previous BLOGs we have discussed how often Dan & sister Sharon would be allowed to spend weekends (& sometimes entire weeks) at Grandma Jean’s on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Jean was Dan Sr’s mother, otherwise known as Dan’s paternal grandmother. On many of these occasions cousins Steve Ruttner & Rick Lee were also there. Grandpa Fred was also there, but let’s just say that he was a little bit grumpy & appeared not to appreciate all the grandchildren underfoot! Anyway, when things got too hectic even for Grandma Jean, she would load all of us into her big Chrysler New Yorker & drop of us at MOHI. Where we would amuse ourselves (usually by doing things that were not permitted) for hours. So Dan decided to check out the original MOHI before its move & modernization, to see if it was as he remembered it (even vaguely).
The first thing Dan saw upon pulling into the parking lot was a five inch 51 caliber gun from the USS Colorado. Back in the day this gun was fully operational (except for firing). One kid would sit in the left hand seat (or was it right seat) & turn the hand crank & slew the gun around in a 360 degree circle. While another kid sat in the other seat & turned their hand crank to elevate the barrel up down through about 75 degrees elevation. Now the seats are gone & the entire gun is locked down --- wouldn’t want anyone to lose a finger or get an owwie would we!?!
Upon entering the museum Dan was fortunate to catch a tour led by a docent. The museum is definitely not state of the art & has very few interactive exhibits. But it does offered a very good history of Seattle from Native American times to about the early 1990s. Key exhibits are the arrival of the Denny party, how Seattle benefited from the Klondike Gold Rush, the establishment & growth of Boeing, Sea Fair, 1962 World’s Fair, & WWII’s affect on Seattle. 
Dan found one picture very fascinating, especially enlight of Seattle’s present emphasis (some say over emphasis) on the environment. The picture shows water cannons being used to “sluice” about two hundred feet of what was called Denny Hill into Elliot Bay. This created the only large “flat” area in Seattle & is now called Belltown. The picture shows some homes & businesses that refused to sell their land or move! The picture shows some of these holdouts precariously perched atop pinnacles of dirt as the surrounding area disappears right up to their door steps!
The MOHI now has the original sign from an infamous 24hr restaurant called the Dog House! The Dog House was a place that when Dan worked for the Coast Guard in Seattle, that he & friends would hit late at night to get cheap food & to “watch” the nightlife. The sign says “All Roads lead to the Dog House” & shows various “dogs” heading to the Dog House. These “dogs” are labeled – sailors, marines, blondes, redheads, soldiers, waitresses, brunettes, bowlers, lodges, nite owls, boozers, private secretaries, & golfers! Sadly the Dog House is no more.
Dan is not sure what exhibits were added or changed after he last visited in the 60s; but some things were still there – Boeing’s first plane, the hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV, & the battleship gun. And this time he didn’t break any rules, & actually learned something about Seattle’s history.
Trivia – in 1880 Seattle’s population was 3,553; in 1890 it was 42,837 – what happened in ten years?
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
On 04SEP, Sunday, we headed to a family gathering at cousin Paul & Shannon Peter’s (see below BLOG for our last visit). The occasion was to celebrate Labor Day & their son’s, Spenser, birthday. Paul’s brother John & four of his kids were there; brother Jim was there with son, Brandon; & sister Jennifer with daughter Keely was also in attendance. Since Aunt Jan, Paul’s mom, lives on site, she was naturally there. Unfortunately, Jennifer’s husband, Mike, had recently got bonked on the head & wasn’t up to the festivities. As always, it was great to get together with relatives, enjoy good food, & in this case wish someone a happy birthday!
Dan found one picture very fascinating, especially enlight of Seattle’s present emphasis (some say over emphasis) on the environment. The picture shows water cannons being used to “sluice” about two hundred feet of what was called Denny Hill into Elliot Bay. This created the only large “flat” area in Seattle & is now called Belltown. The picture shows some homes & businesses that refused to sell their land or move! The picture shows some of these holdouts precariously perched atop pinnacles of dirt as the surrounding area disappears right up to their door steps!
The MOHI now has the original sign from an infamous 24hr restaurant called the Dog House! The Dog House was a place that when Dan worked for the Coast Guard in Seattle, that he & friends would hit late at night to get cheap food & to “watch” the nightlife. The sign says “All Roads lead to the Dog House” & shows various “dogs” heading to the Dog House. These “dogs” are labeled – sailors, marines, blondes, redheads, soldiers, waitresses, brunettes, bowlers, lodges, nite owls, boozers, private secretaries, & golfers! Sadly the Dog House is no more.
Dan is not sure what exhibits were added or changed after he last visited in the 60s; but some things were still there – Boeing’s first plane, the hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV, & the battleship gun. And this time he didn’t break any rules, & actually learned something about Seattle’s history.
Trivia – in 1880 Seattle’s population was 3,553; in 1890 it was 42,837 – what happened in ten years?
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
On 04SEP, Sunday, we headed to a family gathering at cousin Paul & Shannon Peter’s (see below BLOG for our last visit). The occasion was to celebrate Labor Day & their son’s, Spenser, birthday. Paul’s brother John & four of his kids were there; brother Jim was there with son, Brandon; & sister Jennifer with daughter Keely was also in attendance. Since Aunt Jan, Paul’s mom, lives on site, she was naturally there. Unfortunately, Jennifer’s husband, Mike, had recently got bonked on the head & wasn’t up to the festivities. As always, it was great to get together with relatives, enjoy good food, & in this case wish someone a happy birthday!
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2011/05/16-31may11-monroe-wa-construction.htmlNo contractors did any work over the Labor Day weekend but we accomplished the following:
>>>took delivery of a gas stove
>>>temporarily installed washer & dryer, test ran, all sat
>>>continued prep’ing molding & installing throughout house
>>>hand mixed & poured a three foot by three foot concrete pad to set the AC/heat pump on
>>>stacked the dryer on top of the washer to save space in the mud/utility room
>>>built a front porch & steps
>>>installed curtains in the master bedroom
>>>continued landscaping by adding plants/shrubs, & creating mulched beds
>>>misc small details; along w/cleaning of windows & wood surfaces
>>>since Corrie got to buy all new appliances, Dan bought himself a new “chop saw”
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