Soon this summer we here will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair held in Seattle. Never did we imagine it possible we would ever go to one. But Seattle was chosen that year and we lived in a small town just hours southeast of it.....and we were going!!! How Exciting!! How futuristic!!
Gee, we were going to see the touted Space Needle! Our parents packed all four of us into the
back of the 1957 Buick station wagon. We had one minor hindrance and that was that our sister, Paula, was in a cast with crutches from a broken leg (fell off a horse). She was 11 and I was the oldest at 15. My other sister, Shelley, was 9 and my, brother, Alan, 13. The speed limit was 50 mph so it was a long restless road trip for all. With pit stops we made it in 6 hours. Elvis was going to be there!!!
Two short slide shows will give you highlights of the fair. You will see the old and the new,
the Bubbleator, the restaurant on the top of the space needle that rotates slowly while one eats (in the slide show it look as if it's very speedy, but it is not). You will see some of the sights and hopefully get a feel for the era and huge event, as people came from all over the world.
the Bubbleator, the restaurant on the top of the space needle that rotates slowly while one eats (in the slide show it look as if it's very speedy, but it is not). You will see some of the sights and hopefully get a feel for the era and huge event, as people came from all over the world.
We were enthralled with everything and loved the trip to the big City, and we had lots of memories
to keep. It deserves a big write up and it began with a pictorial last weekend in The Seattle Times Sunday newspaper, with more about upcoming events all year. I still love to go there. I lived most of my adult life in Seattle and the Seattle Center, as it is now called, provides acres of entertainment all year long. Labor Day weekend is the Bumbershoot Festival, in the summer is the food extravaganza, The Bite of Seattle, with every type of food found in the area, representing many fine restaurants. There is opera, theater, the Pacific Science Center, rides, art and animal shows, concerts, a
mime or two, dancing, cultural fairs and seminars.
If you go don't forget your umbrella!!
to keep. It deserves a big write up and it began with a pictorial last weekend in The Seattle Times Sunday newspaper, with more about upcoming events all year. I still love to go there. I lived most of my adult life in Seattle and the Seattle Center, as it is now called, provides acres of entertainment all year long. Labor Day weekend is the Bumbershoot Festival, in the summer is the food extravaganza, The Bite of Seattle, with every type of food found in the area, representing many fine restaurants. There is opera, theater, the Pacific Science Center, rides, art and animal shows, concerts, a
mime or two, dancing, cultural fairs and seminars.
If you go don't forget your umbrella!!
How perfect!! Loved this!
ReplyDeleteAnd why, oh why, don't they make cars like that anymore??
I think we were very safe riding in those big clumsy old cars, except we didn't have to wear seat belts ;)
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