We should get together in Puyallup or Seattle

[Ronastoo]

Glazz took his trains to Lynden while Martin, Tim, and I were having fun in Oregon.  (The two events were not related.)
But, as he posted in another thread, he has two more train shows coming up and seeing his train display in person is a treat not to be missed!  (oh, he didn't post the part about "seeing his train display being a treat" I added that because I've seen it and it is!)
One show is in Puyallup (a lovely location near Tacoma) in the middle of November.
The other show is at the Seattle Center (in Seattle, a lovely location near Tacoma) the middle of January 2011.
Let's all go to the train show!
(Which one?  November or January?)

[Martin Milner]

November's a bit soon, so how about January?

I (and Tim) could in theory travel by train to get there, but I suspect the inconveniences of where the station in Seattle is compared to where we want to go would make it not worth it.

[Tiermann]

We can carpool of course. I've driven to Seattle a number of times. I agree January sounds the better date as we will be past the holiday season. Assuming this is the Pacific Science Center Glazz was talking about - then the Science Fiction Museum is right by there too - it's all next to the Space Needle.

[Ronastoo]

Okie dokie... let's meet up at the Seattle Center in January and watch Glazz's trains go 'round and 'round.

And you really could ride the train to Seattle if you wanted to... then ride the light rail train from the regular train depot to Westlake Center... then ride the monorail from there to the Seattle Center (that's where Seattle keeps their Space Needle.)

You wouldn't want to be carrying very much luggage though.  There's not a lot of room on the light rail train. (Maybe that's why they call it "light rail.")   

[BlackPearl2006]

The train actually is very accessible to Seattle Center also, you can transfer over to metro bus/monorail.

I live in Tacoma.  I can meet up for either one (the Puyallup show in Nov, or Seattle in Jan).  I wanna meetup!

[Martin Milner]

Exact Dates?

I'd like to make it a long weekend if possible, so we can visit the Space Needle, Sci Fi Museum etc. I haven't visited Seattle since 2004, my first ever visit to the US, and it'd be nice to refresh some memories.

[Ronastoo]

Monday, January 17 is the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday and a holiday.  We'll have to wait to have Glazz tell us which days of that holiday weekend the trains are going to be on show at the Pacific Science Center.  Maybe just Saturday and Sunday?  (15th and 16th?)

Edit:  I just found this information about the train show.
http://www.pacsci.org/railroad/

[Andy R]

¿How would we find each other in a large event?

[BlackPearl2006]

¿How would we find each other in a large event?

There are plenty of landmarks in Seattle to meet at, or the commons area where there is food.  And of course we can exchange cel phones (if we have them) and coordinate efforts via phone as we meet up.  Pacific Science center isn't too easy to get lost in. 

[Andy R]

I meant at the event…. I know none of you know what I look like, and I know I don’t know what any of you look like…