Tacoma Day 1

There’s one thing about cartographers and flying: we always want the window seat. And flying into Sea-Tac for the cartography conference, I had visions of seeing Mount Rainier. So when I learned that work had booked me a non-window seat, I changed it. Little did I know, on that style of plane, seat 11A had no window! What are the odds that I’d manage to book the one window seat...without a window? Had to laugh, but since I hadn’t slept much the night before it helped me catch up on sleep during the flight.

I arrived the day before the conference and checked into an Air bnb that was a charming Victorian home just a short bus ride from the conference, and spent the afternoon wandering a nearby park. Wright Park is an arboretum with some lovely trees over 100 years old, many of which were starting to show off for fall, and complete with a glass Victorian conservatory that was like a jewelry box of plants and had a cute display for fall. 

Fall color in Wright Park

Fall display in the conservatory

A fun evening was spent with my coworker Shelly and her family, who moved to Tacoma several years ago.