My adventure in the Grit City starts today at American Hogwarts.
American Hogwarts is also known as Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington.
Stadium High School was originally built as a railroad hotel for the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1891. A big fire in 1898 left the hotel empty and it was vacant until 1906 when Tacoma Public Schools got the building.
The high school has an underground swimming pool, a cafeteria with an amazing view and if I can get closer to this fence I can see the football field.
A cool football field view and this view apparently is similar to the lunch room.
Time to explore more of Tacoma.
Next stop is a living history museum. Fort Nisqually.
Fort Nisqually is guarded by two resident cats.
A pretty good life they lead. Fort Nisqually was part of the Hudson Bay Company's network of forts in the Northwest. They made most of their money selling produce, meat and other products to ships traveling the region.
No tour would be complete without a stop at the forts kitchen.
Of course the fort had a garden and the museum still tends a garden. They only use heirloom seeds that could be traced to the fort to grow in their garden.
Time for a lunch break. It's windy today (hey it's winter you know) but the roommates found a great parking spot along the water.
My pal Grinnell is joining us for lunch today. Hawaiian Food in honor of the many Hawaiian's who worked at Fort Nisqually.
Time for one more stop on the adventure. The Tacoma Art museum has a awesome statue out front. A bear cub, an eaglet, and a little fox.
Wow, that is quite the building. And it does look like Hogwards! Do the students have "houses", I wonder...
ReplyDeleteAre those cats related to anyone we know?
ReplyDeleteGreat adventure! We wonder if there is a Hogwarts for stuffies?
ReplyDelete@Sandy. Sigh... No houses at American Hogwarts. Maybe years ago before all the budget cuts.
ReplyDelete@Droopy. Those cats certainly ruled the fort. It would not surprise me if they were related to Sandys cat up North.
@J and B. Hogwash for stuffies? Great idea. Maybe Karl and Bulleinkle know some students who could take on that project.