May 15
I recently visited the town where I grew up, Gig Harbor, WA (about 40 miles south of Seattle). In “honor” of my birthday, I figured I would show some pictures from the lovely town (most pics are clickable).
One of the reasons we moved away from Gig Harbor was because commuting over the Narrows Bridge to Tacoma was not very convienent because of the very large volume of traffic (step dad worked on the other side and church was on the other side). They decided to add another bridge to span the Narrows - means now there is lots of traffic AND expensive tolls.
This is the house I spent 13 years of my life in. It seemed a lot smaller than I remember. On the right is my first swing in the back yard.
My dad and I at our “new” house when I was just a young pup.
This is the second house I lived in during high school years. After my dad died we planted that tree in the front yard.
And this is us (along with some good friends the Whittiers) planting the tree.
This is the house I lived in at the end of high school and where I came “home” to during college.
Here is lovely Gig Harbor. It really is a beautiful town that I enjoyed living in.
And finally, a Gig Harbor icon: The Tides Tavern. It is exensive, but has some very tasty food. And, naturally, there is a (POS) H2 out in front - very Gig Harbor.
Shalom
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Posted by Matt Jones @ 12:07 am on May 15, 2005 • Filed under: Daily Life, Photoblog
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KelliPundit Said:
What a lovely home town! You are lucky to have had such a beautiful place to grow up and return home to.
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salmypal Said:
Gosh, that first house brings back so many good memories!
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Mattithyahu Said:
Thanks, it really is a very nice place.
No doubt Sal, that was such a neat house.
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kim Said:
ewwwww! That bridge is so, so evil! (I realize that they are just building it, but still…eww!)
The pics of you and your dad and really, really cute though. You were one of those kids where you can look at an old picture and still immediately say, ‘hey, that’s Matt!’.
And I miss the Tides :).
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Jessica Said:
Matt,
I enjoyed your photos of Gig Harbor. I am a Houstonian and miss my West Coast home (Gig Harbor, WA) very much. Until I can get out there for the Seattle Marathon in November, it is nice to have a visual of the place I think of as my second home.
As for Tides… enough said.
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Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage… » The Tacoma Narrows Bridge on 29 Aug 2006 at 10:07 pm Said:
[...] While I was down in Tacoma for the memorial service I had some spare time and drove over the Narrows Bridge to see how the construction of the second bridge was going. I also took a few pictures back in May that show how much they have done in the last three months. While I think the final traffic patterns (essentially only adding a single HOV lane in each direction, but with wider lanes) are somewhat silly, at least it looks like the toll won’t be as high as originally thought ($3 compared to the original $5-7). [...]