ʻO kahi wahi e hele ai, kaʻaina waina, a hoʻokuʻu hoʻi i ka wai ma Tacoma
ʻO ka Waterfront ma Tacoma kahi paepae kuamo i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka Puke Sound Beginning Bay ma kahi kūpono no ka poʻe hele wāwae a me nā mea eʻimi i nā haleʻaina me ka nānā. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua komo ka Waterfront iʻelua mile mile o kaʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao e like me Ruston Way, akā i kēia manawa ke hele nei ka huakaʻi hele a hiki i Point Ruston e kokoke ana i ka'ākau'ākau o Tacoma. I ka hopena i ka hopena, uaʻoi aku kaʻoi aku o ke alakai ma mua oʻekolu mile.
ʻO ka hopena? He nui ka manawa eʻoliʻoli i kahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi loa loa o ko Tacoma. ʻO nā mea e hana ai ma ka'Āpana Kai ma luna wale nō me ka hoʻohui o Point Ruston. E hele i lalo i ka wai me kouʻohana, nā hoaaloha, nā mea nui'ē aʻe a iʻole wale wale nōʻoe a lawe i nā mea a pau.
Eia kekahi mau mea kūpono e nānā i kēiaʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka wai ma ka wai
ʻO nā haleʻaina kahi kumu nui loa e hele mai ai i ka Waterfront no nāʻano mea kanu likeʻole, nā kumukūʻai a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka hoʻomaka. Loaʻa i nā mea a pau kahi noho waho kahi e wela ai ka mahana a me nāʻike o ka wai i kēlā me kēia makahiki (akā inā makemakeʻoe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kahi noho pani, e mālama i ka papa manawa aiʻole e hele mai i loko o nā hola keu)! Ma nā hopena pule, e nānā pū kekahi no nā lako lakoʻai o Tacoma me ka ikaika e like me ka loiloi aʻelua paha i hoʻomahaʻia ma ka wai.
Nā halehana maʻaneʻi:
- Nā Lāki Koho: ʻAnaʻAla'Alepa. Kūlana nui i nāʻano kai iʻa, nā meaʻono, nā salama, nā meaʻai a me kekahi mauʻano iʻaʻole. 2761 Ruston Way
- ʻO Ram Restaurant a me Brewery:ʻO kekahi o nāʻoihana maikaʻi loa ma ke kai. Nā popo, nā lole'alakano, a me nāʻano kiko kai. Hoʻokumu ka Ram i kāna mau hua'ōlelo. 3001 Ruston Way
- CI Shenanigan's: Nā mea hana āpau a hiki ke hoʻokokokeʻia a me nā 'ālika. ʻO ka nui o nā iʻa iʻa, akā he nui nā koho me ka moa a me ka pipi. 3017 Ruston Way
- ʻO Katie Downs Waterfront Tavern: ʻOhe, salama, pizzas, nā meaʻai, nā iʻa a me nā kaupae pū me ka pia a me ka waina. 3211 Ruston Way
- ʻO Duke's Chowder House:ʻO Duke's he mau meaʻono a me keʻano momona me ka piha piha o nāʻano iʻa iʻa. 3327 Ruston Way
- Lobster Shop: ʻO ka Lobster Shop heʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻaʻai kai iʻa a me nā meaʻai, a he mea kupanaha, hoʻokahi o nā momona maikaʻi i Tacoma me kona Sunday Brunch. 4015 Ruston Way
E Hoʻokuʻu i kahi Papa
Aia kekahi mau mākaʻi ma kahi o Ruston Way. ʻAʻohe mea nui, akā hāʻawi i nā pāpale o ka mauu i ke pāʻani, e pāʻani aiʻole eʻoluʻolu wale i kaʻike. ʻO nā pāpū ma kahakai o: Jack Hyde Park, Hamilton Park, Dickman Mill Park, Marine Park, a me Cummings Park. Aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema loa o ka Waterfront ka'Āina Reconciliation o ka China, he wahi nani a hoʻomehana e hoʻomaha ai, akā, e aʻo pū i ka moʻolelo o Tacoma me nā pā ma kahi o ka pā. ʻO ke kahua houʻo Reconciliation Parkʻo China kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa no nā wahi kiʻi kiʻi.
ʻO kahi lawaiʻa La Lavis kekahi wahi nui e hele ai inā makemakeʻoe e lawaiʻa aʻaʻole paha. Ma kahi liʻiliʻi o ka pōhaku, ke nānāʻoe ma kaʻaoʻao, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka starfish. Aia ka hopena o kaʻike i Mount Rainier, ma ke kūlanakauhale , a me ka Port of Tacoma.
Hele i ka Paʻa
Pono, hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i ka Waterfront me kou mau kapuaʻiʻelua, akā, inā makemakeʻoe e kīki i nā mea ma luna o ka notch, e nānā i kahi e nānā ai ma kahi'ē aʻe. ʻO ke komohana wale nōʻo West Washington, Pacific Pacific , a hoʻomakaʻia mai kaʻaoʻaoʻo Tacoma Waterfront ma hope o ka Ram. Hiki i nā'onike ke piʻi hoʻokahi, pālua aʻekolu paha (e pili ana i ka kaumaha) a loaʻa kaʻike mai nā haneli haneli he nui i ka lewa o ka wai, nā mokupuni a puni, a me nā lehulehu'āina, ka Port of Tacoma a me Mt. ʻO ka Rainier ma kahi lōʻihi. Mai ke kiʻekiʻe, ua malu loa ka lewa a hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā manu o ka moana a me nā hōʻailona.
Nā Bikes, Nā Haumāna a me nā Hauleʻa Wheeled
ʻO kekahi ala'ē aʻe eʻoliʻoli i nā manaʻo a me ka nohoʻana mai kou mau wāwae mai kahi kaʻa uila a kaʻaʻole. ʻO nā hale kaʻa Wheel no kahi e pili ana i Point Ruston a me nā hoʻolimalimaʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa, nā hoʻokele (ʻehā mau hoʻohaluʻuʻana i nāʻohana), a me nā kaʻa heʻekolu a meʻehā e like me Big Big Wheel.
No nāʻohana, hiki i kēia he mea leʻaleʻa, akā, ināʻaʻole āu keiki, ke hele nei i kahi helehelena ma keʻano he hoʻololi maikaʻi o ka wikiwiki. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka nui o nā lā hana maikaʻi o ka Waterfront ma nā hoʻomaha o ka hopena o ka hopena e hele ai i ka wā o ka hola-nui ke loaʻa ka wikiwiki.
Mākaʻikaʻi Point Ruston
Aia kahiʻoihana o Point Ruston ma ka hopena'ākau o ke Kai Kūʻono e pili ana i nā condos, nā hale noho, kahi kūʻai kūʻai, kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me kahi ala ma ka wai. Hoʻopiliʻia ka palena kūʻai pāʻani a hiki i kēia hopena o ka Waterfront a me kahi wale nō ka mea nui keaka ma nā palena palena o Tacoma. Aia nā haleʻaina a me nā hale hoʻokipa e leʻaleʻa, akā,ʻo ka mea maikaʻi paha ka manaʻo o ka wai a me Mt. Rainier. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā kaʻa a me nā kaʻa kaʻa'ē aʻe i kaʻaʻoleʻia mai nā kaʻa kaʻa Wheel Fun.
E aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻoleloʻo Tacoma
ʻO ka Tacoma Waterfront kekahi hapa o ka moʻolelo o Tacoma mai kona wā kahiko. ʻO ke alanuiʻo Ruston Way, a laila kapaʻiaʻo Front Street, ua hoʻopaʻaʻia me nā papahanaʻoihana, nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kaʻa. Hiki i nā malihini ke hele i ke kai kū i kēia lā keʻike i nā koena o kēia manawa hoʻouluʻana i kēia manawa-he kaʻina o ka palaoa wili,ʻo nā pali lāʻau e huki mai ana i ka wai, nā pōhaku lepo ma nā pōhaku ma kahakai. I ka makahiki 1920, ua hoʻomaka kaʻoihana o Ruston Way e neʻe i ka Tide Flats o Tacoma, a ua lilo ia i ka waena o kaʻoihana ma ke kūlanakauhale i kēia lā. ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻoihana hana hana e nānā nui i nā kiʻi.
E lawe i ka papa
Aia hoʻokahi wale nō hōkele ma kahi o Waterfront-ka Silver Cloud Inn ma 2317 North Ruston Way. He nui kaʻike o ka wai, akā, hiki i nā kumukūʻai ke panaʻi i nā mea nui a me kekahi kumu'ē aʻe e pākui nā kānaka i ka mokuʻo Tacoma (nāʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā pule o nā mākua ma nā kulanui o ke kulanui). Akā, hiki i ka noho ma kahi hōkele o ke kai waiā o Tacoma wale nō he mea nui loa! A ināʻaʻoleʻoe i waho o ke kūlanakauhale, eia kekahi o nā kūlana maikaʻi loa ma ka wahi e noho ai.