[pct-l] pct-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 7

[Sandra]

Regarding places to stay in Seattle:

Don't forget the Green Tortoise Hostel...under $30 a night, for dorm- 
type sleeping and right next to the Pike Place Market, a great place  
to nibble on all kinds of unique foods at bargain prices.  The hostel  
is more for travel adventurers than the college-age kids  
International Youth Hostels support, but it looked pretty clean on my  
visit last week, and offers free breakfast and music entertainment.   
Great way to meet people from all over the world!  6th Avenue Motel  
isn't too bad, either..near downtown.  For even cheaper, Seattle  
Pacific Motel is right by Seattle Center, and while it isn't the  
Hilton, it was clean and right on the bus routes.

  Seattle's bus system will get  you to TrailFest and back, CHEAP!   
Because I have physical difficulties driving (kind of ironic....I can  
backpack 20 mile days, but can only drive for 45 minutes!) I take  
buses in Seattle and the Puget Sound all the time....only $2.75 to  
get from the Edmonds ferry to Tacoma, and the websites for Metro  
Transit or Sounder give you a variety of schedules depending on how  
far you're willing to walk in between.  Don't forget, long distance  
hikers, that the entire Olympic Peninsula is available from cheap  
public transportation....you can get on a ferry in Seattle, then take  
buses clear to Storm King trailhead on Lake Crescent, and hike 100  
miles, coming out in Forks or Brinnon, and with a short ride from the  
frequent dayhikers, take the buses back to Seattle.  All for less  
than $12, including the ferry trip.

Sandy from the Olympics  (and I don't work for the tourist bureaus!)