Walking Tacoma

T he rain in Spain falls mainly in Tacoma, it would seem. Or at least the rain in the Phillipines is falling here, as we continue to get thr...

The rainy season has come to Tacoma with record-breaking downpours. The county is contending with flooding river banks. Same old, same old f...

Autumn in Tacoma creeps in gently, convincing you she is a friend who will never lose her temper. The sun slants down brightly, painting lea...

The unique decorations people use to adorn their homes and yards delight me as I walk. For example, here's a snorkeling lion at N 27th a...

The Organ in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. A Methodist Episcopal Church group founded what is now UPS in 1888. Please see a timeline of the uni...

Thank you, Walking Tacoma readers, for your patience. This is my busy time of year work-wise, and with the added hassle of our burglary, it...

All right, if you must know, people also steal cars in Tacoma. For example, here's a photo of our front driveway and our two Toyota Cam...

I knew my city wasn't crime free; after all, someone stole Soul Salmon and traded it for bicycle wheels. But a gang of palm tree thiev...

I enjoyed walking 4.2 miles in the UPS district this afternoon. A heavy rain fell around noon, but then the NW clouds thinned slowly to bril...

The magenta shows where I've walked so far, for a cumulative total of 64 miles on the city streets of Tacoma. I've barely begun this...

I'll bet you didn't know about this outdoor art installation! I certainly didn't until I happened upon it today on N 11th, betw...

The historic neighborhood in Tacoma, called the North Slope, includes an area sometimes called "the pie wedge" because of its shap...

Something happened in Tacoma 120 years ago that I wouldn't want to talk about if not for what happened today. In November of 1885 all...

Near the end of my walk today, I stopped at a young girl's yard sale on N Yakima St. She told me she was selling her "baby toys....

My goal is to walk every street within Tacoma's city limits. Click here for the best online map I've found that outlines Tacoma...

Yesterday I deviated from my normal walking plan again to take Alexandria hiking at Mt. Tahoma (yes, Seattle, it's our mountain !). The...

So as to not have to walk Schuster Pkwy twice, we left one Camry at Starbucks on N 30th, and drove the other to Thea Foss park at the N end ...

Usually when driving along Schuster Parkway, between the N end of Pacific Ave and the E end of N 30th St., we're watching the scenic wat...