My friend Michelle and I rode my bike there so most of the adventure was getting there.

The first part was fairly straightforward: ride to the Fauntleroy ferry dock in Seattle, ferry to Vashon, ride down the length of Vashon, ferry to Point Defiance. Once we got to Tacoma things got more interesting. The map marked a “bike path” along the water that ended up being a bumpy sidewalk with lots of little dogs, strollers, etc. After leaving the bike path we ended up on a very freeway-like road (and almost accidentally got on 705), then a side road along railroad tracks that ended on the other side of the tracks from the museum. Oh, and there was a really long, really slow train.

Most of the exhibits were of the Chihuly colorful-floppy-thing or “I made something that is normally not made out of glass so it is an Artistic Statement” variety (like skulls, puddles…), but watching the glass blowing was interesting.