Labor Day 2008 in West Seattle: What you need to know

-Trash/recycling is on a normal schedule
-Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferry runs are on the holiday schedule; other routes vary (get details here)
-The Elliott Bay Water Taxi and its shuttle buses (Route 773) will be on the Saturday schedule
–Metro and Sound Transit buses will run on the Sunday schedule (per this Metro infopage and this Sound Transit alert)
-Most City of Seattle facilities, including libraries and community centers, are closed
-State-run liquor stores are closed (reminder, as reported here last week, the Morgan Junction shop shuts down for good 9/20)
-If you’re going into a parking-meter/pay-station zone (downtown etc.), today is a “free” day
-If you’re driving state highways, WSDOT has put up one of its cool “worst/best times to drive” pages based on past stats.
-Today’s the last scheduled day of wading-pool season (Hiawatha and Lincoln Park are open) and the last weekday for Colman Pool (which will end the year with a final “post-season” weekend next Sat.-Sun.)

Alvis September 1, 2008 (1:34 pm)

As of 1:30 this afternoon, there is not even one kid playing in the filled wading pool at Hiawatha Park. This almost never happens, and I would urge any WS parent with young children to get over there and give their kids the rare feeling that a big wading pool is all or mostly theirs on a clear summer day.