West Seattle Sunday: Blue Angels’ finale; ‘Get Fit’; Mars landing; swimming…

(Saturday photo by Nick Adams for WSB)
Blue sky, loud planes, fast boats, high temperatures. This is it – Seafair Sunday. And there’s more, from morning through night (the Mars landing!), from the WSB West Seattle Events Calendar:

TRAFFIC ALERT FOR TONIGHT: Southbound 99/Alaskan Way Viaduct will close 9 pm-5 am between the Battery Street Tunnel and the West Seattle Bridge.

SEAFAIR, THE FINAL DAY: Since the Blue Angels‘ show often includes a few West Seattle passes, they’re usually top of mind here – but there are other local links, like the Miss Beacon Plumbing hydroplane, which underwent a makeover at South Seattle Community College recently (WSB coverage here) – we found it in the pits on Saturday:

(Saturday WSB photo by Patrick Sand)
Today’s full all-day schedule for hydros and airshow, including the Blue Angels around 1:40 pm (after a 1:30-ish takeoff from Boeing Field by the Museum of Flight), can be seen here. It’s also your last chance to tour the Seafair Navy Fleet – noon-3:30 pm.

SWIMMING TODAY: In case the hot weather inspires you to go swimming, some schedules: Wading pools, here; Colman Pool (outdoors at Lincoln Park), here; Southwest Pool (indoors, 2801 SW Thistle), here.

MORE HINTS FOR STAYING COOL: We asked for suggestions on the WSB Facebook page overnight – and here’s what we got! Still time to add yours – we’ll be turning this into a story a bit later.

WEST SEATTLE SUNDAY SOCCER: Join the fun with a pickup soccer game at Delridge Playfield at 7:30 am – early enough that it won’t be too hot yet! More info on the WSSS Facebook page.

‘NEW TO NIA’ CLASS SERIES STARTS: $5 class – find out what Nia is all about. 8:30 am, Highland Park Improvement Club (12th and Holden).

GET FIT WEST SEATTLE: A new round of the fun training program begins at West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor; California/Charlestown), 9 am today. They describe it as “couch to half-marathon” – as explained here.

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm – go shop in the sunshine and see what’s new (highlights are in our calendar listing), 44th and Alaska in The Junction.

BRING HOME A NEW FELINE FRIEND: Adoption event at Next to Nature in The Junction, 11 am-3 pm – details here.

PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 1-4 pm today at Little Rascals Preschool of West Seattle (WSB sponsor); map here.

FINAL PERFORMANCE OF ‘SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE JR.’: 3 pm at ArtsWest.

LIVE MUSIC: 3 pm at Skylark3-5 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) …

MARS LANDING PARTY: NASA will be watching and waiting around 10:30 tonight to see if Curiosity makes it out onto Mars … and you can do the same thing during a gathering with West Seattle’s own Solar System Ambassador Alice Enevoldsen, who’ll be equipped with the live online feed and air conditioning at The Kenney. Here’s our preview.

More on the calendar!

4 Replies to "West Seattle Sunday: Blue Angels' finale; 'Get Fit'; Mars landing; swimming..."

  • CandrewB August 5, 2012 (7:17 am)

    Those are the tannest North-westerners I have ever seen.

  • cclarue August 5, 2012 (10:21 am)

    is there no more mof shuttle to seafair?

  • Admiral California August 5, 2012 (3:10 pm)

    For any WS Sounders fans: I just called King County Metro and confirmed that they are running the water taxi late for tonight’s game. Departures from Pier 50 are at 8:30, 9:30, and one more later (the call dropped right then so I didn’t catch the third one).

    • WSB August 5, 2012 (3:20 pm)

      They did send a text advisory about that a few days ago. I should have added it to our calendar. “Just a reminder, the King County West Seattle Water Taxi will be providing extended service for Sunday night’s Sounders match on August 5. Additional sailings will depart from Pier 50 at 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm, and 10:30 pm.”

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