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| Kingdome under construction- mid '70's |
You've heard of a home away from home? Well, I
had one of those. It was the largest freestanding concrete structure in the world
at the time—the Kingdome, built in 1976.
My family moved to Seattle from Florida in 1975. There
are two things I remember most about arriving in the Pacific Northwest. The
first was driving through Snoqualmie Pass and seeing real mountains for the
first time. The twin sister volcanoes, Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier greeted us as
we approached the Cascade Range. This Florida flat-lander was 14 at the time and
the mountains served promise of new adventures.
