In a message dated 1/29/00 7:46:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, Joaw9 at aol.com
writes:

> Greets --
> I am taking my mom to visit a cousin who lives in Spanaway (is this a
> section of Tacoma or a city in its own right?)

Neither. It is a heavily urbanized but as yet unincorporated bit of Pierce
County. An initiative has been underway for the past couple of years to
incorporate Spanaway and the neighboring Parkland area under the perfectly
awful name of Gateway.


> tomorrow (1/30/00) and I
> thought I would try to slip away while they visit. I don't have a permit
to
> get onto the Ft Lewis base (which I think is close). I am hoping someone
of
> you have another suggestion for someplace close. Since I don't know the
> area
> too well I would probably need directions in addition to suggestions. I
> thank you for any crumb you can toss my way. Grazie.

I used to bird the Pacific Lutheran University campus in Parkland when I
attended there, but it's pretty slim pickin's for a one-time visit. I have
heard that the forested area near the Sprinker entertainment complex is nice,
but I never made it there myself.

Good luck!

--Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA
mailto: NJPharris at aol.com