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The 5 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Renton, Washington (WA)
Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Seattle, Washington, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. While long an important salmon fishing area for Native Americans, Renton was first settled by people of European descent in the 1860s, and its early economy was based on coal mining, clay production, and timber export. Today, Renton is best known as the final assembly point for the Boeing 737 family of commercial airplanes, but it is also home to a growing number of well known manufacturing, technology, and healthcare organizations, including Boeing Commercial Airplanes Division, Paccar, Kaiser Permanente, IKEA, Providence Health & Services, and Wizards of the Coast. As of 2016, the population in Renton is 101,300, up from 90,927 at the 2010 census. Renton currently is the 8th largest city in Washington State, and is the 4th largest in King County. The National Football League's Seattle Seahawks have a training facility in Renton. It is the second-largest facility in the NFL at 200,000 square feet (19,000 m).
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1. Jimi Hendrix Grave Site
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 306 reviews
Reviewed By 185kirka
One of the best grave sites for a rock and roll star. Part one is the memorial for someone who has touched our musical hearts. This is a very thoughtful tribute which does a fantastic job. It's not just a headstone or a crypt. It is a compact tribute which shows respect for the others laid to rest in greenwood memorial. It is also a wonderful visual display of what Jimi Hendrix was. You can see all the pictures so I'm not going to spoil the experience by describing what you'll see. I'm intimately knowledgeable about the resting place for another guitarist Duane Allman. Many decades of experiencing a loving memorial to both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley (bassist for The Allman Brothers Band) which has now turned into the final resting place of Gregg Allman as well as Butch trucks from The Allman Brothers band. Decades of a small bit of internal family strife but of loving fans coming to pay tribute. Sometimes appropriately and sometimes inappropriately which ruined the open intimacy of the original ridge where they are buried. Now there is a large wrought iron fence around their graves which still allows for a fan to come and visit but compared to the Jimi Hendrix memorial seems to imprison those resting there. Still if you're in Macon Georgia... Central Georgia... It's well worth a visit to the site. In contrast though the Jimi Hendrix memorial is wide open. You can walk through the cupola that provides shelter from the constant Seattle rain to read in the descriptions and see statues of very appropriate things relating to Jimi. I really didn't notice a whole lot of security but I assume it's there in a way that respects both Jimmy and everyone else at greenwood. the seven times I've been there there's always been some fans that traveled from a long way who get a little bit selfish about standing in the way of other people's pictures. But you know if Jimi Hendrix made a difference in your life and you traveled a long way to come see the memorial I can understand the experience being about you and Jimi and some people just completely getting lost in their experience and forgetting about others who want to have the same experience. There's no trash, there's no leave behinds that a fan would think is cool to them that really ruins the granite finish. It seems like no one is going there in the middle of the night and drinking and even screwing as happens at other memorials.... or if there is there's someone going everyday and cleaning up whatever is left over. All in all this is a fantastic monument to a fantastic guitar player, a pioneer of rock and roll and from what I read a good person. So this monument is in southeast Seattle in a town called Renton. Also in downtown Seattle there is a four or five foot statue of Jimi Hendrix on his knees playing guitar which you can find by googling Jimi Hendrix statue in Seattle. Googling Jimi Hendrix in Seattle will also get you some sights other sites that fans can go and see.
2. Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 300 reviews
Reviewed By tougo - Brinnon, United States
We’ve been coming here for years and just love it! Great walking path with ducks, turtles, geese, and sometimes rabbits.
3. Henry Moses Aquatic Center
4. 8-Bit Arcade Bar
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By jrothfolk - Seattle, United States
.25 games and .50 pinball. No ticket games allowed which means kids can just relax and enjoy the games! THANK YOU! Reasonable priced milkshakes, pizza, beer etc. Also has patio.
5. Shuttle Express
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 171 reviews
Reviewed By morgan1798
I have used Shuttle Express multiple times over the yrs. I have switched to the limo in the last couple of yrs. Limo service is OUTSTANDING (as was the van service), just didn’t like dealing picking up and dropping off with the vans). This review is about an agent, Cynthia Moyer who went out of her way to help me find today to find my keys that I left in a limo on 10-9-2019. The driver called to let me know another passenger found the keys. He drove back to Sea-Tac, left my keys in a box with my name and that I would pick up the keys 3 months later. Cynthia went out of her way to find where my keys had been left. When I called Shuttle Express to leave Cynthia a token of my appreciation, she declined and asked that I leave a review. She was wonderful. Shuttle Express, that I have used for yrs, is wonderful! Can’t go wrong with them! Thanks, Cynthia and Shuttle Express! Morgan Royster.
