【4K】USA – POINT RUSTON HIDDEN GEMS - WASHINGTON, USA 2021 GUIDE FOR FIRST TIME TRAVELERS

Описание: This video is about the Hidden Gems in Point Ruston (Tacoma area) of Washington State, USA.

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00:00- INTRO* Today let’s walk through some of the hidden gems of Point Ruston. And if you haven’t already, make sure to watch the 1st part before watching this. Join me only on the Epic Travel Adventures.

00:44 – Past the playground & down the boardwalk, you will see this bell looking sculpture. Actually, this is not a bell. This is a replica Slag Pot or a Slag Ladle. Weighing 35-tons, these pots were used to hold high temperature slags in metal smelting operations. This one marks the beginning of the Dune Peninsula.

01:36 – Although its own city that is located about 10 minutes North of Tacoma, many consider Ruston an extension of Tacoma. The whole area is just over a quarter of a square mile with just under a thousand people living here.

02:13 – The Dune Peninsula which is located next to the Tacoma Yacht Club is an 11-acre spacious park. The pyramid like structures are the Sail Mounds built from the interlocking quarry rock brought all the way from Orting, Washington located about an hour South. Sail Mounds because the mounds are triangular with curved edges resembling sails of sailboats.

03:34 – Next to the Sail Mounds is a huge park where people relax and enjoy the ambient atmosphere. Did you know that there is a total of 3 Sail Mounds in the area which you can climb? It took over 50,000 tons of rock weighing approximately 200 million lbs. to complete this project.

05:10 – Little Makers sculptures were put in place in 2019 on top of the Sail Mounds.

05:55 – The view from here is amazing as that you can see the Dash Point and the Vashon Island across the water. On a clear day, you will also see Mt. Rainier to the east.

06:30 – This steel art work is the Alluvion put into place in 2017. Notice several vertical pipes representing smokestacks that used to be in the area. This whole area used to be occupied by the ore-processing plant in the 1890 operated by American Smelting & Refining Company or ASARCO. In the 1940s, ASARCO dumped lots of molten slag which was a lava-like material into the Commencement Bay. This material created a 23-acre peninsula which today is a part of the Dune Peninsula which was built of slag, ASARCO’s copper smelter & waste. Because of all of this and other contributors, Tacoma was considered to be one of the most polluted cities in the US in 1950s. In 1985, ASARCO was shut down and this is what is left over today. Today the area is blooming with life, new housing developments, restaurants, and shops.

08:22 – PREVIEW* Next, let’s head to the incredible Dungeness Spit. This beautiful and scenic location is a must see! So don’t miss it ONLY on the Epic Travel Adventures.

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