A little bit about our neck of the woods....RENTON

For those of you who have not even heard of the city of Renton. Here are some facts about this wonderful place to live:
Population: 15,360 covering over 17 sq miles
Located: 10 miles (16min drive) from downtown Seattle on the southern end of Lake Washington.

It has..... over 25 parks, the home of Boeing's 737 plant, home of the Seattle Seahawks training center, home to the only IKEA in the North west, a wonderful old downtown full of antiques and 100 year old buildings, is famous for its rubber duckie race and Renton River Days, has its own water park, not to mention the best moms group around =)
Famous people: Jimmy Hendrix grew up here and is now buried just up the street. Garry Ridgeway (aka, green river killer) one of US's worst serial killers.

Our Favorite Renton places:
Eating Out - La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, Armando's Italian Restaurant and for a date night, The fin & Bone Restaurant all located in old Downtown RentonPlaying - Gene Coulon Beach Park, 52 acre park on Lake Washington
Pub - The pickled Onion, great for Karaoke, darts and good cocktails
Shopping - we frequent Fred Meyer every week but can not wait for the landing to open
Coffee - Anywhere you go you will find a drive through coffee house, my fav is good old Starbucks!

Some of the more unusual sights you may see....
A plane train, this is a train carrying up to 5, 737' fuselages on it's flatbed carriages.
A library built over a river, serious! The whole building is built on one huge bridge.
The salmon fighting their way up stream by the thousands (library is a great viewing spot for this)
A freight train going right down main street Renton between shops and restaurants
Statues of people at Gene Coulon Park that mysteriously get dressed for every holiday season!
Please let me know if know of anymore =)

Renton is a fun place to live, very diverse with race and affluence. A great place to raise a family, a very down to earth and friendly community!