We visited Olympia, the capital city of the state of Washington. Joe's Instagram: / joeysroadtrip Nic's Instagram: / nicole_from_philly Travel Vlog 318
I lived in Oly for five years (worked for the transit district). Fun fact: It is the southern most navigable harbor on the Puget Sound. It is also the home to a lot of very nice people.
they dredged the harbour which is super polluted from Cascade poll - a very polluted place, bringing in ships way too large to a very corrupt port shipping off old growth to China for cheap after making deals to put mills out of business here and to provide offshore Chinese milling.
I live in Olympia, Washington. The empty stand is intended to be empty to encourage performances such as poetry, music, etc. The empty stand is called a plinth.
You totally missed Olympia's vibrant and bustling Farmers' market by the waterfront which features live music every weekend, and the beautiful Northpoint waterfront and Olympic Mountains view and the nesting great blue herons nearby
I am an LA transplant who has called Olympia home for the past seven years. As an artist myself I chose to retire here because of its vibrant art/music scene. We have beautiful murals all over the downtown area. The State Theatre is not "boarded up"; Harlequin Productions produces wonderful plays there all of the time. You heard a chicken laying an egg when you were driving around that neighborhood. Towns without graffiti, crime and homelessness are rare these days. I absolutely love Olympia and have had no regrets choosing to relocate here.
A great video ! Some lovely water views ! I agree, it's wonderful to see beautiful old buildings re-purposed, and not torn down ! A very interesting video, as always. Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊💚
Currently live here. You forgot to go by the hospital and the HUGE homeless camps. there is a road going to the hospital that is lined with broken down rvs. The amount of homelessness and drugs is awful. The state take payers were charged with 800,000 dollars for big boulders for them to palce under the overpasses and along the highways and under our trees to prevent homeless from camping. I havent seen downtown that clean in years! This used to be a beautiful place to live years ago😢
They cleared that road but not the "jungle" a few months prior. Even put up expensive concrete barriers to keep them from coming back. Walking through that area will most likely result in someone calling the cops on you.
Some people hate it for exactly the reason some people love it. Different strokes for different folks. I've always felt more at home amongst the weird people.
I have been watching your VLOGs for quit a long time and I must say that thank you for such great entertainment. Your format in my opinion is excellent. And Nic, is a great addition, I love her opinions on the food. Again thank you for the GREAT content....
I like how its not biased with politics, it just is what it is. Nice little town, Im in Oregon, Ive been but lots of stuff here I never checked out might have to go again just to tour around. Thanks for the video.
Are you serious! Your politics in Olympia, Seattle and Tacoma have made it into another Portland. It has gotten cleaner with less homeless camps than it did have. The rest of the states’ citizens are sane but your sheer numbers in the cities overrule the rest of us. Vote red!
Local since 1985. Love all your tours...been following for a year. Loved THIS TOUR OF OLY. Wish we could have given you some info for your tour... btw: The State Theater you pass...is not boarded up...and is VERY ACTIVE...with live plays all year round...very community oriented. One big reason for high crime: Because we're the State Capitol...all services can be had here (as far as government provided)...aka, it draws many people who are in freefall to want to live here. Outside of downtown....very quiet... I live 1 miles (walking) from dt. You'd think you were in a forest. In fact, your opening shot..of the statue....is looking west toward my home across the bay...really wish you would have driven up that way along the bay....MANY INLETS of Puget Sound, so LOTS OF ON THE WATER HOMES. You can set sail here, and go around the world.
Olympia is 56k population, but when driving you dont even know if your in olympia , Tumwater, or lacey. Added up its like 130k people city limits. These 3 areas are all bundled together, and it feels like a decent sized city.
If you'd continued on through that part of Washington State there are a number of cities & towns worth seeing, like Port Townsend, La Conner, Everett, Mount Vernon & the old areas of Bellingham like Fairhaven. It's also beautiful road tripping across the state towards Spokane - lots of fantastic scenery & smaller towns.
Just road tripped from Everett to Spokane last month with clear blue skies. It's was fantastic. For all the negative views of the PNW lately, I'm still thankful to be born and raised here. It's truly beautiful
@@spoonman4024 The west coast in general is naturally beautiful. Unfortunately its the way people vote that put certain people in positions of power to destroy it.
So, random story, but I have to share. I was in Lincoln City, Oregon this last week on vacation. I roll into a pizza place (shoutout to Tie Dye Pizza) for lunch and order. While the pizza is being made/cooked, I start chatting with the person working (I presume the owner) and the topic of homelessness in Portland gets brought up. As the conversation carries along, he starts talking about this RUclips channel he watches where they went to Oakland a couple weeks ago and he couldn't believe what he saw on the video. As he is telling me this, my gears start turning in my head, as I saw a similar video about a week before. Before I could say anything, he tells me it's a husband and wife that travels from city to city documenting it on RUclips. Joe & Nic. Whoa!!! That's the same channel I watch. So, yeah, small world. Thought that was funny. Also, I really enjoyed the pizza I had. If anybody is ever in Lincoln City, stop by there and order yourself a pizza.
Another great vid and narration. The cleaning up ppl of that city r remarkable ! Food looked yummy! The tab was a great price 4 all that plus leftovers! Ty guys 4 ur vids and Joe I'm glad u were safe from that sketchy area😮. Stay safe guys
Thanks .. I lived about 25 min from olympia near Rainier for about 11 years and walked around those dock areas y’all were at many times .. but worked in Seattle . I’m in Dallas now . Thx again .. it and Oregon are really beautiful places . I haven’t adjusted to not having mountains nearby here in Texas yet
It's sad to say, but we have a gang problem here along with a homelessness with drug problems as well. Tourism, especially in the spring and summer time, is a big bundle of money for these businesses. So they have to go out and clean up to make sure everything is beautiful to keep that money coming in. Washington is a beautiful state. some areas are getting corrupted in a bad way. But there is so much more beauty to Washington than just these little areas.
Thank you so much guys. Will never visit in real life but thanks to you this virtual visit feels great. I've never seen marble from ... Alaska. Also really appreciate the food close-ups. THX! Cheers from The Netherlands.
I’ve spent many nights in Olympia/Lacey. It’s the closest safe, boring, affordable place to Seattle for a quick hotel stay on a business trip. This last trip was interesting. The previously sleepy and clean hotel had thick plexiglass around the check-in desk and warnings about keeping your car locked, plus advisories to guests that visitors were not welcome after hours, no hair dye in the bathtub, etc. Talked to a bartender who said the whole area had gone ghetto in a matter of months. Sad.
If you get on tripadvisor you'll notice from Olympia to Seattle most of the hotel reviews are in similar vain. I ended up booking a hotel in Des Moines. Decent town.
Washington State Legislature is only in session for selected months annually. This makes commerce and hospitality difficult because many restaurants and motels have occasional seasonal occupancy. Other than during legislative times Olympia is a bit “out of the way” and not a super hot tourism spot.
My kids were pages. It’s only as nice as the agents of darkness allow it to be. Mostly it’s nice. But Antifa, Communists, witches, and corrupt officials are never far away. On the other hand, there is a vibrant peace activist community. God bless the peacemakers.
I live 20 minutes north of Olympia and I love both Oly and my own small town. But please, feel no pressure to move here. It's a terrible place. Just awful. Some of us are just crazy enough to love it.
OZ// Thanks U2 !! I just love your Capital buildings with their beautiful domes !! (we don't have them !!) and that one has a BIG mountain of marble !! WOW -and the Tiffany chandelier !! Love seeing the food- always get hungry when you eat out !! LOL Another great trip !!
My favorite part of your trips is the food. That restaurant food you ordered does look delicious, and the price is reasonable. Thanks for the educational tour of Olympia.
Love your walking tours and the numbers you provide! FYI, as a rule of thumb, housing should be no more than about 3x the household income. If greater than that, like in Olympia, housing is unaffordable, as your numbers show.
What a beautiful city, glad they didn't tear down the old building too. My opinion on the alleys and all the painting: if they are murals then it is artwork but if it is a bunch of unreadable mumbo-jumbo then it is graffiti and they need to stop. Thanks for sharing and you all be safe and have a great day
they just tore down the amazing Sherwood Press, the first press here, I HATE this town. They took out the mills, genociding the millers, and sent all business to China.
I enjoyed watching your exploration. Jay Inslee does not take care of Washington State. You definitely do not want to be in the alleyways when the sun goes down. I would assume most city capitals have problems.
We drove through there recently; it, like Seattle, has become a magnet for free spirited folks. Definitely more of a fixer upper than it used to be. The alternative thought higher ed institution, Evergreen State College is located nearby.
I grew up here. We all use to love what olympia offered. We attended everything and supported much of what went on. Now we none even bother to go that way. It's another world and one we don't desire to support, look at or be near. It's very sad for many of us. Thankfully we have ways of getting around so we no longer have to drive through the down town. I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I walked in the beautiful, safe, fun and amazing downtown Olympia,Washington, but those are memories from the past. And it's like we don't even live in the same city. It will never return to the one time beauty it once was. When those in charge stop carrying, the results are precisely what we now see in downtown Olympia. You can still find some good food downtown, but not many of us old timers care to wallow in the mire. I wish you would have called out the street names and more of the businesses. Thank you for your time in our once upon a beautiful city.
It's still beautiful. We are all responsible for the problems. The city council is run by the downtown business owners association. The housless are herded by police into areas, and the property values decrease in those areas. Then, a rich out of town developer buys up the property at a discount and builds condos that artists and evergreen students can't afford. Then more people become housless. Why do you think your property taxes are so expensive? Ask yourself why fire department sends out a ladder truck on every housless emergency. Certain people ate getting rich off of the decay of our community.
There is no where to run. 4:05. They own everything, everywhere. Check the welcome sign at your city limits. You will see “Free and Accepted” , which is the first of many lies.
@@memyselfandi8544 Texas should send them some enrichment like Desantis did for Marthas Vineyard. They are sanctuary cities in name only for the tax payer money.
Thanks for the humor Joe, wen Nicole wondered why George Washington's wooden teeth wasn't shown, and she was curious about the type of wood, with ur response being, the kind that rots.😂😂 Love Nicole's nail color combination. Great videos guys. God bless you both.
I got a good laugh out of Nicole pronouncing marble the Rhode Island way. The accents in RI are very unique...get a bit of New York mixed in depending where you go. Grew up just over the line in Massachusetts so got a steady dose. LOL
Hey happy Sunday! I really like the opening sequence walking along the waterfront--one of my favorite things to do is wander around and take pics of boats with imaginative names. Great to see the folks doing their part cleaning up the littler! Regarding graffiti: when "artists" use public and private property as their "canvas", I believe the correct term is vandalism. There are some places that have designated alleys or walls for graffiti, and that's cool, I can get behind that. The Cajun shrimp appetizer looks delicious!
Now I’m all caught up. LoL another great video. And if I were betting on population on these last 2 cities i would have lost definitely thought this would have a bigger population. Some of that art is pretty good even some of the graffiti now and then. Thanks for showing everything but do watch out for yourself in some of these places. That being said I’m sure you do a lot of research on these places before hand. Nice looking neighborhood you went through. But there’s definitely a crime problem there and it also looks like housing anywhere on the west coast is either high or extremely high. LoL. Good looking meals live that Cajun andouille sausage if that’s what it was and shrimp anytime with Cajun seasoning is pretty good. I’ll let you guys have the bourbon I’ll take my scotch lol. Looking forward to your next stop. Safe travels my friend. Keep filming and I’ll keep watching
Thanks for educating us for showing us the successes and failures of America. Very amazing with your gorgeous and beautiful young lady. I do enjoy all your videos , you are a great American man.
You should go visit Shelton since your so close! It's the Christmas tree capitol of the world. Neat place to visit is the high steel bridge.. Also Taylor Shellfish is there, alot of oysters and geoduck come from there.
STP route if I remember right goes through a very small portion of Olympia as its boundary has a weird looking peninsula that cuts through neighboring Lacey.
Nicole said "Marble" the exactly the same way we say it in Australia. Words like 'car', 'marble', 'spar' are the same in much of New England as they are in Australia.
Another great episode,easily you guys are my favorite vloggers Nice and smooth easy going comfortable as some jack with a touch if maple syrup.Keep traveling,nothing better.Safevtravels,May God be your xo pilot.Alo d best,on your trip out west.🙏👍🌠
Great video and commentary as usual. While in Washington try to include a trip thru the San Juan Islands on the ferry leaving from Anacortes. Visit either San Juan or Orcas for a day!
Great opening ground and drone footage! Love the old Capitol building! Would love to tour that building! Love the water Springs. I think it’s cool the alleys are named. But it is sad the graffiti has marred the city. Very nice homes around Olympia. Gorgeous rotunda at the Capitol building. Love the chandelier. Your food looked delicious. Looking forward to seeing Spokane!
Thanks for visiting my states capitol city. Like any larger city here we have our share of issues homelessness being one of the larger ones. The State theatre is very much open, the building is presently having a major interior renovation done as a good friend of mine works there. Harlequin Productions puts on spectacular shows which many people have raved about. I highly recommend any visitor thats up for great live theatre to check out a show...you won't be disappointed. A few fun facts about the capitol building itself..our current one that is. The flags you saw in the four corners of the rotunda represent each of our 39 counties with King County being the largest where Seattle is located. The exterior of the dome does get cleaned usually every 3-5 years or so given the dingy look the moss and other elements that live upon it. The building is also modeled after our nations capitol in D.C.. We are also the only state in the country whose flags primary color is green which is fitting given we are The Evergreen State. As for restaurants in town, there are so many and the vast majority are very good places based on personal experience and from what friends of mine have told me. I am glad your dining experience was a good one. Thanks for visiting and I hope your visit was a positive one and that you will return in the future.
Another fun note. During the Nisqually earthquake, the dome actually lifted, separated from the base, and slammed back down. Amazingly solid construction!
Looking at your date, the reason so many people are cleaning up is because they are preparing for the bi annual Arts Walk. Arts Walk is in the first weekend of October and the last weekend of April.
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LOL Joe - you walked around the area I have never been to while living here for 10 years. Hope you guys enjoyed your visit here, despite the messy parts of the town!
Love your video's always watch .. Where do they find the money and time for all that spray paint .. What a shame they cant put there efforts into something worth while like the people cleaning the street ...Thanks for posting..
I really like this channel you are doing a very good job with your videos. I have been inspired and will do a trip around America in the future. I don't live there.
This is the Tender generation. No more night life. Soros DAs. No more culture. This is the COVID era. No more commerce or enterprise. Just the slow march backwards into oblivion that the godless ponder upon themselves.
Not sure if the winding stairs I walked up with my grandpa in 1958 is in use. We went to the top of the capitol dome. The stairs circles around between the inner and outer dome of the building.
Downtown Oly was a beautiful safe place just a few short years ago. Inslee has turned our entire state into a mess. Although I have to say Oly is WAAAYY cleaner than even a year ago!
Take one of the ferry's if you come back. It's awesome out on Puget Sound. You probably will be sorry you don't have a drone after all the photogenic places you have been. I love this type of content!
I hope you make it to the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison. It has marble from all over the world including the very rare green marble. It also has one of the largest domes in the world for Nicole It’s amazing
Nicole's accent sure has changed since you guys have been to Rhode Island. I caught her saying "maahble" for marble and "picktcha" for picture. Good ol' New England! 😊
I lived in Oly for five years (worked for the transit district). Fun fact: It is the southern most navigable harbor on the Puget Sound. It is also the home to a lot of very nice people.
they dredged the harbour which is super polluted from Cascade poll - a very polluted place, bringing in ships way too large to a very corrupt port shipping off old growth to China for cheap after making deals to put mills out of business here and to provide offshore Chinese milling.
I live in Olympia, Washington. The empty stand is intended to be empty to encourage performances such as poetry, music, etc. The empty stand is called a plinth.
The plinths are empty because new sculptures get voted on yearly and put up.
@steezvicious yes, and that is the other reason, too.. In the meantime, street performers are encouraged to use the empty plinths.
lol not because it's been stolen as he suggests
That was my assumption, you would want the plinth to cure before having something heavy applied.
You totally missed Olympia's vibrant and bustling Farmers' market by the waterfront which features live music every weekend, and the beautiful Northpoint waterfront and Olympic Mountains view and the nesting great blue herons nearby
It’s not an all encompassing video, it’s just documenting what he sees as he passes through
I am an LA transplant who has called Olympia home for the past seven years. As an artist myself I chose to retire here because of its vibrant art/music scene. We have beautiful murals all over the downtown area. The State Theatre is not "boarded up"; Harlequin Productions produces wonderful plays there all of the time. You heard a chicken laying an egg when you were driving around that neighborhood. Towns without graffiti, crime and homelessness are rare these days. I absolutely love Olympia and have had no regrets choosing to relocate here.
What kind of an artist are you?
Ah yes, blue is your favorite color!
I agree. I love it here
Crime rates in Oly have always been higher than average, no amount of art will change that.
The largest freestanding marble dome for a state capital in the United States
It was lovely. Looked almost like the rotunda in DC
@@MrKongatthegates modeled after the one in DC.
They often let us protest in the rotunda. You feel part of the process.
Another Olympian here. I love my city and all the fun art shopes in down town and
tumwaterfalls part is the most beautiful
I grew up 2 blocks from the Falls, that river was my playground!
A great video ! Some lovely water views ! I agree, it's wonderful to see beautiful old buildings re-purposed, and not torn down ! A very interesting video, as always. Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊💚
Na the narrative he is trying to push is false
Currently live here. You forgot to go by the hospital and the HUGE homeless camps. there is a road going to the hospital that is lined with broken down rvs. The amount of homelessness and drugs is awful. The state take payers were charged with 800,000 dollars for big boulders for them to palce under the overpasses and along the highways and under our trees to prevent homeless from camping. I havent seen downtown that clean in years! This used to be a beautiful place to live years ago😢
They cleared that road but not the "jungle" a few months prior.
Even put up expensive concrete barriers to keep them from coming back.
Walking through that area will most likely result in someone calling the cops on you.
800,000 could build 25 tiny homes with rent below 800.
Some people hate it for exactly the reason some people love it. Different strokes for different folks. I've always felt more at home amongst the weird people.
I have been watching your VLOGs for quit a long time and I must say that thank you for such great entertainment. Your format in my opinion is excellent. And Nic, is a great addition, I love her opinions on the food. Again thank you for the GREAT content....
Thank's Joe & Nicole for taking us with you on your adventures...Your videos are excellent.
Thank you!
Name one town or city with zero crime that isn't some affluent gated community!!!
Please speak about the Beauty!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
I like how its not biased with politics, it just is what it is. Nice little town, Im in Oregon, Ive been but lots of stuff here I never checked out might have to go again just to tour around. Thanks for the video.
Are you serious! Your politics in Olympia, Seattle and Tacoma have made it into another Portland. It has gotten cleaner with less homeless camps than it did have. The rest of the states’ citizens are sane but your sheer numbers in the cities overrule the rest of us. Vote red!
I grew up in Olympia during the 70s and 80s. It was a great place and a great time to be there. I loved it!
Me too what happened
Its amazing that the video started out with blues clear skies and by time you walked to Capital building, it was completely overcast.
Welcome to the PNW!
Been to Olympia, lived in Ellensburg, WA for 8 years
Wasn't too great, it's sad because it's depressing but pretty area of the country
Local since 1985. Love all your tours...been following for a year. Loved THIS TOUR OF OLY. Wish we could have given you some info for your tour... btw: The State Theater you pass...is not boarded up...and is VERY ACTIVE...with live plays all year round...very community oriented. One big reason for high crime: Because we're the State Capitol...all services can be had here (as far as government provided)...aka, it draws many people who are in freefall to want to live here. Outside of downtown....very quiet... I live 1 miles (walking) from dt. You'd think you were in a forest. In fact, your opening shot..of the statue....is looking west toward my home across the bay...really wish you would have driven up that way along the bay....MANY INLETS of Puget Sound, so LOTS OF ON THE WATER HOMES. You can set sail here, and go around the world.
Olympia is 56k population, but when driving you dont even know if your in olympia , Tumwater, or lacey. Added up its like 130k people city limits. These 3 areas are all bundled together, and it feels like a decent sized city.
And its all pretty much the greater Seattle area now
If you'd continued on through that part of Washington State there are a number of cities & towns worth seeing, like Port Townsend, La Conner, Everett, Mount Vernon & the old areas of Bellingham like Fairhaven. It's also beautiful road tripping across the state towards Spokane - lots of fantastic scenery & smaller towns.
Just road tripped from Everett to Spokane last month with clear blue skies. It's was fantastic. For all the negative views of the PNW lately, I'm still thankful to be born and raised here. It's truly beautiful
But showing the good areas doesn't fit their narrative though.
@@alexandersupertramp7353 Showing the bad areas does not fit your narrative of pretending that things aren't bad in blue west coast cities.
@@spoonman4024 The west coast in general is naturally beautiful. Unfortunately its the way people vote that put certain people in positions of power to destroy it.
So, random story, but I have to share. I was in Lincoln City, Oregon this last week on vacation. I roll into a pizza place (shoutout to Tie Dye Pizza) for lunch and order. While the pizza is being made/cooked, I start chatting with the person working (I presume the owner) and the topic of homelessness in Portland gets brought up. As the conversation carries along, he starts talking about this RUclips channel he watches where they went to Oakland a couple weeks ago and he couldn't believe what he saw on the video. As he is telling me this, my gears start turning in my head, as I saw a similar video about a week before. Before I could say anything, he tells me it's a husband and wife that travels from city to city documenting it on RUclips. Joe & Nic. Whoa!!! That's the same channel I watch. So, yeah, small world. Thought that was funny.
Also, I really enjoyed the pizza I had. If anybody is ever in Lincoln City, stop by there and order yourself a pizza.
Went there last summer and ate at an Asian restaurant. Affordable and generous portion.
Cool story bro.
@@dopeMike_ Thanks!
My favorite channel visiting my city! Its kind of surreal to be honest. Haha Hope yall had a great visit and thanks for doing what you do!
I'm enjoying "travelling" around with you. Greetings from Australia.
Beautiful, beautiful statue thank you❤ gorgeous waterfall absolutely
Another great vid and narration. The cleaning up ppl of that city r remarkable ! Food looked yummy! The tab was a great price 4 all that plus leftovers! Ty guys 4 ur vids and Joe I'm glad u were safe from that sketchy area😮. Stay safe guys
Oh my gosh thats not a dangerous place
Thanks .. I lived about 25 min from olympia near Rainier for about 11 years and walked around those dock areas y’all were at many times .. but worked in Seattle . I’m in Dallas now . Thx again .. it and Oregon are really beautiful places . I haven’t adjusted to not having mountains nearby here in Texas yet
Thanks for the history lesson, enjoyable as usual. Great looking Romanesque capital bldg!
It's sad to say, but we have a gang problem here along with a homelessness with drug problems as well. Tourism, especially in the spring and summer time, is a big bundle of money for these businesses. So they have to go out and clean up to make sure everything is beautiful to keep that money coming in. Washington is a beautiful state. some areas are getting corrupted in a bad way. But there is so much more beauty to Washington than just these little areas.
Thank you so much guys. Will never visit in real life but thanks to you this virtual visit feels great. I've never seen marble from ... Alaska. Also really appreciate the food close-ups. THX! Cheers from The Netherlands.
Thank you for not coming!
The marble was quite nice I thought. Local materials for building
I’ve spent many nights in Olympia/Lacey. It’s the closest safe, boring, affordable place to Seattle for a quick hotel stay on a business trip. This last trip was interesting. The previously sleepy and clean hotel had thick plexiglass around the check-in desk and warnings about keeping your car locked, plus advisories to guests that visitors were not welcome after hours, no hair dye in the bathtub, etc. Talked to a bartender who said the whole area had gone ghetto in a matter of months. Sad.
Interesting.
If you get on tripadvisor you'll notice from Olympia to Seattle most of the hotel reviews are in similar vain.
I ended up booking a hotel in Des Moines. Decent town.
The people cleaning up may be working off fines or for minimum wages if they are on public assistance. The State building is beautiful.
Washington State Legislature is only in session for selected months annually. This makes commerce and hospitality difficult because many restaurants and motels have occasional seasonal occupancy. Other than during legislative times Olympia is a bit “out of the way” and not a super hot tourism spot.
My kids were pages. It’s only as nice as the agents of darkness allow it to be. Mostly it’s nice. But Antifa, Communists, witches, and corrupt officials are never far away. On the other hand, there is a vibrant peace activist community. God bless the peacemakers.
I live 20 minutes north of Olympia and I love both Oly and my own small town. But please, feel no pressure to move here. It's a terrible place. Just awful. Some of us are just crazy enough to love it.
Hi ya Joe & Nic, Wishing you the best, Joe, from Houston Texas 👍🏻
That meal sure looks and sounds delicious 😋 dang guys you did again,I am starving now.😊❤
me too
OZ// Thanks U2 !! I just love your Capital buildings with their beautiful domes !! (we don't have them !!) and that one has a BIG mountain of marble !! WOW -and the Tiffany chandelier !! Love seeing the food- always get hungry when you eat out !! LOL Another great trip !!
Nic is always comical 😂. Enjoyed it guys ❤
Reminiscent of the old Sunday morning 'On the Road' segments with Charles Kuralt. Yes, I'm that old.😊❤❤
Love your videos .. on the note Nicole nail’s are always on point 💅🏻 ❤
My favorite part of your trips is the food. That restaurant food you ordered does look delicious, and the price is reasonable. Thanks for the educational tour of Olympia.
Love your walking tours and the numbers you provide! FYI, as a rule of thumb, housing should be no more than about 3x the household income. If greater than that, like in Olympia, housing is unaffordable, as your numbers show.
What a beautiful city, glad they didn't tear down the old building too. My opinion on the alleys and all the painting: if they are murals then it is artwork but if it is a bunch of unreadable mumbo-jumbo then it is graffiti and they need to stop. Thanks for sharing and you all be safe and have a great day
they just tore down the amazing Sherwood Press, the first press here, I HATE this town. They took out the mills, genociding the millers, and sent all business to China.
I enjoyed watching your exploration. Jay Inslee does not take care of Washington State. You definitely do not want to be in the alleyways when the sun goes down. I would assume most city capitals have problems.
Thank you sir for posting coffee break video every Saturday morning! I'm addicted!
Awesome! 👍
Yay! Another informative virtual tour with Joe & Nic. Thank you🙂
Happy trails to you 'till we meet again !
I grew up in Lacey/Olympia area (70's-2004) and was glad to leave. It was safe at one time & now 😢
We drove through there recently; it, like Seattle, has become a magnet for free spirited folks. Definitely more of a fixer upper than it used to be. The alternative thought higher ed institution, Evergreen State College is located nearby.
"Free Spirited " as in junkies and vagrants ? I've lived here 60 years and it isn't the town l grew up in
Nice 1 keep up the good work
Thank you Joe! Really an interesting video. So much to see and learn about that city. Stay safe no matter where you go. 🙏💙
Catching up on your travels. Love the spring blossoms and colors! Not a fan of Washington state but enjoyed all you shared!
I grew up here. We all use to love what olympia offered. We attended everything and supported much of what went on. Now we none even bother to go that way. It's another world and one we don't desire to support, look at or be near. It's very sad for many of us. Thankfully we have ways of getting around so we no longer have to drive through the down town. I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I walked in the beautiful, safe, fun and amazing downtown Olympia,Washington, but those are memories from the past. And it's like we don't even live in the same city. It will never return to the one time beauty it once was. When those in charge stop carrying, the results are precisely what we now see in downtown Olympia. You can still find some good food downtown, but not many of us old timers care to wallow in the mire. I wish you would have called out the street names and more of the businesses. Thank you for your time in our once upon a beautiful city.
You are correct. It’s being done on purpose.
It's still beautiful. We are all responsible for the problems. The city council is run by the downtown business owners association. The housless are herded by police into areas, and the property values decrease in those areas. Then, a rich out of town developer buys up the property at a discount and builds condos that artists and evergreen students can't afford. Then more people become housless. Why do you think your property taxes are so expensive? Ask yourself why fire department sends out a ladder truck on every housless emergency. Certain people ate getting rich off of the decay of our community.
We love Oly❤
@@goldenroux612 definitely disagree we aren't all responsible Insley is the only one getting rich off the decay.
have lived in this area for 70 years. the part best of Olympia is seeing it in your rear view mirrors.
There is no where to run. 4:05. They own everything, everywhere. Check the welcome sign at your city limits. You will see “Free and Accepted” , which is the first of many lies.
@@memyselfandi8544 Texas should send them some enrichment like Desantis did for Marthas Vineyard. They are sanctuary cities in name only for the tax payer money.
McCoy's Tavern! I drove up from Portland to play a gig there once. It was a lovely time 🎉
Only bar in town I used to drink at regular back when I drank booze.
Thanks for the humor Joe, wen Nicole wondered why George Washington's wooden teeth wasn't shown, and she was curious about the type of wood, with ur response being, the kind that rots.😂😂 Love Nicole's nail color combination.
Great videos guys. God bless you both.
Worked in Olympia for many years and live near there still. It has always been a bit on the fringe but all in all it's a pretty lovely place.
I got a good laugh out of Nicole pronouncing marble the Rhode Island way. The accents in RI are very unique...get a bit of New York mixed in depending where you go. Grew up just over the line in Massachusetts so got a steady dose. LOL
Hey happy Sunday! I really like the opening sequence walking along the waterfront--one of my favorite things to do is wander around and take pics of boats with imaginative names.
Great to see the folks doing their part cleaning up the littler! Regarding graffiti: when "artists" use public and private property as their "canvas", I believe the correct term is vandalism. There are some places that have designated alleys or walls for graffiti, and that's cool, I can get behind that.
The Cajun shrimp appetizer looks delicious!
Thanks, YD!
71 years in the Washington coastal area love ❤️ Olympia.
come up to BC Canada, explore Whistler and the lower mainland and Vancouver Island.
Now I’m all caught up. LoL another great video. And if I were betting on population on these last 2 cities i would have lost definitely thought this would have a bigger population. Some of that art is pretty good even some of the graffiti now and then. Thanks for showing everything but do watch out for yourself in some of these places. That being said I’m sure you do a lot of research on these places before hand. Nice looking neighborhood you went through. But there’s definitely a crime problem there and it also looks like housing anywhere on the west coast is either high or extremely high. LoL. Good looking meals live that Cajun andouille sausage if that’s what it was and shrimp anytime with Cajun seasoning is pretty good. I’ll let you guys have the bourbon I’ll take my scotch lol. Looking forward to your next stop. Safe travels my friend. Keep filming and I’ll keep watching
Thank you!
That prawn dish made my mouth water 🤤 great vid as always 👍
You should come down through Utah. There are amazing things to see and do. Some awesome restaurants also.
Thanks for educating us for showing us the successes and failures of America.
Very amazing with your gorgeous and beautiful young lady. I do enjoy all your videos , you are a great American man.
Ha ha at the end of the video you have that lazy eyed look from that double. Hope you enjoyed your day. You both are terrific!
That food looks amazing, didn't realize you could get authentic Cajun cuisine up in the northwest!
You should go visit Shelton since your so close! It's the Christmas tree capitol of the world. Neat place to visit is the high steel bridge.. Also Taylor Shellfish is there, alot of oysters and geoduck come from there.
I went out to Olympia when I was a kid with my folks. As we were visiting our wealthy friends, we were only in the fancy parts of town.
Wealthy friends? Fancy parts of Oly? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@alexandersupertramp7353 😄
The fancy part of Olympia. Is that the Goodwill Outlet or Value Village?
@@markpreston6930 You must remember that this was about 60 years ago. How things have changed...
Did Portland, Seattle to Vancouver a few years ago. Must have passed through Olympia but damn, missed out on that 🤔 Another great video 😊
STP route if I remember right goes through a very small portion of Olympia as its boundary has a weird looking peninsula that cuts through neighboring Lacey.
Nicole said "Marble" the exactly the same way we say it in Australia. Words like 'car', 'marble', 'spar' are the same in much of New England as they are in Australia.
pak the cah at the Hahvad yad? Thats true the Aussie accent has some elments of the New England accent dosent it
Ken oaf!
Another great episode,easily you guys are my favorite vloggers Nice and smooth easy going comfortable as some jack with a touch if maple syrup.Keep traveling,nothing better.Safevtravels,May God be your xo pilot.Alo d best,on your trip out west.🙏👍🌠
Nicole Rocks !
Great video and commentary as usual. While in Washington try to include a trip thru the San Juan Islands on the ferry leaving from Anacortes. Visit either San Juan or Orcas for a day!
Born and raised in Seattle; still here after 70 years too!
The art blocks are changed every year or so. The statues on them then get moved to other spots (parks, sidewalks, etc)
Also, the wall with all of the Marvel characters is Old School Pizzeria. Excellent place to get a few slices of pie 🍕
Great opening ground and drone footage! Love the old Capitol building! Would love to tour that building! Love the water Springs. I think it’s cool the alleys are named. But it is sad the graffiti has marred the city. Very nice homes around Olympia. Gorgeous rotunda at the Capitol building. Love the chandelier. Your food looked delicious. Looking forward to seeing Spokane!
That beef stroganoff and dessert looked so good. Geez. Another fine video.
Great video! Be careful in those alleys. There's no telling what state of mind those homeless people are in.
it's a business here, social work agencies get a fortune, 200 k and up for the directors, etc. We call them poverty pimps.
That blackberry pie is the best looking food I've seen on any of your vids!
Thanks for visiting my states capitol city. Like any larger city here we have our share of issues homelessness being one of the larger ones. The State theatre is very much open, the building is presently having a major interior renovation done as a good friend of mine works there. Harlequin Productions puts on spectacular shows which many people have raved about. I highly recommend any visitor thats up for great live theatre to check out a show...you won't be disappointed.
A few fun facts about the capitol building itself..our current one that is. The flags you saw in the four corners of the rotunda represent each of our 39 counties with King County being the largest where Seattle is located.
The exterior of the dome does get cleaned usually every 3-5 years or so given the dingy look the moss and other elements that live upon it. The building is also modeled after our nations capitol in D.C.. We are also the only state in the country whose flags primary color is green which is fitting given we are The Evergreen State.
As for restaurants in town, there are so many and the vast majority are very good places based on personal experience and from what friends of mine have told me. I am glad your dining experience was a good one.
Thanks for visiting and I hope your visit was a positive one and that you will return in the future.
Another fun note. During the Nisqually earthquake, the dome actually lifted, separated from the base, and slammed back down. Amazingly solid construction!
@@kenkoch571 All pre prograssive! Now they build garbage here!
Cool share. Never knew there were 39 counties. I only lived in 2 of them.
So nice to hear more from Nic this time!❤
Nice to see people keeping it clean, Sad that people spray paint every thing, Thanks for the trip
Yes, the state capitol buildings are pretty cool. I did see the Gov walking out the building into the Gov Mansion one..very tall guy.
Looking at your date, the reason so many people are cleaning up is because they are preparing for the bi annual Arts Walk. Arts Walk is in the first weekend of October and the last weekend of April.
Love your videos! Would love to see you guys visit Spokane! I currently live in Pa, but Spokane is my hometown.
Coming up tomorrow!
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My husband’s from Spokane and we have a house in northeast Washington. Completely different from Seattle and Olympia.
LOL Joe - you walked around the area I have never been to while living here for 10 years. Hope you guys enjoyed your visit here, despite the messy parts of the town!
Love your video's always watch .. Where do they find the money and time for all that spray paint .. What a shame they cant put there efforts into something worth while like the people cleaning the street ...Thanks for posting..
I really like this channel you are doing a very good job with your videos. I have been inspired and will do a trip around America in the future. I don't live there.
Olys downtown is depressing. Felt kinda apocalyptic last time I went through. Overall has the bones of an amazing place but needs some tlc.
This is the Tender generation. No more night life. Soros DAs. No more culture. This is the COVID era. No more commerce or enterprise. Just the slow march backwards into oblivion that the godless ponder upon themselves.
Not sure if the winding stairs I walked up with my grandpa in 1958 is in use. We went to the top of the capitol dome. The stairs circles around between the inner and outer dome of the building.
Dangerous area after dark
Downtown Oly was a beautiful safe place just a few short years ago. Inslee has turned our entire state into a mess. Although I have to say Oly is WAAAYY cleaner than even a year ago!
Take one of the ferry's if you come back. It's awesome out on Puget Sound. You probably will be sorry you don't have a drone after all the photogenic places you have been. I love this type of content!
Took a ferry from Puget Sound to Seattle in May. It was oddly 80 degrees outside.
Great video as usual❤ Plz be careful going down alleys 🙏
The spray can paint vendors must make a lot of money around there .
I hope you make it to the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison. It has marble from all over the world including the very rare green marble. It also has one of the largest domes in the world for Nicole It’s amazing
The Wisconsin state capital is beautiful.
Nicole's accent sure has changed since you guys have been to Rhode Island. I caught her saying "maahble" for marble and "picktcha" for picture. Good ol' New England! 😊
Thank you. Food looks delicious. Mushrooms, all of it! I just came home from B n B. I am hungry..!
Galena, Illinois. Old Jail was made into a B n B.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Really enjoy you both. Still love your beautiful red hair.