Around Our Town

Our town is a very pedestrian, friendly town.

People walk or ride their bikes everywhere.

When I was out walking,

 I came across this. Instructions on how to cross the street.

It must be for those who are new to town or 

don't know how to cross the street.

Seems pretty basic.

 United Parcel Service or better know as UPS,

 has their Hub near our cottage.

Every morning they line up at stop lights all around town.

It's a green light and they are off!

 Our state bird comes and visits us regularly, these days.
Along with the Chickadees and Sparrows.

Interesting Facts:

UPS:
"In 1907 there was a great need in America for private messenger and delivery services. To help meet this need an enterprising 19-year old, James E. ("Jim") Casey, borrowed $100 from a friend and established the American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington. According to accounts given by Jim there were quite a few messenger services already in the Seattle area, some of which he had worked for in the past."

source: http://www.ups.com/content/corp/about/history/1929.html?WT.svl=SubNav

Goldfinch:
In 1928 school children selected the meadowlark as Washington for the state bird, the same choice made by
seven other states at the time. The Washington Federation of Women's Clubs picked the goldfinch as the state symbol in 1931 over the Tanager, Song Sparrow, Junco and Pileated Woodpecker. Two decades late, legislators allowed school children to decide between the two birds and the goldfinch was chosen.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Washington_state_symbols#Unofficial_symbols_and_unsuccessful_proposals

Crossing the Street :
This video claims that you can use this code to cross the street when you want to by using the code. I haven't tried it because I have a hard time remembering my phone number!
source: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-traffic-lights-change?sourcelink=playlist#playlist-urlname=how-to-make-traffic-lights-change