August 31, 2008
Kurt Cobain map for Nirvana themed travel plans
I think what we have here is a map of some important places in the life of Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana. This was probably the most popular band when I was in high school in the early 1990s. Even today, Nirvana Unplugged is one of the albums my wife and I listen to most.
So I was working on a travel plan that involved Seattle and Portland when I figured it might be nice to stop somewhere in between if you're driving. I looked at Tacoma, Mt. Rainier National Park, and then Aberdeen.
As I was looking for info on Aberdeen (and Seattle to some extent) I kept coming across information on Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Kurt was born and raised in Aberdeen. Bassist Krist Novoselic was raised in Aberdeen as well. One of the things I found was this map. It has things like where Kurt was born, where he got married, etc.
I give you this map for 2 reasons. First if you're a huge Nirvana fan, you might want to make a Kurt Cobain travel itinerary and this map ought to help. I don't think you'd want to try to hit every location in one trip, but you could do the "Kurt in Europe tour" or whatever. And obviously you could simply work one or two of these locations into another travel plan - no need to make your vacation Nirvana history only. The map can be discussed here.
The other reason for posting the map today is that making this Seattle - Aberdeen - Portland travel plan is taking me a while and I'm too busy reading all the angry comments on yesterday's blog entry to finish today. Maybe I'll have that travel plan for you tomorrow. And if anyone has some ideas on the best place to stop between Portland and Seattle, please leave me a comment below.
Posted by James Trotta at August 31, 2008 9:11 PM | TrackBack