Urban Hiking

We decided to be tourists in our own town, and hiked the Cheshiahud Loop around Lake Union in North Seattle today... It's a 6.2 mile trail around the lake, and offers glimpses into the working side of this urban amenity that we usually only see from our cars as we skirt it on our way to somewhere else.

The Seattle Times ran an article about a public art project that's been installed around the trail - which prompted us to check it out today. Alas, we never found any of the sites - but it was a great day revisiting parts of town that we haven't been to in years, and we were comforted to see that there are still large swaths of Seattle that haven't been utterly gentrified and overdeveloped...Just have to get out of the car and bus and go off the beaten trail a bit.

I shot photos as we looped around, and have to say the revelation of this set is how colorful a city it is, even on such a completely dreary day (compare sky and water to boats and buildings)...So lovely, we're very fortunate to have this at our doorstep!