Bike Ride

Chuck (patiently?) waiting for me to take pictures

Gas Works Park

not many boats in storage this time of year

Lake Washington

football game in progress

picking blackberries

Yesterday we rode another one of the great trails in the city. We started at Gas Works Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Works_Park on Lake Union and ended up on Lake Washington. It was a beautiful day with sunshine and temps in the low 70s. The Burke-Gilman trail is used by lots of bike commuters, joggers, dog-walkers, etc. And on a beautiful weekend day there were probably thousands of people on that trail at one time or another. And most of the cyclists were out there for a good workout -- they whooshed by us like we were stopped.

All of a sudden the path was clogged by walkers and it was hard to maneuver. It wasn't too long before we found out why the walkers were rushing down the path -- a Washington Huskies game was in progress. The path is adjacent to the stadium which is adjacent to the Lake -- and those people rich enough to afford "boats" were sitting out in the lake watching the game. Once we passed the stadium the trail was not nearly so congested.

We stopped at a Metro Market right close to the trail and got a sandwich for lunch. There was also a conveniently located park right there too so we had a nice spot to eat our lunch.

Further up the trail Chuck stopped to eat a few blueberries. They grow wild in the Northwest and are considered a nuisance here. But they are so delicious. We saw lots of people picking them all over town yesterday.

We rode about 20 miles yesterday but Greg managed to get in 40 miles on different trails around the city. Seattle has great bike paths here.