walk 28Jun14 2.23mi




I parked at the Sea Tac Community Center this morning, planning to walk through the North Sea Tac Park. I did get in a walk eventually, but I walked into the Botanical Garden there first, and ended up getting some nice flower shots. It was a drizzly morning:

One problem with my Bike Riding remains. I don't want to stop riding. They always end up longer than I planned.
Today I rode N along the Green River Trail, and the up the W side of Boeing Field along E Marginal Way. I stayed on the West side of Marginal Way this time, with it's older sidewalks and blacktop back and forth zig-zagging over the train tracks, up to the 16th Ave Bridge. Then around the N end of Boeing and back S along the Perimeter Rd and Airport Way.
By the way, I want a GoPro camera...

11.31mi in 1hr11min

Into day number 12? where I've walked or biked every day. Maybe this will become as routine/necessary as my daily meditations... I have fond memories of the "Ice Cream Lady" in Bellevue (Dad's label) She walked everyday, and most of the time we saw her, she had an ice cream cone in her hand.
Another special Walker for me was from this neighborhood. Phil was an old guy I wrote about in one of my earlier blogs. I would often see him during my early morning drives to work. Over time, his brisk walk turned to a shuffle, and later a cane appeared. The next step was his walker. Then, no more Phil.

Trying to find variety in my walks, today I walked up the hill from our house, down N past the Homeland Security building, over the Green River and back up Marginal Way S to home.

walk 26Jun14 2.71mi in 42min

I love the early morning light, and the fresh air of a new day. It's a little after 6am, and I need to walk. Sunlight is pouring into the living room. Neo has a front row seat.

My ride this morning covered over four of my regular Walking routes. The only non-loop part was along the Foster Golf Course on Interurban. Mostly just rode today. No stops for photos.
                        

ride 25Jun14 13.72mi in 1hr:31min
                                              

I'm into week number two of walking and/or riding (bicycling) every single day (again). It feels good. One problem with riding though is that I don't want to stop.
This morning's ride was N from Home - thru the Allentown neighborhood - up over the hill towards Renton's Black River Park - back W under the BN train tracks and looping thru Ft Dent - back S along the Green River to Home:

ride 22Jun14 10.55mi in 1hr:8min

On Sunday I did a drive/ride/walk. I started from 6th Ave and Holgate near downtown - N thru Chinatown and up Yesler to Broadway - N over Capitol Hill to Volunteer Park - down NW to Eastlake and by Seattle Center - stopped at Pike Place Market and did a short walk around and photo shoot (see above post for Thursday, June 26, 2014) - back down 1st Ave to car:                                   ride 24Jun1412.79mi in 2hr:26min

 

The following are my walk/rides for the previous 11 days, starting with 14Jun:

walk 14Jun14 2.19mi in 34min

ride 15Jun14 11.69mi in 1hr:21min

walk 16Jun14 2.99mi in 48min

ride 17Jun14 11.3mi in 1hr:18min

2-fer: morning walk 18Jun14 0.84mi in 14min and afternoon ride 18Jun14 in 2.8mi in 49min

 ride 19Jun14 9.17mi in 1hr:8min

 

walked w Andrea in Kirkland 20Jun14 no record

21Jun14? no record