Condos and Forests

So as to not have to walk Schuster Pkwy twice, we left one Camry at Starbucks on N 30th, and drove the other to Thea Foss park at the N end of E Dock St. We started walking from Foss Park, so the morning sun would be at our backs. As we arrived back at N 30th and Old Town, Kaaren saw the condo she decided she wanted. I think it was the upper deck of flowerpots with morning sunshine that sold her.


After the obligatory stop at Starbucks (drip coffee with room and a decaf sugar-free vanilla latte, please), and since we had both cars with us, we left one vehicle at the bottom end of Puget Park and drove the other to the top of the park at N 31st and Proctor. That allowed us to walk the trail down through the park. It was a perfect day for it: not too hot, not too cool. The 1-mile trail was only steep at the Proctor end, and soon leveled out under the dense tree canopy. The air was oxygen-rich and quiet. Half way down, we visited Napoleon's Sweet Skills geocache. Kaaren was disappointed that no one had left a "Vote for Pedro" t-shirt. We paused at the N Alder St end of the trail to admire the sunlight dancing on the stream, and the remains of the installation from which Soul Salmon had been stolen.