From Dick's I continued on down the hill to the waterfront. I rode past another Seattle landmark, Ivar's. My friend Julie knew Ivar, that and $4 will get me a latte. ;-)
I rode by the ferry terminal. I guess that the ferries could be considered a landmark. I rode by the new Hwy 99 tunnel project. Whether that will be a landmark is yet to be seen.
I stopped at a small park/overlook to look over the industrial waterfront.
Almost looks like something from Star Wars! |
and a view of the Olympic Peninsula |
The Duwamish has an interesting past, a series of Green, White, Black, and Cedar, a tangled web to be woven.
I rolled along Harbor Avenue, with it's great views across the water toward downtown Seattle. It was a nice day with a few kayakers out for a paddle in the open water.
The Alki Beach area has always reminded me of Mission Bay in San Diego. If Alki just had a few dozen palm trees, and an additional 20-40 degrees it would be "just-like" southern California. ;-) It is probably the multilevel housing right on the waveless beach the reminds me of SD.
I stopped and read a historical monument. It seems that Seattle was founded by the Denny Party. They sailed from Portland on the Schooner Exact in 1851. I suppose that Seattleites should thank Portlanders for sending Arthur Denny northward! ;-)
With all my "touristing" it was now time to get back to Queen Anne. It had taken 2.5 hours to get to Alki, I was gambling that I could get back in an hour.
Success! I did make it back in one hour exactly. The return route was a bit shorter with more climbing in the West Seattle area, and a bit longer on the north end of my route as I looped around Queen Anne to take "The Kralik Way".
It was a nice day, and a great way to check the box in front of day 14 of #30daysofbiking.
...........road bike..........rollers........mtb.........lifecycle....total
Today.........28................0..............0...............0............28 Jan............710................0..............0...............0...........710
Feb........... 578...............0..............0...............0............578
March ...........701.............0..............0...............0............701
April..........433.................0..............0...............0..........433 Total..........2422...............0..............0...............0.........2422
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