Today I rode north to the Totem Lake area of Kirkland to have lunch with my old friend from my software days, Matt Campbell. As I worked my way toward Redmond, I saw a deer headed down to the lake for a drink.
Lunch and conversation at the Brown Bag Cafe were great, but the Brown Bag is located in probably the least photogenic part of Kirkland, the auto-centric strip-malled area known as Totem Lake, so I don't take any pictures and instead navigate the traffic doing my impersonation of a Portlandian going "cars, man, why?"
On the way back home, I detour off the river trail to stop at the Redmond Library and score a couple of books for a grand total of $2.50 from the Friends of the Library sale shelf.
I'll enjoy the trail while I can, but signs inform me that portions of it will be closed for much of the year. I know there is also construction planned for the Issaquah end of the trail as well.
Keep 'em rolling,Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
Issaquah WA USA
4 comments:
Read your mystery and then try to solve the mystery of why anyone would want to pave the E.L Sam. trail. I was hoping that would get cut from the budget.
River Horse was a great read. You're so lucky to live in a great area like that. I've been doing time in Lexington Kentucky for the past 10 years, where the outdoors is shaped exclusively for driving, commerce, and work.
Put a bird on it! ;-)
Hi, Hey I'll 2nd River Horse, slower than by bike though. I just finished another Doig, one I started over 2 yrs ago. My dog chewed off one corner of the book so I though I better finish it before she did. Made people on the bus laugh ith to my Dog-eared Doig.
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