Green Gables

 Pleasant enough walk through the Green Gables neighborhood. 

I liked their sign!

Another good sign

A good day for signs!

...and flags!

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isn't it adorable?!

Dash Point Sanctuary

 Supposed to get hot today so I went kind of early, well, after giving the dog breakfast. Trying to finish up the area near Dash Point. Went down to Dash Point Sanctuary. Nice little beach - and a very low tide. Walked by some pretty pricey looking homes - and some nice yards. I'd be walking in the sun and then when I entered the shade I could feel the temperature drop by 5 or 10 degrees.

Quiet Dead Ends!

 I don't like to drive just to get to a place to walk, seems wasteful somehow. Today I was at the print shop so that was a good place to park the car and go walk. 

Did about 3 1/4 miles. Started off with some (but not a lot) of traffic and apartments. Then, two dead end roads! One was quite a steep hill and ended at the water. Smelled very salty! The other dead end was 'just' an amazing view.

She didn't mind me at all!

kind of hard to see them - but there's comorants out there

such a nice quiet road

is this a selfie?!

Dash Point

 This is from last week. I was walking near Dash Point State Park - and what a view!

North Lake

Interesting walk today. I was going to be in the south end of town so thought I'd walk there. Decided on an area in-between North Lake and Watson's Nursery. 

        Nice neighborhood. Interesting how large the homes were - and how close together.  But something I liked was everywhere I went there'd be a bench nestled in the trees or a little 'pocket park.  

And then I found this little pathway through the trees! What a treat!

 

Walking

 I like to walk.  Trouble was I was getting bored walking in my neighborhood and driving to Celebration Park to walk the BPA trail was getting old too.

Then I read a story about a guy who walked every single street in New York City! Wow! I was impressed.  It got me thinking, Federal Way is much smaller than New York City and  - why not?!

The big issue was how was I going to keep track along the way? Currently I'm bouncing between Google mymap and Scribble. The jury is still out. 

Well, here I am about two months into my walking project - and all is going well! I'm using Google mymap and it seems to be working well, it won't curve when the road curves - but you can't beat the price! This has been interesting, I don't hurry when I walk and often end up in conversations with people. I love looking at the yards and the landscaping. And ducks and bunnies and dogs!