As I mentioned yesterday (Saturday), our family had a fine ol' time Friday on a beautiful 70-degree spring day in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood. Here are some shots from Gas Works Park, where we flew some new kites, with great success. This is the view looking south, across Lake Union toward downtown Seattle.
If you're visiting Seattle, make sure to come to this spot with a picnic and perhaps a kite, on a nice day. There are kayaks you can rent on the other end of the lake at the Northwest Outdoor Center, or on the Lake's north side, at Agua Verde Cafe and Paddle Club. (Have the margaritas AFTER you finish kayaking). The great atmo is burnished by seaplanes landing and taking off from the lake, and you need not just be a spectator. Kenmore Air will fly you to a variety of scenic Northwest destinations from Lake Union, or you can arrange a charter flight excursion for whale watching, a salmon barbeque, or a picnic on an isolated beach.
Here are some more Lake Union shots, which I took Friday with my digicam; edited with Apple iPhoto, and posted here by using my Photobucket account, which easily converts stored, edited digipix into image code ready to paste into your blog's edit/entry interface. (Tip: the "premium" account, at $25/year, is definitely worth it; you'll not encounter bandwidth limits common with the free account).
Looking east up at the kite hill.
The old, de-commissioned gas works, and park namesake, with a butterfly kite (not ours) in the foreground.
View from the sundial atop the kite hill - Space Needle at right, southwest across Lake Union.
Our daughter.
Our son.
Buddah in a Fremont nursery near the park, called Seasons (1051 N. 35th St.). He's keeping rain clouds away. It only worked until the next day.
TECHNORATI TAGS: SEATTLE, FREMONT, LAKE UNION, GAS WORKS PARK, SPACE NEEDLE, KENMORE AIR, SEAPLANES, KAYAKING, iPHOTO, PHOTOBUCKET
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at April 30, 2006 11:03 PM