If you want to stand in what will probably be long lines to save a buck and some change the Dick's Drive-Ins will be selling hamburgers and cheeseburgers for $0.19 on Tuesday in honor of their 65th anniversary.
Did anyone else walk the viaduct and tunnel yesterday? It was fantastic. Too bad the city didn't find a Saturday ever summer to do that in the past.
Really wish I did. My wife ran it and said it was a blast. Sadly, I sprained my ankle pretty badly a few months ago and tried running on it the day before to see if id be up for it, and hurt the rest of the night.
We just did the public walk in the afternoon.
Food trucks, art installations and bands. It was very fun.
I used to be a marathon runner but ended up having unexpected heart surgery in 2017 so I can barely run a mile now.
Nice amount in Green Lake so far.
Did anyone else walk the viaduct and tunnel yesterday? It was fantastic. Too bad the city didn't find a Saturday ever summer to do that in the past.
Every time I look in my back yard a new branch capable of murder has fallen off my neighbor's tree. There's one out there with like a 4 inch diameter I am maybe gonna have to chop up to get it in the green waste
We live at the bottom edge of the dreaded convergence zone; dumped pretty hard here must have gotten 5-6 inches.
Green Lake park sucked for sledding, back to the little hill across the street from us next to the bomb shelter.
All the roads around Green Lake are slushy or already icy. Gonna get down into the teens tonight, should be fun.
Here are a few photos from the trail behind my place in Redmond.
Re: Subaru
My Legacy made it to work and errands after work no problem today. Back tires are bald on the inside and 5/32 outside (new tires and alignment this week). 2008(?) storm I drove my then Impreza straight up Madison hill on all season tires passing stuck tow trucks. Subaru normal mode is beast mode in the snow. PSA: doesn't help braking, keep a safe following distance.
You're right, this is near the downtown complex in Redmond. That headwind is a pain and always gets me to when I'm coming back from a road ride!Ice is going to be treacherous tomorrow. :-(
If that's where I think it is (between downtown Redmond and the Brewery) it's the bane of my cycling in summer - no matter which direction you go, no matter what time of day, there's an impossible headwind that turns my average speed from about 21mph down to 15. I ride from Wallingford along the Burke to downtown Redmond Macy's then turn around and go back instead of looping across the 520 and the headwind should be a tailwind at that point, but mysteriously isn't....
I've often pondered that I could have had a "lake house" by buying a place on the river delta with a dock to Lake Washington near Bothell - half the price or less, of the "proper" lake houses but with all the advantages and lake access.
Mrs Stinkles hard noped on that 15 years ago when the bargain geodesic house was for sale...
The wind this morning got pretty crazy. I'm positive it's a branch apocalypse out there.
You're right, this is near the downtown complex in Redmond. That headwind is a pain and always gets me to when I'm coming back from a road ride!
Too funny about the "lake house" in Bothell. My wife and I almost bought one for the same reasons, water and bike access. But we also ended up buying elsewhere.
The good: I am able to walk to work.
The bad: I am able to walk to work.
Ice in particular is going to suck this week and I heard there is more snow coming this weekend?
Been considering relocating to Seattle area. One of my friends that lives there said they built way too many apartment buildings and now there's a lot that are empty and offering really tempting incentives. Any truth in this or is she just trying to trick me to moving out there sooner?
Thanks for the info. I visited Seattle last year and absolutely love it. We're leaning more towards rental, so it's a little disheartening that my friend misled us. Oh well, not ready to move yet anyway, it all depends on where my husband finds a better job. I work remote so doesn't make a difference to me, but I would really love to live in the PNW.There's a lot of condos FOR SALE but rentals are still really tight and expensive. If you're buying there's probably plenty of inventory even in winter - but there's still a relatively meek amount of single family homes for sale. You could also buy a houseboat or floating for less than some equivalent condos and live dat Sleepless life quite economically. Remember that some of them are deeded with their own "lots" on the water and some of them you're literally buying a boat and at the mercy of the moorage owner.
https://www.seattle-houseboat.com/category/for-sale/floating-homes/forsale-floatinghomes-active/
80% of houseboats and floating homes are in desirable or convenient parts of Lake Union too.
Condos are clumped in Belltown, Ballard and Northgate - all places that have some benefits for commute, shopping and so on - and if you're investing, take a look at the light rail plans and schedules - those are going to make some currently sleepier spots like Northgate and Roosevelt much more accessible and walkable and therefore desirable.
Thanks for the info. I visited Seattle last year and absolutely love it. We're leaning more towards rental, so it's a little disheartening that my friend misled us. Oh well, not ready to move yet anyway, it all depends on where my husband finds a better job. I work remote so doesn't make a difference to me, but I would really love to live in the PNW.