We're staying in Mt. Baker, one of Seattle's neighborhood communities. The thing that surprised me most about Seattle so far is how hilly it is. Seattle, we learned, was built around seven hills. Mt Baker is one of those hills, overlooking Lake Washington on the east side of Seattle. It's quite a drop down to the lake, more than we want to walk! That's our room, the two windows below the peaked roof in the above picture. There are three other rooms, but guests in only one of them while we are here. Below, from our window, the sun rises in the marine layer across Lake Washington.
It's the kind of neighborhood where people live, commute to work, and walk their dogs and their kids. They stop at the local coffee shop when they walk their dogs and their kids and the staff greets them by name and pulls out a picture book for the kids. And there's a water bowl for the dogs. There are community gardens and little parks.
The bus stop is right behind the house. It's an easy ride to downtown, the bus drivers and the riders are helpful, and Fred is delighted that it's a trolley bus. We even get to see the driver put the trolley pole back on the cable as we get off. The buses are free in the downtown zone from 7am to 6pm. And .75 for seniors other times and zones. Unfortunately, there is talk of cutting services, and the bus route we are using is one of those that might be affected.
Around the corner we have a great view of Seattle, though it takes us a day before we realize we can see the Space Needle from here between the buildings. (At the far right in the picture below, just peeking out over the horizon.)
Fred took a run this morning around the neighborhood; the exertion, in addition to making him tired, apparently made him a little blurry!
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