Evening Walk

Warm evenings are all but gone now ... but on the last warm summer evening we went out on a walk.

I believe the temp was in the low 80's. We brought Riley's bike. At first he was pedaling fast and leaving us behind. Several times we had to yell his name and waved him to come back. Although we told him to stay in front of us he somehow uses the entire trail, going from one side to the other. I had to constantly look behind us to make sure that no cyclists or runners were coming by fast. It would be so embarrassing if Riley got in their way and made someone fall. I can totally picture it too.

At about a mile and a half we stopped along the water so Riley could play with the rocks for a while. We didn't spend too much time here because we still had a ways to go and didn't want to have to finish the trail in the dark.

We continued with our walk but at the two mile post Riley got tired of riding his bike and decided he wanted to walk instead. Jacob had the fun job of pulling his bike the rest of the trail and back to the car.

During the summer we tend to leave the house after lunch, say 2/3 pm. Full sun and warm weather is not particularly a favored season. Our weekends start out slow and once mid afternoon comes around we begin to get ready to be out and about. I especially like to go on walks around 5:00 pm. My body seems to recharge during the late afternoons into the early evenings ... plus the scenery is very beautifully distracting which makes walking fun and not another mundane chore.

Aside from the ferries, islands, cloudy weather and parks that WA has to offer this state also has a multitude of trails with gorgeous scenic views. I really love walking and being able to do so along the Sound or one of the lakes, it is pretty amazing. My favorite of course is the Sound because you are able to smell that wonderful ocean smell.