Hot damn, it’s nice out there. Seattlest just got back to the office after a long-but-too-short lunch break. There we were, reading a book in the sun down at the waterfront park, near the Aquarium – lifting our head every so often to peer out at the ferries making their way in and out of Elliott Bay. And the Olympic Mountains, of course, reminding us that it’s just about time to dust off our camping gear.

Our lunchtime excursion also reminded us that the waterfront is just down some steps and across the street. So why don't we visit this place more often? It couldn't be the noisy, decrepit monster of a freeway invading our senses and making our subconscious think the waterfront is unattainable... Could it? No...

Boat and Bird -- (Cropped) photo by tonyjcase on Flickr.