Thrilled with our ongoing summer weather, wanting to take advantage of it while we can, Seattlest hopped on the bike on Saturday and headed downtown. We haven't given nearly enough face time to Olympic Sculpture Park since it was pulled together, so that was our real destination. We had a book in our sack, and intended to just lie in the warm grass and read. Of course, once we got biking, we couldn't stop ourselves. It's so easy going down Capitol Hill to the waterfront, it just made sense to forge on.

The next thing we knew, we were rounding a corner past the "Thanks for visiting Myrtle Edwards Park" sign, and through a thin path that led us through the train yards. We weren't the only fairweathered biker on the path, and we were happy to be able to zoom past some more fairweathered than even us. Rawr, we're in better shape than we thought!

The path ends once it enters Magnolia, and we thought it might be fun to make it all the way to Discovery Park. But, then we spotted a somewhat hidden path off to our left. There was a sign that had a person on a bike, and an arrow pointing that way. It was speaking to us. So, we took the path past a fenced-off lot of cars and piles of marine equipment (mostly nets and whatnot). We felt a little sketchy about where the path could be taking us, to be totally honest. There wasn't really anything particularly sightly about the path, but we pressed on. Happy ladies with backpacks were walking past us in the other direction, so how sketchy could it be?

After about five minutes, the path ended and we were at a marina park, where a sign marked Smith Cove at Terminal 91. No bikes allowed on the path by the cove, so we just got off and sat on a bench. It's a quiet park where people within walking distance sat on the hill and ate berries. A few older couples walked their tiny dogs. Here and there, a jogger or two. But, most of all, it was another great water/mountain view. Too bad the haze was too low on Saturday to look out over the Olympics. Instead, we watched a few small families in their rowboats, and just enjoyed the sunshine. Most importantly, we got a little bit away from the urban madness, grass to sit on, and some trees to watch sway. And we did so without having to really exert ourselves in the heavy heat. Of course, heading home back uphill was another story.

"Bike Ride" by Slightlynorth plucked fresh from the Seattlest Flickr Pool.