Magnuson Park- Seattle.

We’ve been to Magnuson Park quite a few times over the past five years living in Seattle. Magnuson Park used to be a Navy Air Station but in 1975 part of it was given to the city of Seattle. Some of the buildings and roads from the days of the Navy are still intact. The path you walk on along Lake Washington is actually the old road. The park also has a picnic area, boat launch, dog park and an art installation made out of fins from former U.S. submarines! Pretty fun, huh?

There were people kite surfing in the chilly sun. It sure was sunny, but it also was only around 45 degrees F. Yikes!

The ducks were sunning themselves next to their mates. I love to see animals hanging out with their significant other.

Remnants from the Navy Air Station.

There are the submarine fins. They look like an orca pod!

On each fin there is a plaque with the name of the submarine the fin came from.

There are 22 fins total in the installation.

A dirt path winds through the fins near Lake Washington.

More navy buildings.

Here’s a fun fact…The first park where Magnuson is currently located was established in 1900 and called Carkeek Park. In 1922 the navy began construction at the park and Carkeek Park was moved to its current location along Puget Sound. Remember Carkeek from the photos I posted a few weeks ago. Pretty fun history!

Carkeek seek and find.

After our carousel adventure on Saturday, we drove up to Carkeek Park to do some train spotting and tidal pool watching.

It was low tide when we were at the park. Low tide is great for searching for shells. Just make sure no one is living in the shells before you take them home with you!

See the oval critter in the middle of the photo? I know sure what it is, but a few years ago I did find one of these shells washed up on shore. Do you know what the name of this little guy is?

Sea anemone!

We spotted about 20 purple star fish! They are “technically” called sea stars though.

Hang on little guy!

This guy was looking for some noms. He let me get rather close to him too.

We walked up the beach searching for shells and waiting for trains.

The tide was super low! We walked on parts of the beach that we’ve never been able to walk on because the water was too high.

Here comes the sun!

And here comes the train! Our waiting finally paid off.

It’s comin’ ’round the bend.

Whoa baby! This is the biggest shell I’ve ever found at Carkeek! I brought it home with me. I’m thinking I want to put an air plant in it. I recently killed an air plant though so I don’t know if that would be the best idea. How does one kill an air plant?

Diana Mini- test roll

I had my first roll of film from my Diana Mini processed today! There are some decent shots, but most are so so. I’m going to pick up some new film tomorrow night and give that a go!

Double exposure.

Carkeek Beach, Seattle.

Winthrop, WA.

Coulee City, WA.

Yeager Rock, Central WA.

Food and a park.

We spent a few hours in Seattle after work today. Teahouse Kuan Yin in Wallingford has some great vegan options and tea. I had some tomato mushroom soup.

Eric has some Chana Masala.

We also had a few spicy samosas. These are some of the best samosas I’ve ever had!

A few storefronts down from Kuan Yin is Fainting Goat. They sell gelato, which is made with goat milk, and sorbet. The sorbet is deliciously vegan!

Since it was sunny we decided to go to one of the beach parks. Carkeek Park is our favorite park so Carkeek is was!

Even though it was sunny, it was a little chilly with the wind blowing by Puget Sound.

There were quite a few people out wind surfing (did I name the correct water-based activity?) too.

You can usually find some seashells along the beach. Nothing super exciting, but they’re always beautiful to look at.

It was low tide when we were at the beach so we spotted some hidden wonders we can’t normally see. Barnacles matey!

I spotted sea anemones! There were geoducks too. Geoducks are fun because if you watch them for a few minutes you can see them squirt water in the air.  I’m not exactly sure what they’re doing when they do that, but it’s fun to see.  I dare you to find a picture of a geoduck…you will regret it!!

More fun.

Eric went in search of a place to take decent photos of trains and I laid down on a rock. Jeans and jacket in May, but I was working on my tan!

I also found this guy! A sea slug! I never saw one of these fine fellows before.

Thanks for a fun night Seattle!  I miss you.