Come, Walk

Seattle Breast Cancer 3 Day day3

You might recall that last year I noticed a big difference in the number of cheering fans that lined the course coming in.  That AND the freezing temp the morning of the 3rd day convinced Nanette and me to bide our time a bit...and stuff the clothes we were going to be wearing in our sleeping bags to get some warmth to them.  The course began with a bus trip from Marymoor to the Arboretum.  The first bus was to leave at 6:15.  That made lining up for the bus 5:45-not difficult for us to decide to catch a later bus.  Remember how I said this year's number of walkers was substantially more than last year?

  Well, my picture can't do justice to the sheer number of people ahead of us and the length of the line snaking around the perimeter of the camp towards the buses.

We emerged from the bus ready to go at 8:35!!! a couple hours after the first round of buses.  I'm not overly keen on being boxed in or having my paced altered-once I get into a groove I want to keep it going.  There were a lot of walkers ahead of us we had to weave around "On your left" We proceded through the Arboretum and crossed the Montlake Bridge.  I thought we were going to go pick up the Burke-Gilman Trail, but we went right onto campus instead.  UW definitely showed itself well...GO DAWGS!!!

 Nanette and I got separated at the fountain and checked in with each other for the rest of the day via cell phones.  This particular Sunday was a big day for sororities..  Apparently Rush was ending with the girls finding out what house they would be in...all kinds of celebrating and music as we walked along 17th.  Of course, I just pretended they were all out for us and most of them did cheer us on once they realized just what was going by.  Probably the biggest cheering section, apart from the end, was at Greenlake.

We walked a heavy third along the lake's edge with fans cheering the whole length.  Lunch was at Gas Works Park-and there wasn't a more beautiful setting to be had...the perfect place for a lunch setting-that is, if you eat their lunch.  I did, however, scoop up a big bunch of grapes.  They tasted great and I kept on walking. I'd heard we were supposed to go in to Memorial via 'the water' so imagine my relief when we went along Westlake and I saw the Space Needle.  YES! Almost there!!  But my elation soon turned to disbelief-instead of turning right and going toward the Space Needle, the route made a LEFT turn!  We headed west and then made our right turn heading north and north and north with the Space Needle receding in the background more and more and more util I couldn't see it at all!!  We were almost to Pioneer Square before we turned toward the waterfront (ahh! that water!) I did enjoy going through Sculpture Park since I hadn't gotten out there yet-fun concept for an 'art gallery'.  I'd hoped to take more pictures, but my camera was rnning very low on battery power. 

You know my vision isn't the best-I thought the tree was real but then I heard bits of conversation from others at the Park alluding that it was fake...if it is fake it's a good imitation.

I would recommend everyone take a trip dow to see this unusual art experience. 

And then, cheered all along-even by the Marines, in pink!  (Remember:  REAL men wear PINK)

I was there!

Thanks for all the encouragement and support!