My husband joined me for the first part of today's walk in streets between Windermere and Laurelhurst. We  got very turned around on the curved streets but admired the vegetation, the neat sidewalks, curbs and underground utilities and noted some house enlargements. We walked into the tidy Laurel Park Condo development and around Saint Bridget's Catholic Church. Next, we walked along the wall surrounding the Villa. We passed Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church and a few new homes being built.

We came to Sand Point Way NE near Katterman's Pharmacy and its Halloween display window. Walking north, we passed two restaurants, a donut shop, a dog grooming shop, a chiropractic shop and a real estate office before coming to the small Sand Point Village with a wine shop, cafe and ...

... City People's Mercantile. At this point, my husband went home and I went into City People's to view their offerings. I noted their earth friendly merchandise and ...

... Seattle guide books. Twelve years ago, they offered women's clothing but now that space is devoted to toys.
Leaving Sand Point Way, I walked up the hill along Princeton Avenue NE to University Circle, noting what I think were sidewalk insets to avoid slipping.
University Circle included grass, shrubs and two benches where I saw a young man sitting with his dog. Across from the circle, I spotted a Community Massage Board and Plant Share.

After roaming along a few streets in Hawthorne Hills, I walked down 65th Street to the Burke Gilman Trail. A few electric rental bikes were lying next to the trail and to this protected bike lane on 65th. The bikes reminded me that I now often see electric rental scooters now and I didn't see any 12 years ago.

I turned north on the trail, enjoying the beautiful fall day. There were probably as many walkers, runners and dog walkers as there were bikers. I did notice two people with many possessions in foldable wheeled carts and someone swimming laps in View Ridge Pool.
Along this 5.5 mile walk, I spotted four Little Free Libraries. The one outside St. Bridget's had mostly spiritual books. The one in Laurelhurst had cookbooks. The one in Hawthorne Hills had Math books. (I took one to bring to the Lake City Library Homework Help Resource Cart because kids don't seem to have text books anymore.) The one on 65th had self help books.

I also noted more men than women out and about. 40-ish men were running, driving kids and walking dogs. I even saw a mailman walking to deliver the mail.





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