FALL 2019 ADVENTURES: #1 — A REUNION

This Fall has gotten very busy as there are four (4) adventures all in a row!! No sooner do I unpack from one and I need to pack for the next, oh my. 

Adventure #1– Susan’s 50th High School Reunion (Mercer Island High School) was this weekend — Saturday and Sunday, August 24 & 25. In June we had “practiced” bicycling from home to, and back from the hotel in Kirkland where the reunion would be held. The practice run went well, and we did it all in one day ;’-). This time it would be more leisurely and —— decadent ;’-).

On the way to the hotel we spotted a bench in the shade and stopped to have our packed lunch at this arm of Lake Washington. It is along a short trail just at the outskirt of Kirkland.

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We had a good ride to the Woodmark Hotel yesterday and Susan enjoyed her HS reunion dinner and event last evening. I enjoyed a delightful (solo) dinner at the restaurant in the plaza of the hotel. I did not have to walk far at all to get o it ;’-). And a quiet evening in the room — watching the Seahawks almost lose a game they were leading all the way to the last quarter! Fortunately they did win.

Thanks to Susan we have stayed in this ‘posh’ Woodmark Hotel and our swank room has this view of Lake Washington. If not for Susan I would not be staying in such a posh place! She decided to treat herself (and me) and splurge on the pricey room — I think close to $300. I think the main reason for that high price has to be the view of the lake. The room is very nice but we have stayed in as nice or nicer places in the past (that had a microwave which this does not), and a fine breakfast included (which this does not have), for much less cost.

But there is no doubt about it — we enjoyed the luxury.

Our room with a view...

We had no need to leave early the next morning, so lounged around a bit in our posh room before getting geared up for the ride home. And taking a few photos ;’-)

We took a different route home which gave us another adventure of riding the bike trail across Lake Washington on the 520 bridge.

With a view of the Husky stadium from a different angle.



We wound our way a bit through campus and enjoyed Drumheller Fountain spouting us a hello.

We soon approached Green Lake and started looking for a place that serves brunch. And we found it ;’-) I asked a delightful couple to take our photo and it turns out she had to be the best one to ask because she took a couple of very good ones. They are here from Brazil.

It was a great adventure and the weather could not have been better. Now we are home and I must think about the next packing chore as we depart on Tuesday (today is Sunday) for THAT adventure.