Seward Park Notes

9/24/21 thumbnails at Seward Park

While the weather has been good, we’ve been exploring city parks occasionally for our fitness walks. Seward Park is one we don’t get to often because it’s on the other end of town, but it’s a unique peninsula on Lake Washington. The 2.4-mile walking loop surrounds a dense forest of old trees. On a clear day, the park boasts a stunning view of Mt. Rainier.

We hadn’t been there in years, and the last time was in the dead of winter. My ulterior motive in suggesting that we walk there was to see its potential for leaf peeping and future sketching. In that regard, I was disappointed; despite many old trees, most were evergreen. Still, it’s a lovely park that was surprisingly uncrowded on a beautiful, sunny morning compared to Green Lake any day.

I stopped twice to make some scribbled, two-minute thumbnails. They’re really just visual notations for more lengthy sketching another time to remember the direction of the light while walking the loop counter-clockwise.