Discovery Park - 2

Discovery Park again. Sophie learned how to pick her own berries. But nothing could taste as good as berries picked by someone else. 

View from Hidden Valley

Walking and eating

Sitting and eating

Picking my own berries

Discovery Park

Discovery Park is our urban escape. All we need to do is follow the 3-mile loop trail at the park. Meadow, bluff, and beach are there for us to discover. And along the way we're bound to spill some coffee, as Seattleites do. Notice the coffee stain on Sophie's yellow t-shirt, right by the bow? She spilled Van's coffee all over her shirt right when we just began the trail, so we had to change her then and there.

Meadow

Bluff

Beach

We made it!

 

Looking out at the Puget Sound 

Drawing in the sand

Around Seattle

The parks in Seattle are amazing. We have been taking Sophie hiking every weekend. Our favorites are Discovery Park and Carkeek Park. On a good day, Sophie would walk for a mile or so. And on a bad day, she would not budge an inch. But she would never turn down food. In fact, she would eat all of the berries -- or "babies" as she would say -- that her mom picked along the trail. You can only imagine our embarrassment when Sophie screams "blackberries."

Schmitz Preserve Park

Alki Beach

Molly Moon Ice Cream in Capitol Hill

Wading Pool at Cal Anderson Park

Public art installation at Carkeek Park

Carkeek Park

 Picking berries at Schmitz Preserve Park

Low tide at Carkeek Park

Happy Birthday Sophie!

Learning to use chopsticks

 Success!