Lake Stevens Trek, a Photo Tour

Thursday, September 24 was my last really long run. Next one will be the Leavenworth Oktoberfest half marathon on October 3!

Today we're going to follow the sign into Lake Stevens:

Heading west on 20th Street--leading to a little bit of a hill.




A nice little sidewalk by the trees...

Now I'm in town, and here are a few sights.

Leaving the park, I head up a road that hugs the lake, also called Lake Stevens. A nice strong breeze off the lake keeps me cool (for a while, anyway!).

There's a house that has the most glorious flowers...couldn't resist this combination of steps and blooms!

Now another gradual hill. At the top I turn around to head back. Here's looking down the hill:

Going back, another shot of the lake looking east with North Cove Park in the background.

Next I head back to the Centennial Trail and across the street is a brand-new park. Time to investigate!

I run up this long driveway, but find the way into the park barred by a gate. So it's not open yet. I take a few more photos...so here is a pristine new park, untouched by the masses!

Running back down the long driveway, I stop for a quick photo:

Next I hang out on the Centennial Trail for a while. The clouds are breaking up, just some puffy ones here and there:

I put in a few more miles, and enjoy traversing some trails through a park called Catherine Creek.

Somewhere around here, I surprised a gray squirrel, who ran away, stopped, then heard me still coming and ran some more, etc. Didn't try to photograph it--it was moving too much. Just tried for this shot of the afternoon sun through the trees.

Finally, after a restroom break, a little bit more on the Centennial Trail, and a few more loops on the Catherine Creek trails, I called it a day. I had done almost 11 miles, unfortunately, with a lot of stops. I'll have to keep track of the time next Saturday, so it doesn't take me all day to do 13.1 miles!