visit all of the parks in Seattle

I haven’t been working on this much, but I randomly stumbled on a park that I haven’t been to.

• Colman Playground

Maybe it’s time for another park visiting ride.

... but at least I have it on Google Docs now, so I can manage it from all over. Like the writing to people, I need some days of just trying to do as many as possible all at once.

Bryant
View Ridge
that long skinny one by Safeway (ok, I’ll have to look that up)

Running on the 16th I went to:
Maple Leaf Playground
Ravenna Triangle
Ravenna Park
Cowen Park.

Today, for Vday, Tom and I went to:
Thorndyke Park
Magnolia Park
Magnolia Boulevard
Discovery Park (where we stalked a barred owl for a while)

Magnuson
Cal Anderson
Waterfront Steps (I’ll post the pics someday)
Jefferson (hit a bucket of balls at the driving range)

There are 404 parks in Seattle, ranging from at least 30 that are below the 0.01-acre (436 square feet) cut-off below which they won’t list area, to Discovery Park at 535 acres. Many are familiar, most are at least in a familiar location (I’m sure in part I have Street Scrambles to thank for that!), but some are on streets I don’t recall ever seeing, in person or on a map. I suppose this shouldn’t surprise me – I’ve only lived here for 5 years – but it really does.

• Dr Jose Rizal Park
• Katie Black’s Garden
• Beacon Hill Playground

I’m going to have to start marking my park map so I can remember which ones I’ve checked off here…

My phone refuses to send pictures so no more photos.

A bunch of parks that I haven’t checked off yet that I found hiding in my flickr photos:

• Counterbalance Park
• Blanche S Lavizzo Park
• Spruce Mini Park
• Cottage Grove Park
• Greg Davis Park
• Longfellow Creek Greenspace
• Burke Gilman Trail
• Myrtle Edwards Park
• Thorndyke Park
• Discovery Park
• Commodore Park

http://flickr.com/photos/laurelfan/sets/72157603750899992

No way I’m going to make it to all of the parks in this city. I’ve probably been at about half of them over the years, but I’m realizing I don’t have the drive to complete this goal.