Coal Creek Waterfall

It's not that large, but it is pretty and close to Seattle.  A nice pleasant walk on very good trails.

Lake Union Gasworks and Wooden Boats

It was a beautiful day to take a boat ride on Lake Union in Seattle.  Don't tell anyone we have days like this in winter.  Everyone will want to move here.

If you do get to Seattle, it may be worthwhile taking a trip to South Lake Union and visiting the Center for Wooden Boats.  It's educational and there are free boat rides on Sunday.  We took a ride in an old electric powered boat that lasted about 45 minutes.  Their website is at www.cwb.org.

The photograph is of the old gasworks in Seattle which has been turned into a city park.  Originally barges of coal were brought to a dock just off the picture to the right.  The plant then gasified the coal which was sold for fuel and light.