Along the Waterfront

MORNING STROLL: If you believe local weather forecasts, this week is Summer's last stand. Wanting to capitalize on that fact, we headed down to the western shore of Puget Sound this morning for a good long walk.

We 'put in' down by the former Amgen campus and very near the Louis Dreyfus terminal 

A bit south of there, there's a lovely rose garden. There was a surprising number of roses still (or again) in bloom today Also, we admired many enormous rose hips. 

Also, we spied dozens of big, juicy hops on a trellis in the rose garden. We've been coming to this park for years, and this is our first hops spotting, which makes me think they're new. I wonder if some beer loving soul brought a cutting down months ago and implanted it. 

The kids enjoyed playing along the shoreline.

 We got to watch some Coast Guard drills during our outing.

And, of course, there was some Pokemon GO business to attend to. I love this photo of Annabelle (below), battling to take over the 'gym' atop this art installation (yes, really, it's not just big boulders). See the woman on the bench in the background? Yeah, she came out on the short end. Go #TeamMystic.

 We also captured a Pokemon Gym at the famous sculpture, Echo. Go Team Mystic!