The weather has been great lately (though it's a bit warm over the next few days). Last evening after dinner I had the chance to go for a walk while talking to a friend on the phone. I walked in an area that I'd never walked before, which is surprising considering that we've been here for more than 16 months and I really like to walk.

First I took the Lakeview bridge across I-5. It's a more gradual incline than taking Denny Way and it provides a great view of Lake Union. On Tuesdays, a lot of people take their boats sailing on Lake Union. As I walked along the bridge I could see dozens of sailboats on the picturesque lake.

I had walked across the bridge before, but normally on the way up to Capitol Hill. This time I went north on Lakeview Drive along I-5. It's not the most interesting place to walk, though if I craned my neck up and looked to the right I could see some fancy houses on the hill. I also passed a mountain bike park under I-5. Most exciting however was that I spotted a car with a Delaware license plate, which was the last state we needed to see to have seen all 50 states.

Next, as I walked, I saw some public stairs. Stairs aren't uncommon considering our topography, but I don't use them because, really, I don't want to climb stairs, you know? But, I tired of Lakeview Drive and decided to go up the stairs and see where they went. I don't know how far it actually was, but it seemed like 10 flights of stairs. It could've been more because they took me all the way up to Capitol Hill.

I walked around Capitol Hill in some of the area that we didn't spend much time in last week. I was trying to keep my eye out for a place that we might like to rent when our lease ends, but didn't see much. After a while I found a small park and stopped to rest for a few minutes before heading back down the hill along Denny and then home. It was a great walk and I'm glad that I got to do it.