Friday Adventure

Fridays are no fun without a nice little adventure, so today my friend and I decided to go explore Golden Gardens Park in Loyal Heights, Seattle. So we went to the library, figured out generally where we wanted to go (what busses we would take, and whether it was actually possible to get to the park by bus), and headed out.
Once we got on the bus, the ominous clouds above finally started to release some of their promised rain, so we decided to stop in a little Indian restaraunt to subdue our growing hunger and wait out the rain. We sat and ate the most delicious chicken I've ever tasted (called tandoori chicken) while the seattle sky poured its heart out. The rain stopped just as we finished, and we hurried to arrive at the park in time for sunset.
We made one pitstop at an interesting tree swing we found just off of the mian trail (pictured above). The steep hill at the top allowed you to propel yourself pretty far on the swing and get high above the trees, which was quite a bit of fun. Then we decided to take "The Road Not Taken" (a shortcut through the trees really) to get to the beach as quickly as possible. A few stumbles and an underground tunnel later, we arrived at the beach with little of a sunset to see. Since it was cloudy, we couldn't really see the colors a sunset promises. Instead, the clouds put on quite a dynamic display for us, which almost made up for the fact that there wasn't much of a sunset. We walked along the beach until we reached the fence that didn't block off anything, sat down for a bit, then headed back with our eyes closed. This was quite an adventure, since none of us could see, and often neither of us knew where the other one was. We could hardly take 30 steps without peeking to check if we were about to walk into water.
By now it was night, but even the beach wasn't all that dark due to the surrounding light pollution. The pollution was quite terrible. Only once were we in relative darkness, and even then it wasn't that dark.
We headed back to the U. District, drank some coffee at Coffee and Comics (a great coffee shop...the first nerdy coffee shop I've seen) and headed home. It was the perfect way to spend my Friday. So, the moral of this post: spend your Fridays exploring with friends. It's the best way to forget about your troubles and relax.