Saturday had been a beautiful summers day and we’d spent it doing typical summers day activities – going to Ikea, Bestbuy, Pier 1 Imports (twice) and QFC. Oh and we had a BBQ! Because it had been a truly awful day for the children Sunday was designated a no shopping day, aka, a beach park day.
With Sunday looking like being as good, if not better than Saturday we woke up, packed a picnic and set off on a day of sun, beaches and swimming. First of all we went to Lincoln Park which is just south of Alki Beach. It had good write ups however none of those reviews thought to mention that you had to walk down some giant cliff to get to the beach, so we decided to give up and find an alternative. The high point of our short trip to Lincoln Park was Harry falling down a small pot hole. Tracy was just talking about when Toby fell in the stream on pit run day when we looked up and saw Harry falling legs first into a hole and landing on his bum. It was very funny but it did make number 1 son a wee bit moody.
Next stop was Alki Beach. We stopped on the quiet side of the peninsula and settled down on the beach. After about 20 minutes it became clear Alki Beach was not the answer to our relaxing beach day. Toby had got blood coming out his knee. Allegedly. No-one could actually see it. As he went into the water to wash the blood away he fell over again. At this point we picked up the picnic basket and went back to the car!
Our whistle stop tour of every beach park in the area then headed off towards the ever reliable Waverley Beach Park. It was getting close to 11am (we’d set off early) and we hoped the park wouldn’t be too busy. We were in luck. We got a good spot down near the beach and settled down to eat because Harry was starving.
After lunch it was time to hit the lake. It was boiling hot (the weather not the lake) so I decided to have a little paddle. Despite the fact that the lake was freezing Harry and Toby decided to have a swim – both without tummy bands – which was rather impressive. Even though the water was freezing it was calling to me and in the end I could resist no longer! So, in a very ungainly, floopy way I splashed in and took my first swim in the Washington lakes. Usually you acclimatize and come out with the “it’s lovely when you’re in” line however it was still freezing so the swim didn’t last long.
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So by the end of a glorious sunny weekend three out of four of us have had a swim in the lake. Tracy’s turn next!