Unofficially boycotting the super duper bowl this year and instead walked a lollipop loop up through Ravenna and Cowen Parks, over along Ravenna Blvd to Green Lake, around the full Green Lake loop and then back through Ravenna. Total mileage is about 6.5 with virtually no vertical gain. No trail or access issues, though the Ravenna ravine has lost several more big maple and a big pine this winter. Street parking was easy along NE 55th just west of 25th Ave NE.
What a spectacular day - 60 degrees and blue skies. There were approximately 1.2 billion people at Green Lake as expected, but if you mostly stay off the paved super highway trail you can slow down, take in the views and watch for wild life. We had a bunch of early season robins and feisty over winter humming birds in Ravenna and lots of ducks, mud hens and a single, lone heron hiding in the shrubbery away from the crowds of humans. The catkins and skunk cabbage are busting out in Ravenna. A super nice walk and beautiful tease of spring to come.
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