Sometimes you don't have to leave the city (or want to drive far) to get a hike in.
We spent a sunny Sunday afternoon at Discovery Park. We started from South Lot and walked past the chapel and through the meadows to get to the South Beach trail. The wooded trail to the beach is lovely and you will lose elevation fairly quickly (that you will gain on the way back). We then walked along South Beach, around the light house on the beach (it was very low tide!), and then on to North Beach (typically the quieter side) for quite a while before turning around and stopping for some sunny relaxation. High clouds covered the Olympics and Rainier but that didn't make it any less lovely.
We headed back the way we came to maximize the sun (though you can easily continue down North Beach and make this a loop). There were ripe blackberries growing throughout the park -- we saw lots of folks picking them to bring home. Overall, we did about 4.5 leisurely miles.
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