Elliott Bay Trail, Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop & Burke-Gilman Trail — Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019

With the short days, if you oversleep you may miss your chance to get out there.  I did Forks of Canyon Creek 4 days in a row last week, leaving home before 6 AM and returning after dark.  Today I didn't get up until 11:30 so had to find something close to home.  I rode my bike around the base of Queen Anne with a side trip to SODO.

From Ballard I took the Burke-Gilman to and across the Fremont Bridge.  I went up the Westlake Trail and before Mercer I angled up to the Seattle Center, then over to the waterfront and the Elliott Bay Trail.

I went down the Viaduct-free Alaskan Way to SODO, I wanted to check out the new Northwest Harvest Food Bank on 4th I had seen on the news (it wasn't open).  The US Bank branch in the Starbucks building was giving away coffee, I had to stop for that.

I made my way back up the waterfront, through Myrtle Edwards and Centennial Parks, the newly completed section of trail past Expedia, and to it's end at Smith Cove Park.  Then took the trail along 20th Ave.W to the Ballard Bridge and home.

Nearly this whole trip is on paths separate from traffic, could be walked but very flat and perfect for riding, took me 4 hours.  I had to add Westlake Trail to the database, may be in there under another name but that's what the City's website calls it.