People are nice, that is the bottom line. Despite all the murder and rape you hear on the evening news. I am truly of the opinion that the majority of people in this world (that I have encountered anyhow) are nice. And this trek around Queen Anne has added to this perception.
Had to run an errand down in lower Queen Anne yesterday so headed for the southwest part of the hill. Figured we would get some of the not so pretty streets out of the way (Mercer coming up from 15th..) and in the process discovered a Kinnear Park like we had never seen it before.
We trekked over to Roy and wanted to do the full length of it. The map told us it ended in a dead end. But, in fact it ends on the western side in lower Kinnear Park. And there was a tennis court there! In the shade! Who knew!? Not that I can play tennis at the moment but something good to take note of.
Parks were not really on my list of things I had to accomplish for this big trek, but staircases were and the map indicated that inside the park was the staircase group S8, well, up the hill we went. Up to the Kinnear Park that I know and love, the lookout, the sweet little playground, sounds of the ships and the grainery. But, I had never been to lower Kinnear. Always thought it was just a glorified homeless camp. No! It was gorgeous on this particular day. Not that I would want to come back by myself at night. But, we had a great time exploring a park more fully than I had ever done before and found some nice tucked away private spots to come back to on a nice day.
In the process we encountered not one, not two, but three people asking if they could help us find something. Because on these sorts of treks you have to have your map handy. I constantly stop and look at it, or stop to mark off a street I just completed and plot my next move. It warms my heart that people care enough to ask if I need help finding something! They could just ignore me and think I was another tourist but really they just helped out a grateful neighbor.
One couple I told what I was doing and they were so excited for me and they told me of some stairs they knew of near here. I thanked them and showed them the wonderful map and we had a nice chat.
So, if you see me out there with my map and my highlighter, stop and say hi. Lets keep the warm and fuzzies going Queen Anne!
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