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Howdy Y’all, Thank you to everyone who came out to the West Seattle Saunter this past Saturday. Probably about 150 folks joined at the start of our 12 mile walk on what ended up being a gorgeous and wonderful day. It was especially nice to get a good ratio of folks from West Seattle and New Seattle (the mainland), probably about half and half. Lastly, it was great seeing so many folks use the water taxi, a truly underrated mode of public transit. The highlights of the day included: -Getting to hear about the Alki Healthy Street over at Constellation Park -Learning about problems unique to West Seattle like drag racing and what life was like with the West Seattle Bridge being out -Seeing a seal over at Lincoln Park, right after this woman had promised her friend there would be one -Swarming the Super Deli Mart at 35th and Barton with our large group -Visiting the highest point in the city and exploring the cute neighborhoods and parks near High Point -Meeting Everett who was 9 years old and who walked the whole 12 miles. Hope he got rewarded with a big ice cream cone at the end! -Finishing up at West Seattle Summer Fest and enjoying all the vibrancy of the event Met so many great people on Saturday and heard from plenty of folks that they had never been to West Seattle or that they had not been since the pandemic. So this felt like the perfect opportunity for people to explore and re-explore alongside the wonderful residents of West Seattle. Still plenty more to see in West Seattle and maybe Saturday helped spur some additional curiosity. If you were not able to make it out on Saturday, I hope you take the chance to get to see West Seattle on foot (take the water taxi too!). Although at times West Seattle can feel like an afterthought to us on the mainland, there really is so much to see, do, explore, and enjoy out on the Peninsula. Thank you to West Seattle for being so wonderful and thank you everyone who showed up to make Saturday special! Stay tuned for the next Saunter! Thinking maybe something on the Eastside… If anyone would like to stay in the loop for when and what that will be, you can join our email list here or follow the Instagram submitted by /u/AnEvilPedestrian |
