My new daily walk...

Now that the weather has become less rainy, I've started to go out on more daily walks here in Bellevue. In San Francisco, I had a daily neighborhood walk route that I did a few times a week that was about 2.5 miles. I was wanting to start something similar here. (During the colder/rainy days, I've been utilizing the workout facility in our building - treadmill for 55 minutes while watching Hulu Plus!)

I think I've figured out a nice route that is pretty, and gives me lots of options of distance, safety, and beauty. I'm walking around the Downtown Bellevue area, staying on sidewalks or walking paths, and go through two different parks. The first park is the Bellevue Downtown Park which has a really lovely walking trail that goes the perimeter of the park. Each lap is 1/2 mile. Today I did about 1-1/2 laps both on my way out, and again on my way back. Nice way to get in some additional steps and distance.


A picturesque spot in Bellevue Downtown Park

From there, I walked over to Lake Washington Blvd, which is residential, and go down to Meydenbauer Beach Park. There's a nice set of stairs that go down (and again, up!) and the park goes all the way down to the water. It's very pretty and serene down there. Bonus: restrooms and water fountains if I go out on longer walks.


Pretty and tranquil view from Meydenbauer Beach Park


Another view of the Meydenbauer Beach Park - looking up from the water. So pretty

This is the furthest destination of my daily walk, and I circle back to the Bellevue Downtown Park, do another loop, and head back home.


I really love all of the various types of trees in Bellevue

With the two loops around the park, today's walk was just over 4 miles, in about an hour. My Fitbit also tells me that it's about 30 flights of stairs, and about 8,000 steps. A nice work out! :)


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