Kim and I immediately had to try out our new hammock, so we went for a hike to Annette Lake near Snoqualmie Pass. It’s a little over 7 miles round trip. We started hiking around one in the afternoon. We got a little bit of a late start because Kim had a job interview this morning for a Nan position. The environmental job hunt has been a rough one. This job would only be four days a week so she’d have an extra day to volunteer with vironmental organizations and hopefully make some contacts and get some experience for future jobs.
As soon as we got to the lake we set up the hammock and ate lunch. Then we lounged by the lakeside while playing with a roaming puppy and all the punk grey jays that were sweeping the area. There were a half dozen or so other people around the lake area, but everyone was quiet and it was very peaceful. The only downside was that it was a little chilly today, especially when the sun went behind a cloud. Normally I’d jump in the freezing cold sub-alpine lake, but I didn’t bring any warm clothes and the sun was so unreliable.
We were famished when we got back to Seattle so we went out to eat at a vegetarian restaurant on Roosevelt that we hadn’t been to before. I’ll miss being so close to so many good restaurants and bars when we buy a house, but I certainly won’t miss the noise and traffic.