From top: The lovely path north of Seward Park in Seattle, right along Lake Washington; the Boeing plant in Renton, seen from across the lake; new construction sweeps away old industrial artifacts on...
From top: The author sets out in Kirkland; in solitude, looking out at Lake Washington from a bench in Wetherill Nature Preserve; and the view at Enatai Beach Park.
From top: The view east across Lake Washington from Seattle at Interstate 90 (right), with Bellevue in the distance (upper left); Foster Island in the Arboretum; and the view looking up Sammamish...
A Canadian naval vessel had engaged in sonar training just days before a female orca, who might have bred and helped with L pod's recovery, washed up on the coast.