Long ago, a friend, who used to live near Green Lake, told me he was tired of walking the Green Lake path.  I couldn’t believe my ears. I think I could live across the street from Green Lake for one hundred more years, walk the path daily, and never tire of the lake, the path, the scenery.

The photos in the blog post are from my walk yesterday. It was an overcast day so I enhanced some of the photos so as to bring out more light. In the process, the red leaves popped out! I liked the effect so I kept the photos vibrantly enhanced.

Also in this post are some interesting  Green Lake facts I found:

Geologists say the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet, which also formed Puget Sound and other area lakes, formed Green Lake 50,000 years ago.

Dredgings of Green Lake have produced volcanic ash from an eruption of Glacier Peak that occurred about 6,700 years ago.

In 1869, David Denny “…kills what is likely the last elk in Seattle, near Green Lake. The elk weighs 630 pounds.”

In 1893 there was a a cold spell which froze the lake completely over.

The Aqua Theater, no longer in existence, was built in 1950 on the south edge of the lake as a 5,500 seat performance venue. Led Zeppelin hosted a concert at the theater in 1969. One week after Woodstock, the Grateful Dead also hosted a concert at the Aqua Theater.

Bob Hope entertained an overflow crowd at The Aqua Theater in 1962 during the Century 21 World’s Fair.

Bill Clinton used the path during a run in November 1993. His time? 22:40.

How could I ever tire of anything so beautiful?