Typist: Bethany
Jet City has had plenty of spectacular blue skies this week. Unfortunately I picked the hottest of those days to take Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley to Boeing Field and The Museum of Flight for a dog friendly urban adventure. While wandering the museum grounds and surrounding neighborhood, we stopped often for water and shade. During one of those shady stops I attempted a photo of the dogs with a plane in the sky. Huxley was too fascinated by the landing aircraft to watch the camera and I thought his turning head had spoiled the shots. Instead, I captured a hilarious series of photos that perfectly display the curious personality of a collie (see the slideshow below.) If at any point during my life in Jet City, someone tried such a photograph with me in the foreground, my head would have done exactly the same thing. I have always been fascinated by everything that goes by in the sky. So goes the tale of a Jet City woman and her dogs.

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Typist: Brychwyn
Costumes aren't so bad. I get a lot of attention and pose for tons of pictures whenever I am dressed to impress. Well, I get noticed a little more than usual. Over the weekend I learned that I am not the only dog who enjoys playing dress up. A huge crowd of costumed corgis gathered for a Halloween walk around Green Lake in Seattle and I was the best little angel I could be. A devil dog attempted to lure me into mischief but I continued to wear my corgi wings and halo with pride.

While I did my best to be a perfect angel, the Cascadian autumn weather was hard at work being mischievous. Fortunately, there was only a little sprinkle of rain as we dogs paraded the Green Lake trail. The sun even came out for part of our trek. I doubt it would have mattered what the weather decided to do to all of the jovial costumed corgis. The brief sunshine didn't effect the corgi fishes and the rain shower didn't water down the corgi ice cream sundaes.

Wearing costumes isn't something all dogs like to do, especially on a wet fall day. However, the smiling corgis who joined Bethany and I on our urban hike around Green Lake obviously enjoyed themselves. I know I did. To be honest, though, I was pretty happy when it was time to take my angel costume off. A corgi can only be expected to spend a certain amount of time being good, after all.

Wondering where Wilhelm and Huxley are? Check out more of our dog friendly Halloween fun (and diva Brychwyn's other costume) here.

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After meandering the trails of the Olympic Sculpture Park, Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley and I proceeded North on the pedestrian path of the Elliot Bay Trail back through the City of Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park, past the Thomas Street Overpass where we had come down to the water from Lower Queen Anne hill, to the Port of Seattle's Centennial Park.

While I had, of course, brought my H20K9 water bottle to keep the dogs hydrated on our sunny urban hike, the first stop we made at Centennial Park was at a fantastic piece of functional art. There was a nozzle on the side of a fire hydrant that slowly drained into a low bowl. This was definitely the dogs favorite "art" of the day! I am still wondering why there isn't one of these nozzles on every fire hydrant. Even without the bowl, this is absolutely brilliant! I have walked this trail innumerable times in my life, with a variety of dogs, but have never seen this great canine hydration stop. I simply love to discover new things on what I thought was a familiar hike.

I considered following the Elliot Bay Trail to it's end at Smith Cove Park, where the dogs, Jason and I have strolled many times before, but it was getting late and we still had a hike back up from Elliot Bay to the Seattle Center. So we turned around before the Elliot Bay Trail neared the Magnolia Bridge. When we got close to Seattle Center, we passed a cordial looking Mexican restaurant and I asked if the dogs could join me at a sidewalk table. The people at Agave Cocina & Cantina in Lower Queen Anne could not have been kinder to my weary traveling pups. They gladly allowed me to refill my H2OK9 and hydrate the dogs. Plus I simply adore pet friendly restaurants where half the staff comes out to say "hi" and pet the dogs. Oh. And I had a delightful experience as well.

Just before our hike was over I noticed Mount Rainier behind the Space Needle. Could anything be more perfect? Don't answer that! I suppose if you don't live in our Jet City by the bay you might have had more perfect moments of your own. But for these homesick Cascadian Nomads, all was right with the world.

Typist: Bethany
After almost three weeks away from Seattle, I needed a serious infusion of all things Jet City. So just three days after returning from our epic road trip to the Southwest, the dogs and I headed out for a seven mile urban hike that began in the shadow of the Space Needle and wound us along the shore of Elliot Bay (the bay in Puget Sound which Seattle is centered around.) It was a sparkling Pacific Northwest day and the views of the beauty of Seattle in the sunshine, made by man and nature, were just what I needed to see of the city I had missed.

Just six blocks from Seattle Center is the Thomas Street Overpass, a bridge for bicycles and pedestrians that connects the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood to Myrtle Edwards park on Elliot Bay. The busy bridge is wide enough to easily share with bike commuters and other pedestrians with my three leashed dogs. I absolutely love the art at the eastern entrance to the overpass as well as the sweeping Elliot Bay views from the overpass itself.

To Be Continued...

This was just the beginning of the great art enjoyed and fit dog fun we had on our walk from Seattle Center along the Elliot Bay Trail, Myrtle Edwards Park, the Olympic Sculpture Park and Centennial Park.
Please check out Part 2 of our alluring Seattle urban hike here.