Enjoying your own town and locale?

Posted by fred (Seattle, WA) on 05/18/26 08:04 PM

In the last few weeks, we've been riding our bikes a lot - spring weather!

Here in Seattle, that has meant (1) riding through the UW Arboretum and along the shore of Lake Washington here in town, (2) going to the Seattle Central Waterfront, the Aquarium and the Pike Place Market, (3) up to Green Lake Park and around that little lake, (4) going out with friends to Jazz Alley to hear bassist Stanley Clarke and his current group (50 years ago, he was a young bassist with Chick Corea and Return to Forever), (5) cycling out to the Ballard neighborhood, along the ship canal and to the locks, with a quick stop to see the troll in front of the Nordic Heritage Museum, and (6) cycling through Elliott Bayfront's Myrtle Edwards Park with a stop to walk through Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Garden. Next month, we'll stay at a B&B on Puget Sound's Whidbey Island and hopefully take the ferry to Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula to visit friends.

How are you enjoying your own town and region?

Posted by Allan

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

05/18/26 08:34 PM

5849 posts

Now that the weather has turned (almost, it snowed yesterday), every Sunday since the pandemic we pick a different neighbourhood for a morning walk. Our favourites usually take us along the Elbow River and then up into the Mission neighbourhood which is full of trendy coffee shops and restaurants. Or we follow the river into Inglewood; one of Calgary's oldest neighborhoods which leads us to where the Bow and Elbow Rivers meet and where in 1875 the Northwest Mounted Police built Fort Brisbois which would later be named Fort Calgary after the beautiful bay in the Isle of Mull in Scotland.

The primary daytrip is to Banff which is 75 minutes door to door from my house. It's only a daytrip and not an overnight stay from now until September as like many places around the world, Banff has an overtourism problem which makes it too crowded and too expensive. A $200 hotel room in March will run you $600+ until September. Another daytrip that we enjoy is 90 minutes NE of Calgary to Drumheller and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology which houses one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur skeletons.

Posted by mnannie

Northern Minnesota

05/18/26 08:49 PM

1030 posts

On our way last Friday to a softball tournament in Morris, Minnesota, we stopped by Detroit Lakes to find the trolls and the golden bunny.

Posted by Lyndash

Arlington TX

05/18/26 08:55 PM

1029 posts

Yes, although I’m usually tired of the heat by September, I do actually love summer in Texas. We boat and camp. Texas has some great lakes to hang out at. I’m past my water skiing days but we do swim.
Fort Worth has wonderful world class art museums and I’m a member of the 3 biggest ones. I’m very grateful to be able to enjoy them frequently.

Posted by Kim

Washington, DC

05/18/26 08:56 PM

289 posts

On Thursday I’m taking a walking tour of my neighborhood, Adams Morgan, offered by Smithsonian Associates. It ends about two blocks from where I live.