2019-07-07 47 -122

Location

Near the junction of the Burke-Gilman Trail and Sammamish River Trail in Bothell.

Participants

SubRosa
Thomcat (Retro)

Plans

(Retro) Going to stop by after work and check out the site.

Expedition

SubRosa

We found it! Our first geohash : ) Am I supposed to like post a selfie taken at the site or something?

Parked just off highway 522 and visited the Red Brick Road park first. This is a remaining section of the first road connecting Lake Forest Park to Bothell, and eventually Seattle to Snoqualmie Pass (before any floating bridges were built). Two lanes, somewhat narrow but then older cars were pretty narrow also.

Just down the hill from here is the Burke Gilman trail. A nice tunnel leads beneath the modern road and then to a split point - Burke Gilman and a bridge to the right, Sammammish River trail (and river) to the left.

At this point, I realized my GPS was quite a ways off - perhaps from the tunnel? - and was pointing me way south of the intersection. I found a clearing near the river and waited until it reset somewhat. So exact locations on the earlier photos may not match the actual GPS coordinates :P

Now reset, I found my way back up the trail (and under the tree cover) and easily reached the spot. I looked around for any sign of a month-old marker, but saw none.

In my judgement, this was an easily reached location and, despite pictures, I think it was reached on the day in question. Marking SubRosa's expedition a success, and I hope to meet them soon.