Olympic Sculpture Park on Sunday

Wake
Originally uploaded by gecko_12.

On Sunday, inspired by the sun (again!), I went to the new SAM Olympic Sculpture Park with kc and ma. They preempted their GL walk to go with me, and I was quite grateful for the company. After braving the streets of Belltown to find a parking spot, we made our way back to the park. Crowded it was, but didn't feel claustrophobic.

As we made our way down the path, one of the first things that struck me was how much more amazing the Eagle looks in person than it does in pictures. Not that it doesn't look striking in photos, but the scale and setting have to be seen in person to be fully appreciated.

Another observation is how much more impressive "Seattle Cloud Cover" is in the evening (and presumably morning) than during bright overhead sunlight. We passed by it initially and didn't think too much of it, but later on came by again and it was much prettier.

At the end of the Sculpture Park (which isn't quite finished yet), there's a little beach full of driftwood and pebbles that people have taken to arranching into large structures. I guess visiting a park full of sculptures can be inspiring to some, especially when they find the right medium.

It turns out that the park is next to two Seattle parks with a continuous walking/bike path, so we kept on going and ended up getting in the walk that was abandoned earlier in the decision to go see art. We walked down to where the grain silos and grain elevator are (I had no idea we had a huge grain elevator on Elliot Bay), which was pretty cool, and then turned around.

We made it back to the park and hit the areas that we'd had to skip earlier based on our route. This included Wake, pictured, which was also much more impressive in person than in photos.

Then we went off to find dinner, hitting Mama's Mexican Kitchen in Belltown, an establishment that had been frequently noted but never visited by any of us, before I headed back to work and kc and ma went home to play Elebits. :) All in all, it was a great day, even better than I'd thought it would be. Hurray for sun in January!