This past week we ventured to Seattle (for a family funeral) and managed to seek refuge in good food and, of course, a Healthy Highlight of the Week!  While the Downtown Westin had a warm and clean pool, certainly we could not limit the highlight to that.   It had to be something a bit more adventuresome and, ideally, outside.

I’ll quickly admit one of the highlights, although it wasn’t MY health, was watching the avid runners trek thru Seattle’s mist and rain as if the Colorado sun was shining.  Go get ‘em, Seattleites, and more power to you!   My favorite was a woman I watched swiftly run down the street, only to duck into the coffee joint where we were having our morning brew.  My attention always turns to people out doing what I love, and naturally, when I see a runner duck in for a cup of coffee (as opposed to the restroom) she has a salute from me.  I was tempted to take her picture for the highlight of the week, and it only got better when we watched her finish her coffee and immediately start running again.  It was a true coffee break!  And it must have been an espresso!  Let me just say she wasn’t chugging along afterwards – she darted down the street at a “7ish” minute pace.

So what could top that?  Well, our Healthy Highlight was venturing out to Discovery Park for a walk on the beach.  The chicks even found a few shells (which remained on the beach thanks in part to the sign warning of poisonous shell fish – red tide), but really, the healthy aspect was the magnificent walk.  The little ones were quick to point out the beautiful moss and ferns, the washed up logs, the cargo ships in the bay, and big evergreen trees that covered the hillsides.  It was an amazing city park – over 500 acres of forest filled with trails, open fields and meadows, and almost two miles of beach for walking and exploring.   It was a great way to stretch our legs after being in cars and airplanes, to experience the diverse natural amenities that Seattle has to offer, and was definitely our Healthy Highlight of the Week!