Parks & Food

Kirkland has an abundance of wonderful parks, many of them on Lake Washington. Most of the parks have at least one sculpture. David Brink Park is a small, beautiful park.

Houghton Beach Park is right across the street from this Kidd Valley

 Sometimes we eat at Kidd Valley and enjoy the view across the street. 

Other times we take our food to the park. We've discovered that their 3 piece fish and chips dinner is more than enough for the two of us. 

Kidd Valley is known for garlic fries

Chunks of garlic are liberally scattered throughout the fries

Sunset view from Kidd Valley - aren't the mountains amazing? 

These are the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula. 

Kayaker in the sunset

One evening there was an accident on the road between Kidd Valley and Houghton Beach Park. This police boat came to be of assistance. 

This is the narrow end of Houghton Beach Park. 

Marina Park, not far from where we live. 

There were sailing lessons at the beach on this day. 

Padria at Juanita (which is part of Kirkland) is one of our favorite places to eat.  The family that owns the place is very nice. The food is delicious and plentiful. One lamb gyro plate for the two of us has enough leftovers for dinner the next night. 

We usually show pictures of the water. 

Not far out of town, there are many parks with beautiful woods and creeks. This was taken at OO Denny Park; just a few minutes' walk from Lake Washington.