Last of four parts: On Day 5, the author, an historian, completes her circumnavigation of Lake Washington on foot, returning to Kirkland, which was a spectacular failure as a steel town but is a booming modern suburb. Her total distance: 67 miles. Duration: centuries.
First of four parts: It's been done before and written up, but historian Lorraine McConaghy wanted to circumnavigate metro Seattle's vast urban lake on her own terms, to soak up the past by lingering in the present. At her pedestrian pace, she saw and felt a great deal of change.
Second of four parts: On her walk around Lake Washington, which separates Seattle from its eastern suburbs, the author endures a punishing Day 2 and is disappointed to find much of the shoreline in disarray from waterfront development.
Third of four parts: Days 3 and 4 of a walk around Lake Washington bring appreciation of Seattle's parks, especially the Arboretum and the Burke-Gilman Trail. And there's time to imagine the scene prior to the Montlake Cut, which changed the lake forever in 1917.
It was the 1890s, and a series of underground tunnels and cellars existed beneath Gold Rush-era Seattle, a result of
