The last stop

I love taking the light rail, and ride it as often as it will get me where I'm going, or sometimes get me close enough that I can take a nice long walk to finish the journey.  I've taken it often to the airport, which is so convenient and saves Sweet Hubby the long drive. 

But there is one stop past the airport, and I've always been curious about that.  The stop is at Angle Lake, which I'd never heard of before construction of the light rail.  What is this place that it deserves a train station?  So yesterday I finally took that curiosity off of the Someday list, and went to Angle Lake.

I was happy that a friend was interested in going with me, as that made the adventure so much more enjoyable.  He boarded the train near his house; thank goodness for cell phones, which made it so easy for me to let him know which train I was on and which car.  We rode past the last few stops together and then got off to explore.

There are big hotels all around the Angle Lake stop, so I immediately realized that this is probably a place where a lot of travelers stay so as to avoid the no doubt pricier hotels and parking around the airport.  The lake is only a short walk from the station, and has a nice park on one shore, which we strolled through.  Such a beautiful Spring day, very crisp and cool and sunny.  I had been hoping that there would be a walking path all around the lake, but houses are built right down to the edge on every shore except where the park is located.

After we had seen all parts of the park, we found a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican café and stopped for lunch.  This gave me a chance to - very hesitantly - try out some of my clumsy Spanish.  The food was good, and day's conversation was deep and friendly and well balanced.  All in all, a sweet time, and one more item scratched off the Someday list.  I don't know that I'll ever have reason to go to Angle Lake again, but I'm awfully glad I did this time, and that I had a friend to share the exploration with.