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Greenlake Summer Fest is back! Bring your paddles!

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Greenlake Summer Fest is back! Bring your paddles!

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City lakes and rivers will be the central cooling-off points with rising temperatures in the summer! Come and meet cool people, challenge yourself, have fun and relax the international way!

  1. 11-12 pm: Go for a walk around Greenlake (in 1 hour or less) and/or bring your yoga mat for a peaceful stretch
  2. 12-4pm:Eat/drink (This is a potluck: bring picnic food/drinks! ) PCC walking distance (10 minutes max). There will be a cooler and picnic ware and picnic table. Across the street is ice cream and pizza parlor
  3. bring card or fun games
  4. bring instruments to play or your whole band to practice.
  5. Test your paddle board skills (2 to borrow and kind guidance to learn)
  6. Shallow beach to bathe and swim. Bring life jacket! We will have some handy. We will support anyone who wants to swim and paddle.
  7. Coming up: In the future, we will start an easy swim race from our small beach to the public beach nearby the bathhouse theater!! Bring life vests!!!

Misconception about Greenlake :
It is the most tested lake in King County and is clean.
Check algae warning for lakes here: Click: Find your lake (all clear for Greenlake)
To Get there:
1. Street parking only. It gets pretty busy before 11 am! Main parking lot near the bathhouse theater, within walking distance to us.
2. Call me and I will pick up your load if you want to drop it.
3. Roosevelt train station then 45 bus toward 45 LOCAL towards Loyal Heights Greenwood. STOP: East Green Lake Dr N & Wallingford Ave N.
Bike or bus: 10-20 minutes. Don't overload yourself: There is plenty on site!
We are located on the grass area under the trees across from Ben&Jerry's and next to the bathroom and wadding pool.
All invited !
More info on cooling points from France:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2WPmCdesU

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