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Your Own Island in Sproat Lake

As we motored down Sproat Lake looking for good locations from which to photograph the takeoff of Hawaii Mars, we went through a narrow passage between sections of the lake. Just south of the passage was a small island. A closer look told us that there was a single house on this island. The idea of your own private island does sound quite nice. I think I would like the house to have a less obstructed view of the water but, maybe if you live there and see constant boat traffic like ours, the need for privacy makes the trees a better option.

Housing Alongside Sproat Lake

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When you go out on a lake, you figure that there will be some nice properties along the lakeshore. It’s a desirable place to live so you figure some money is going to be spent to live there. The top shot is just a view along the shore where we rented the boat, but the others are some of the places we saw. While most of them seem really good, I was disappointed in one place. The structure of the house looked really nice but the concrete structures between it and the water look really unappealing from out on the boat. Sure, if you are in it, you can’t see that. However, if I am spending that much on a place, I’d want it to look great from outside too!

How Much Purple is There on These Houses?

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While walking through Richmond, we came along a street of older houses in what seemed like quite a desirable neighborhood. The dominant feature of most of these houses was the preponderance of wisteria on their frontages. Some of the plants were confined to one house while others seemed to span whatever property that they felt like. The purple blooms were most impressive, and it seemed like they were competing to see which house could be more purple than the next. I don’t know how long wisteria blooms for so did we get lucky with our timing, or could we have been there at a wider range of times?

View Across Lake Washington from the Bridge

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The SR520 bridge across Lake Washington provides some great views of the lake and the shoreline around it. The nice thing about riding my bike across the bridge’s cycle trail is that it means I can stop and take some photos – even if they are only with my phone. The headland leading in to the Montlake Cut seems like a great place to live when it is a warm and sunny day in Seattle.

The other end of the bridge is the location of some pretty impressive houses. It is an area that is popular with many of the tech moguls that make Seattle home. I figured it would be wrong not to take a moment to have a look at the nice houses there. Bear in mind that these houses, while very nice and next to the lake are also right next to a major highway!

Lake Washington Waterfront Houses

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My previous trip with Kenmore including some low flight over Lake Washington which gives a good view of some of the local houses. Lakefront property is likely to be nice and these certainly looked like they were okay! Here are some of the shots I got. I was hoping to do this again soon but Kenmore has just canceled flights (as of the time of writing rather than posting) so I guess I will have to wait.

Chicago Suburbs From Above

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Dropping in to O’Hare you get to overfly lots of neighborhoods. The lower you get, the more you see each individual house. I find myself wondering about each of the house and who lives there. Since they clearly have a lot of planes flying over them every day, do they get annoyed by my passage or are they oblivious to each passing jet given the frequency with which they appear?

Lakefront Properties – Who’d Want the Noise?

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Here are a few of the houses that along the north end of Lake Washington as seen from the pier at Kenmore. Sure, they look like nice houses and they look out over the lake but I’m sure the noise of all of the people having fun out on the lake would make these unattractive places to live. They also have floatplane traffic coming and going from Kenmore. I can’t imagine anyone who would want that.

Housing Along Puget Sound

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A waterfront location is an appealing spot for a lot of people, me included. It is no shock to find some nice-looking houses, even if there is a rail line between you and the water. I guess trains are relatively infrequent and it stops anyone else showing up in front of you. While walking along the shore at Shoreline, I grabbed some shots of the various houses that are spread along the coast in that area.

Sonoma County

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Sonoma County is very pretty from the ground but it looks even better from the air. The hills that roll across the county look great and, from above, you get to see way more than you can from the roads. Not only do the hills look great but you also get to see some rather interesting properties that are tucked away in the hills and out of sight. There are some very nice places up there.

Friday Harbor

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Despite spending quite a few days in Friday Harbor, I didn’t actually take many pictures of the town itself. However, when arriving and departing, we had a better view of the town laid out around the harbor. The waterfront is prime real estate and, as you come in on the ferry, you get to see some very nice places on the island in the middle of the harbor. The area surrounding the harbor is more accessible for development and so there are a lot of places that are considerably closer together that the really pricey places.

Our hotel was a little up the hill and so had a nice view across the harbor. The construction activity below us means a slight distraction from the picturesque ideal but it really was a fantastic spot to hang out for a drink in the evening or for breakfast first thing (or as close to first thing as we could manage while on vacation!).