Car campers sneaking back into Ballard

Saw a few this morning.  My walking route takes me down 9th Ave NW to Leary, where I catch the Burke-Gilman now that it's light enough for the bikes to see me.  In the dead of winter, when it's dark out, I usually go up and over Phinney Ridge.  I walk from north of 85th Street to downtown Seattle, three times a week.

Here's one:

And another:

See if I can get a better angle on this second one; she's in good shape for her age.

Chutzpah!  Camping out right in front of the sign itself! 

I think I'm warming to these people.

No-land homes

Here's a development underway in Ballard by my favorite builder, Noland Homes.  Oh, I don't know much about them personally or care if they live or die, all I know is that they build overpriced townhouses and condos all over Seattle and that their name is funny.

Noland Homes ... condos, townhouse tenements ... as in no-land homes.  I love it!

As I walked into work this morning (~6.5 mi), I saw this listing in the houseboat community along Westlake Avenue.  It's in here somewhere.

Only $700K for a houseboat.  I wonder if Noland Homes built it.  Because.  It's a house boat.

I'll be here all week.