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(Mercer Island Bridge, cont. from p. 6) Seattle, near the center of the west side of this loop, is given a scenic drive unequaled anywhere. And the Mercer Island bridge diverts a portion of the traffic stream into a delightful eddy which flows over the island highways through scenic surroundings, near and distant, that are simply superb.
While Mercer Island is a geographical unit, perhaps the writer will be pardoned by the islanders if, for the moment, he treats it as a part of Seattle. This seems necessary because, too often, islands, when brought into relation to cities, are conceived to be mere parking places for tame ducks and waterfowl, residuums of land left in excavated lagoons set in well-manicured city parks. It is not always easy to "get over" the vastness of Greater Seattle; it is difficult to set out the indescribable grandeur and breadth of the scenic setting.
Lake Washington--which, together with its environs, might with propriety be called Lake Washington Park, Seattle--is a body of water nearly twenty miles long and five or six miles wide. Connected by a ship canal with Puget Sound, it is frequently entered by large vessels of the navy, and ocean-going commercial vessels are always to be seen on its blue surface. (cont. on
p. 7)
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