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    Why I like geocaching, volume 12

    On 22 August 2009 By jim

    Crossroads is a bit atypical of most malls. For one thing, its food court is good. Feel like pierogies? Pad Thai? Kim-chee? A chimichanga? Hummus? Or just a Reuben? You can find them all here. Yet for as for many times as I’ve visited, this was the first time I’d noticed the art dotting the [...]

    Crossroads is a bit atypical of most malls. For one thing, its food court is good. Feel like pierogies? Pad Thai? Kim-chee? A chimichanga? Hummus? Or just a Reuben? You can find them all here. Yet for as for many times as I’ve visited, this was the first time I’d noticed the art dotting the parking lot. Geocaching has been great for recalibrating what I see:

    The “cow” to the left is a gussied-up power transformer. What was fugly is now kind of cool.
    Transformer crossing

    On the way to the cow, I saw this beauty carved from a tree trunk:
    Carved stump

    This cute, functional bench is in an unlikely spot near the southern entrance.
    Crocodile Bench


    And then there are generally pretty locations that I wouldn’t normally have a reason to visit, like the City of Bellevue facilities on 110th Ave NE and 4th St. NE. I especially loved this statue of Guan Yin:

    Guan Yin

    Other things to see:

    Tree stump on a reflective pond:
    Tree stump

    Meditation garden

    City of Bellevue building

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