Ridgewood-G To Samm-D, June 3, 2001

  

 

My workplace moved from Ridgewood-G in Bellevue to Samm-D at Issaquah. Samm-D is part of the new Microsoft Support Campus at Issaquah, on the eastern edge of the Seattle area...

 

Ridgewood-G slid toward technical inadequacy over the years, but the old building did have its nice sides. In one direction, one could stroll through the wonderful Bellevue Botanical Gardens, or in another direction walk over to the Home Depot for grilled brat dogs. From many windows the view was of lush Pacific rain forest...

 

Ridgewood-G, inside and out...

  

Around the Ridgewood-G neighborhood...

 

         

 

The Wilburton Train Trestle...

  

Bellevue Botanical Gardens...  just up the hill from Ridgewood-G...

 

       

 

       

 

Kelsey Creek Farm... just beyond the botanical gardens...

 

       

 

Sunset over Ridgewood-G...

   

Samm-D... near the banks of the Sammamish River, about 10 miles east of central Seattle...

 

       

 

A fine swamp (I mean "wetlands") adjoining Lake Sammamish State Park lies between the Sammamish buildings and the lake...

 

Just to the east of Issaquah the Cascades begin their rise. Beyond the pictured foothills, a jagged, snowcapped wall rises...