One of the perks of working here

Even though WWU is located smack in the middle of Bellingham, WA, it abuts an arboretum. Sehome Hill Arboretum. It so happens that the shortest-by-distance pedestrian route between my office and campus takes me through there on the foot-paths. Here is the trail guide.

Even though today is going to get very hot for up here, I stilled walked up and back this morning to do some work on printing in the labs by way of Microsoft/PCounter. Along the way, I ran into this:
Tree arch in the Sehome Arboretum
The trail I was on crossed this road.

The trail itself is one of the main paths between the Bernam Wood dorms and campus. During regular session there is a fair amount of traffic on this trail. I think I was the first one down it today, as I ran into more than a few spider webs. Also? Even though this route is hillier than the slightly longer one, it's a good 5-7 degrees F cooler under the trees than by the main road.

It was a nice walk. I'll do it again tomorrow to head up to a meeting on campus. I believe that meeting is in a building that currently lacks AC. That could be a very sweaty meeting.