Snoqualmie

 Now, backtracking a little on Fall City road then turn off and big uphill, Lake Alice Rd, then onto Preston-Snoqualmie trail road and then finally google maps truly fails me as it tells me to turn off onto Deep Creek Trail

which is not really a bike trail at all but a hiking trail and quite steep uphill, seemingly not the ".7 mile" but seems more like 2 miles, and I rode it a little way but man it got steep and I was now thoroughly exhausted, hard enough just to keep walking up, up, up.....(am I even going the right way?!)...

But then a funny little sanctuary just off the trail...

and once I ascend to the top, I actually come out next to a children's playground with jungle jim etc. -- have to ask a dog walker for directions but it's pretty straightforward (and level) to Snoqualmie!:

& there's Michelle who was happy to show me the special 'spell yr name with raindrops' sculpture by Trimpin inside 

    

but I used to be so proud hearing from some British librarian who came over here and whereas in England all they get asked are where is such-&-such book but she found that  a public librarian in America may get asked any question at all but Michele was stumped just figuring out compass directions, never mind where the path to North Bend was....(that's ok, I worked it out on my own, roughly...!)