Lake Washington Cars and Coffee, Madrona Park

Lake Washington Cars and Coffee meets every Sunday at Madrona Park, on the Lake Washington shore in Seattle’s Madrona neighborhood, from 10am to noon. The meet’s Instagram bio gives exactly that: “Madrona Park, Every Sunday @ 10am ‘til 12.” Its Facebook page says the same in shorter form, Sundays at 10am at Madrona Beach.

The bio’s last line answers the question of who can come: “Everyone Welcome.”

When to arrive

The posted hours are 10am to noon. That is late by cars and coffee standards, and it suits a public park on a Sunday. The organizer publishes no early-arrival pattern and no rain policy. Its Facebook page pairs the schedule with sun and part-cloud symbols, so on a wet Sunday the Instagram account is the place to check.

The park

Madrona Park is a Seattle city park at 853 Lake Washington Boulevard. Seattle Parks and Recreation describes it as a wooded hillside sloping down to the lake, with reservable picnic sites, a swimming beach and a dance studio, and lists its hours as 4am to 11:30pm.

That means the meet shares the space with everyone else using the park on a Sunday morning: swimmers, walkers, families at the picnic sites. Park along Lake Washington Boulevard and the nearby streets where parking is legal, keep driveways clear, and walk.

Before you go

The organizer’s rules are three short sentences in its bio: “Be respectful. Don’t speed. Don’t rev.” Lake Washington Boulevard is a residential, lakeside road with people on foot, which is the reason. Arrive slowly, leave slowly, and save the noise for somewhere else.

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