I will have more later on the social phenomenon of Alki on a sunny day, but to be brief: a favorable day on June 3 brought out just about everyone in Seattle. BBQs, volleyball and frisbee, cars with the bounce, locals, tourists, rich poor and all colors, and over a dozen languages (spanish, italian, english (various forms), chinese, japanese, vietnamese, tagalog, amharic, arabic, russian, etc etc) amidst the salty Alki breeze. Around 7 pm the clouds rolled in and it poured, thus beginning a wet and unsettled June weather pattern.
Below, the view to the west from the end of the beach, showing the imminent weather and the sun taking leave.