Category: Exploring
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20191014-20191020 Lakes Basin PCT, PNF
I took a road trip with Julie R. down to Portola, CA so she could attend a family wedding. While she did that, I hiked about the nearby Lakes Basin, PNF, making my way to and along the PCT from Graeagle, CA to the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout. We finished up by spending a night…
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20190520 Scatter Creek Prairie, WDFW
Mike and I spent an afternoon wandering about the Scatter Creek Prairie to check out the wildflowers.
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20181202 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Short days and low energy make for lazier adventures. On this day, Mike and I drove to Hoquiam to see some of the old broken-down waterfront along the Wishkah River – as well as the Kurt Cobain Memorial Park, on the muddy banks of the Wishkah River. Nirvana was a big thing here, and the…
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20181125 Hoffman Hill & Edmond Marsh, Dupont, WA
Mike and I stayed rather local this day, venturing no further than Dupont, WA, to explore the Hoffman Hill trail above the Nisqually River. There wasn’t a lot to see, but I found my eye drawn to the smaller perspectives. We finished the Hoffman Hill trail, then continued with an exploration of the Edmond Marsh…
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20180527 West Rocky Prairie Unit, WADNR
Mike and Julie J. and I spent a sunny, birdsong-filled morning at the West Rocky Prairie, a unit of the WA DNR Scatter Creek Wildlife Area – 800 acres of prairie mounds, wildflowers, wetlands, white oak and sunshine. It was a great day for photography, and many wildflowers are blooming. Of particular interest to me…
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20160813 Cape Disappointment State Park
Mike and I took a day trip down to Ilwaco to visit Cape Disappointment Cape Park – it is not called that because the beach is always grey and cold… but rather because so many ships have been wrecked off it’s shores – the Graveyard of the Pacific. We walked the length of Benson Beach, visited…
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20160626 The Hummocks & Johnston Ridge Observatory, MSHNVM
Mike and I enjoyed the Hummocks Trail today.
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20160425 Olympia Walkabout
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20160507 Beacon Rock State Park
Mike and I took a day trip down to the Columbia Gorge to visit an iris farm – Mt. Pleasant Iris. The flowers were lovely, but we found ourselves with time on our hands and a bit of wanderlust. We headed further up the river to Beacon Rock State Park, and after visiting the river’s…
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20150829 Westside Oly Walkabout to Cooper Crest Park