In my part of the world, as in some others, we have been blanketed in smoke for most of the summer. However, we did have a clear day recently, so Hubby and I headed for the Kettle Falls Natural Recreation Area (sometimes called Old Kettle), a scenic natural area that we are blessed to live very nearby.
I am going to share pictures from our hike for the next three posts, so if you like natural scenery, then enjoy.
*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!
Previous Old Kettle posts:
Today is a Great Day for a Bike Ride
Stay safe. Stay healthy.
See the world around you!
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We are on a boat in the San Juan Islands and woke up to beautiful blue sky this morning. Good to hear you are planning to get away to Kettle Falls. I look forward to hearing more.
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Hi Darlene! The San Juan Islands are beautiful! I am so glad that you have blue skies this morning! Smokey here today. Here is close to Kettle Falls, where I work. I live just outside of town. Visiting the recreation area is easy, since I live so close…recreation is all around me. I am blessed! 🙂
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Great plan to get away and do something you both enjoy!
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It is wonderful what a little hike can do to restore the soul! 🙂
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Glad to hear that you have had a clear day here and there. The smoke here has been bad for us, but I know it’s much worse in other places…I can’t imagine! Your trip to Old Kettle was just the ticket, the birds are magnificent!
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The past few days have been smokey…today it is so thick that there is little visibility and it is raining ash. A new fast moving fire broke out this afternoon. What a horrible summer for fires! Yes…that clear day was magnificent! 🙂
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Ufda!
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I especially liked seeing the wading birds. I’m useless at identifying waders but enjoy watching them stalking through reeds and across mud flats. I wonder how herons manage to hold that great bill steady on the end of such spindly necks? There’s a Wonderful Creator behind all this 🙂
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I am not very good at identifying birds, either, Allison, but I do love them! Yes…there is a Wonderful Creator! 🙂
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