The rain is gone and Hubby and I headed over to one of our favorite places to enjoy nature.
It was a glorious day!
The locust trees are in full bloom!
We visit this park frequently, and a search of Old Kettle or Kettle Falls Natural Recreation Area on this blog will show just how often!
Back home…
a photo of the barbed wire fence just because.
And the view from the back yard.
See the world around you!
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One of our favorite places to visit when we are on the west coast is Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park. It offers hiking trails and a great overlook of the mountain range.
We headed up to the ridge early in the morning. Perhaps we should have checked the weather report first.
They don’t call it Hurricane Ridge for nothing!
The view from the car window when we pulled into the parking lot.
And here is what it looked like after I managed to get out of the car in gale force wind.
We were patient. We chose not to take any hiking trails, but we were rewarded with some breaks in the weather.
I am hoping that the following photo gives you a little sense of the wind.
*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!
The range and a zoomed in view!
Stay safe. Stay healthy.
See the world around you!
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If you happen to be spending a day, or two, in Sequim, Washington state, then you might want to take a stroll over the Dungeness River at Railroad Bridge Park. That is just what Hubby and I did while on vacation. The Milwaukee Road built and operated a rail line from 1915 to 1980, transporting passengers and timber from Port Townsend to Port Angeles. The line was abandoned in 1985.
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The surrounding property was purchased by the Washington State Audubon Society, which then created the Dungeness River Center and park. The bike path through the park and over the bridge is connected to the Olympic Discovery Trail, and spans 135 miles.
The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of the last timber Howe through-truss railroad bridges still remaining in Washington.
There were salmon spawning in the river when we walked across the bridge.
The first time that Hubby and I camped in the Dungeness Recreation Area, our children were small. We have been back several times, including hiking Dungeness Spit out to the lighthouse and back.
Since we spent the day elsewhere, Hubby and I chose to take an evening stroll along the bluffs.
It was a beautiful ending to a beautiful day!
Stay safe. Stay healthy.
See the world around you!
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