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Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
For this week’s photo challenge, I couldn’t help but think of some of the wonderful rivers in Washington: Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Snohomish. Beautiful rivers with equally beautiful native names. But I finally settled on the Sol Duc which means ‘sparkling waters’ in Quillayute. … Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Sol Duc”
For this week’s photo challenge I take you to one of my favorite places: Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula in my home state of Washington. .It exudes beauty, calm and peace. I wish I were there right now. How about you? Favorite Place… Continue Reading “Favorite Place: Lake Crescent”
Weathered pueblos where Anasazi Indians lived almost 1000 years ago dot the landscape of Northern Arizona. The Anasazi are considered to be the ancient ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians including the Hopi and the Zuni. The largest pueblo in the area was Wupatki, which… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered Wupatki”
First of all, my apologies to the Grand Canyon. When I did a story a year ago on Favorite National Parks it didn’t even make my list! (See that story here ) Boy was I wrong! Honestly I’d only been to the Grand Canyon once… Continue Reading “The Grand Canyon”
Having just returned from the Grand Canyon, it seemed fitting to present this rugged landscape, transformed by the river flowing through it, for this week’s photo challenge. Transformation More stories and pictures to come from the Land of the Sun, the beautiful state of… Continue Reading “Transformation by a River”
This week we happened upon the Temperate Rainforest of the Carbon River Valley just inside the remote northwest corner of Mt. Rainier National Park and enjoyed a lovely walk through the woods. Who knew? Blessed to have all this so close to home! ~ … Continue Reading “Surprised by Rainforest”
After leaving Juneau we cruised through the night and entered magnificent Glacier Bay the next morning. As we entered the Bay, National Park Rangers boarded the ship and narrated the cruise for us. According to the National Park website: “Covering 3.3 million acres of… Continue Reading “Alaska Cruise Highlight: Glacier Bay”
We’ve visited Mt. Rainier more times this year than any other that I can remember. Maybe we’re finally taking full advantage of not working? (Okay, we’re retired, though I don’t like that word.) Or maybe it finally dawned on us how very close and… Continue Reading “Just Another Day Trip to Mt. Rainier, at Mowich Lake”
I promised to finish the story and so here we are, at Sol Duc Hot Springs, deep in the heart of Olympic National Park. It rained overnight and we wake up to gray skies and drizzle. It seems a good bet that more rain… Continue Reading “Sol Duc, Rialto Beach and Sequim”
It’s one of my favorite national parks and why not? It has everything: glacier capped mountains, pristine lakes and rivers, waterfalls, hot springs, wild remote beaches, and the largest track of preserved old growth forest in the Pacific Northwest. Time it right and you… Continue Reading “A Journey to Olympic National Park”
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 