Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Travel
Graceful Swallows in the Great Outdoors
I’ve always loved birds but became an avid birdwatcher after I picked up photography years ago. (To me, the zoom on a good camera, is even better than binoculars.) I see a great variety of birds in my own backyard: hummingbirds, chickadees, wrens, towhees,… Continue Reading “Graceful Swallows in the Great Outdoors”
A Walk in the Woods to Dungeness Spit
Last week we spent a few days on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, my home, the Evergreen State. We anchored ourselves in Port Angeles, so we could take the ferry to Victoria, B.C.- here – if you missed it. On our way home from… Continue Reading “A Walk in the Woods to Dungeness Spit”
Victoria – Getting there is Half the Fun
We love Victoria, our Canadian neighbor to the north, and getting there is half the fun! We set sail from Port Angeles on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and headed across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We’d waited until we were promised sunshine after several… Continue Reading “Victoria – Getting there is Half the Fun”
Celebrating the Great Outdoors at Silver Springs at Mt. Rainier
For this week’s Sunday Sills Challenge, celebrating the #Great-Outdoors and #Water, I remembered a wonderful water feature we discovered back in our camping days at Silver Springs Campground. Silver Springs Campground is just outside Mt. Rainier National Park, near the Sunrise entrance; it was… Continue Reading “Celebrating the Great Outdoors at Silver Springs at Mt. Rainier”
Chicks and Ducks and Geese Better Scurry on the Cedar River Trail
Yesterday was bright and beautiful so I took a walk on the Cedar River Trail where it flows north into Lake Washington. Another one of my favorite trails, though I say that so often you may not believe me anymore. The ducks were out… Continue Reading “Chicks and Ducks and Geese Better Scurry on the Cedar River Trail”
#Bicycling Washington State – 3 Favorite Trails – a Mountain, An Ocean, and a River
I’ll start with the one closest to home, the Foothills Trail next to the Carbon River, through pastures and small towns, with views of Mt. Rainier. The 21-mile paved trail is built on top of an old railroad bed. We loved it. The 8.2-mile… Continue Reading “#Bicycling Washington State – 3 Favorite Trails – a Mountain, An Ocean, and a River”
Animal Faces – at Woodland Park Zoo
It had been years since we visited Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, so we headed north on the sunniest day of the week, and the animals were happy to pose for us. Gray Wolf Once common in Washington State, by the 1930’s they were wiped… Continue Reading “Animal Faces – at Woodland Park Zoo”
Looking for Ducklings at Coulon Park
I’d gone a few times earlier this month looking for ducklings and gosling but didn’t see any. I finally found them yesterday at Coulon Park, on a perfect day for a walk, under blue skies and temperatures in the mid-seventies. There were boaters and… Continue Reading “Looking for Ducklings at Coulon Park”
Cityscapes – You Guess Where!
Excepting my feature photo, all of my Cityscapes are from the USA. Granted, they may be obvious, but even so, why don’t you give it a whirl? Name the City represented in each grid. Grid #1 Grid #2 Grid #3 Grid #4 And along… Continue Reading “Cityscapes – You Guess Where!”
Just Another Walk in the Park – at Philip Arnold
Bob and I have taken to walking at a small local park near our home in Renton. It always was a pleasant place for a picnic, but a few years ago they upgraded the park and added a paved walking path that winds around… Continue Reading “Just Another Walk in the Park – at Philip Arnold”
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