Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Tag: Washington State
Come Along on a Rainy Day Hike to Twin Falls
What do you do on a rainy summer day in the Great Northwest? Go for a hike in the woods of course! There you’ll be protected by the thick forest canopy and whatever filters through will cool you and refresh you! And so we… Continue Reading “Come Along on a Rainy Day Hike to Twin Falls”
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A Fishing Trip Back in Time at Mineral Lake
Mineral Lake is to my husband what Hood Canal is to me: a place full of childhood memories, of long summer days spent camping, fishing, and swimming. Yesterday we made the drive to Mineral, a tiny town whose claim to fame is the beautiful… Continue Reading “A Fishing Trip Back in Time at Mineral Lake”
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Berry Picking with Mom
Good name for a poem – if only I had the eloquence. Regardless, today I had the privilege of going berry picking with my mom. Privilege I say because she’s 89 years old and not everyone is so lucky. Actually it was her idea.… Continue Reading “Berry Picking with Mom”
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A Perfect Getaway to Sun Mountain Lodge
Earlier this month we took a trip to Sun Mountain Lodge via the scenic North Cascades Highway. The drive was wonderful providing views like this. It was gray and rainy on the west side but as we crossed over the mountains we entered into… Continue Reading “A Perfect Getaway to Sun Mountain Lodge”
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A Quick Tour of Washington’s National Parks
Did you know that Washington State has three National Parks? They are Mt. Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades! All are marvelous and worth many visits, especially if you live here as I do. 🙂 Lets start with Mt. Rainier National Park – just two… Continue Reading “A Quick Tour of Washington’s National Parks”
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Enjoying the Great Outdoors at Federation Forest
We passed by this beautiful spot many times on our way to somewhere else but finally made Federation Forest our destination. According to the brochure, “the park is home to stands of majestic, old-growth evergreen trees – some more than 1,000 years old. Visitors… Continue Reading “Enjoying the Great Outdoors at Federation Forest”
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A Drive to Black Diamond and the Green River Gorge
Bob and I have been unloading some things by consigning them for sale at a collectible store in Black Diamond. So once a month we make the drive to the old coal town to collect money from our sales, hopefully greater than what we… Continue Reading “A Drive to Black Diamond and the Green River Gorge”
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A Trip Through Grand Coulee Country
You’ve no doubt heard of the Dam – the largest hydropower producer in the United States and one of the largest concrete structures in the world. But there’s more to Grand Coulee than the Dam. “Appropriate as the word grand is for the dam,… Continue Reading “A Trip Through Grand Coulee Country”
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One Old Fire Truck for Sale
On our recent travels through Eastern Washington we passed through the tiny town of Douglas and found this old fire truck for sale. We stopped to inspect it, but decided against the purchase. Shared with Cees’ Fun Foto Challenge – One. ~ Susanne
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Dry Falls, the Largest on Earth
This week we camped east of the mountains and enjoyed a landscape completely opposite to our Seattle area scenery. We drove through Grand Coulee, formed over millions of years by eruptions of lava which solidified and was later dug away by ice age floods.… Continue Reading “Dry Falls, the Largest on Earth”
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