Right now we're averaging one nice day per week.
At least it's falling on the weekends.
We took full advantage on Sunday and hiked halfway up West Tiger 3.
I'm pretty sure I have a little sun burn today.
Totally. Worth it.
We stumbled across this tiny waterfall at the best time of day.
A an hour earlier or later and we'd have missed the gorgeous sunlight bouncing off the water.
Silly hubbers.
{ any adventures this weekend? }
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kelli g. { bug miscellany }
The first day of spring turned out to be the perfect time to head back out into nature.
And it didn't even rain!
Beautiful rocky shoreline runs right up to the mossy, dense forest.
Geology nerd alert!
What do you suppose this is all about?
Nature humor.
{ how was your first day of spring (or fall) ? }
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kelli g. { bug miscellany }
Kiss me.
I really am Irish.
Some photo greeness for the day.
{ are you celebrating today? }
Pssssst! - more greenitude
here.
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kelli g. { bug miscellany }
If I ever harbored any doubts the Pacific Northwest is a magical place, those fears were well and settled this past Saturday.
The hubbers and I attended an open house for
Treehouse Point, a truly unique place located just 20ish miles east of Seattle.
Owners Pete & Judy Nelson constructed a one of a kind lodging experience in the lush PNW jungle.
Perched high in the pines are the kind of treehouses one only dreams of building.
Climb the stairs or scale the ladders, and inside you'll find a cozy stateroom unlike any other you've seen before.
Imagine lying in bed, gazing out into the dense green forest -- not a ground level -- but up in the canopy, sharing an evening in the woods with owls, squirrels and chipmunks.
Each treehouse is completely different.
This one is built around the tree's trunk!
Most have balconies providing unobstructed views of the forest.
The autumn sunlight filtering in through the trees lent a beautifully dreamy quality....
....although one can easily imagine how enchanting it would be to watch the rain cascade down around you, whilst cozied up in your own private nest.
The treehouses are scattered across the scenic property, some right along the river's edge.
Whether it's a peaceful retreat in contemplative solitude, or a romantic weekend away you seek,
Treehouse Point would be a remarkable way to experience the PNW.
{ Would you stay in a treehouse? }
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kelli g. { bug miscellany }
....HERE, today....
....than HERE today.
{ where would you rather be? }
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kelli g. { bug miscellany }
On Sunday the hubbers and I decided to continue our adventures in the woods near our new home. Since we've moved back to wa-wa land, we've been determined to become "outdoor people." This is not something that comes naturally (to me at least), having grown up smack dab in the middle of suburbia, and then moving to the big, bad City for college. Nonetheless, serious hiking boots were purchased, various jerkied meats were packed, and in March, we began.
Our first few hikes went surprisingly well, with no recorded injuries and trails properly followed. We saw the beautiful, if hideously overcrowded, Twin Falls and Rattlesnake Ridge (where I seem to have developed an entirely new condition I have since dubbed "trail rage"). We even saw two big, healthy bald eagles near Tiger Mountain (actually viewed from inside the 'unwanted accelerator' on Highway 18, before we even parked at the trail head).
It was with confidence in our new found abilities that we headed east on I-90, and into Snoqualmie National Forest, in search of the Iron Horse Trail. Miles and miles of bumpy, flooded "road" later, we determined that we had no idea where the heck fire we were, and opted instead to back track a couple exits and try the well-marked Olallie State Park instead. It turns out we had hiked very close to this point our first trip out, when we decided to go beyond the waterfalls, to escape some of the crowds.
What followed was a lackadaisical meander through a gorgeous and unpopulated stretch. We periodically ducked in and out of little offshoot paths, stumbling across waterfall, after waterfall, and then into one of the most beautiful little secret spots I've seen. I couldn't help but shoot photo after photo, mindlessly trying to capture this FEELING that I was having. Suffice it to say, I ended up with mentally bookmarking this location to revisit many, many times, and with a dozen or so really pretty shots.
I guess sometimes the very best finds, are the things you were never searching for in the first place.
Oh, and if it looks like it's covered in either sap, tar, or creosote:
{ don't sit on it. }
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