Glacier Peak. Part One: The Summit
The morning of our return home greeted us with fog. No — FOG.
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From the year before last. After our hike up Dickerman Peak, we finally came to the realization that we hadn’t been to Glacier Peak for twelve years, and somehow that just wasn’t right. It’s a beautiful . . . → Continue reading Glacier Peak. Part One: The Summit
From the year before last. Dickerman Peak. Overall, it’s a pleasant but fairly straightforward half-day hike. Most of the trail winds through forest, but near the summit (which still reaches 1,746 meters / 5,728 feet) it emerges . . . → Continue reading Dickerman Peak
Velella, a.k.a. the by-the-wind sailor, a.k.a. Velella velella. A tiny inflatable raft (it comes equipped with an internal chitinous air chamber) with a sail. Usually about 7 cm across — the smallest seaworthy vessel on the planet. A colonial hydrozoan. These little sailors are distant relatives . . . → Continue reading Tiny Sailboats of the Great Ocean
Balsamorhiza season is almost over. It is quite early this year. Everybody has already been shown meadows and mountains covered with balsamorhiza. Unfortunately, I missed the season this year, but I found last year’s photos from Rowena Ridge above Columbia River. This pace is easily . . . → Continue reading Rowena Ridge: Balsamorhiza and Beyond
More of winter. End of December on Long Beach, a really loooong beach near the Oregon border. . . . → Continue reading Long Beach and sandpipers
Rough-skinned is a name (quite descriptional, it definitely has rough skin), neurotoxic – physiological property (not a temper, as some may think). aka Taricha granulosa. . . . → Continue reading Rough-skinned neurotoxic newt |
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