Random shots
- Thread starter BajaTaco
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NevadaLover
Forking Icehole
One of the local homesless characters has 3 dogs that pull a wagon around town, here is a cool pic of them.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
⬆️ these two brought to mind close up pictures of the surface of newly discovered planets, taken from a telescope satellite traveling through the cold darkness of outer space at far the edge of some distant galaxy.
These two shots are a few steps away to better show the actual tree…
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AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
There is such an amazing wealth of simple beauty to be discovered in our natural world, but sadly we too often miss noting it while sealed in our vehicles driving by at 60 mph.
Here, at pee stop at a small grove lining the roadside pullout, we stumbled upon this treasure but didn’t know what we’d found until we got super up close and personal to these magnificent trees. Only then were we able to really discover the incredibly array of rich colors hiding in and beneath their dry brittle bark.
Here, at pee stop at a small grove lining the roadside pullout, we stumbled upon this treasure but didn’t know what we’d found until we got super up close and personal to these magnificent trees. Only then were we able to really discover the incredibly array of rich colors hiding in and beneath their dry brittle bark.
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Todd780
OverCamper
Crazy, they almost look like arial shots of land to me.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
We took a hike along the water the other day down to the small inlet where Peter Puget sought emergency shelter from a violent storm and landed with his crew of waterlogged sailors when they were exploring and mapping this area in a couple of open row boats, after having left the main ship of Captain Vancouver’s expedition in 1792.
The East End of this trail went along is swampy area, and we had to negotiate quite a bit of mud along the way.
In a couple places though, the county parks department trail crew helpfully added some wooden stepping stones to help hikers get through the worst of the slippery mess.
The East End of this trail went along is swampy area, and we had to negotiate quite a bit of mud along the way.
In a couple places though, the county parks department trail crew helpfully added some wooden stepping stones to help hikers get through the worst of the slippery mess.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
View from our new backyard.
It was 39° when I crawled out of the new tiny pro master city camper van we replaced our Tiger with. We’ve been surprisingly cozy and warm in that less than fully insulated, little rig in this cold, wet weather.
This morning, like yesterday, was the prototypical morning weather of the Puget Sound for a good part of every year…
...heavy wet air, slowly drifting fog, no wind, absolutely no noise but bird song.
It was 39° when I crawled out of the new tiny pro master city camper van we replaced our Tiger with. We’ve been surprisingly cozy and warm in that less than fully insulated, little rig in this cold, wet weather.
This morning, like yesterday, was the prototypical morning weather of the Puget Sound for a good part of every year…
...heavy wet air, slowly drifting fog, no wind, absolutely no noise but bird song.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
Once again, interesting treasures of nature spotted at our feet…
We almost tromped on these tiny fragile fungi during our hike in the pine forest today.
These @ 2” in diameter mushrooms are, I believe, mature deadly Panther Caps, subsection Pantherinae of Amanita. They brown with age and have white growths on them that make them look like small beach rocks with barnacles.
We almost tromped on these tiny fragile fungi during our hike in the pine forest today.
These @ 2” in diameter mushrooms are, I believe, mature deadly Panther Caps, subsection Pantherinae of Amanita. They brown with age and have white growths on them that make them look like small beach rocks with barnacles.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
Too cold and stormy to camp, so we chickened out and grabbed a hotel. It’s a place that probably won’t be here in another 5-6 years as unrelenting high tide surfs have pounded away at the bottom of this cliff we’re atop of, eroding it severely. Note the remains of the orange caution flagging (torn apart in constant fierce winds) warning folks to stay away from the dangerous crumbling edge, just about 12’ off our room’s porch.
We had absolutely crazy frigid weather today. Snow flurries, hail, sleet, heavy driving soaking rain, violent strong winds and even some thunder and lightning!!!
About 2:30 in the pre dawn, we suddenly were woken up by the weirdest, lingering rolling, vibrating explosion of noise. Not knowing what it was (there'd been no thunder earlier), we thought perhaps it was a tsunami.
Geez...pitch black stormy darkness, at a remote location perched on an unstable point of land overlooking a shallow cove, with violent winds roaring and shaking the building and a frightening, unidentified super loud rumbling 😳. Not an enjoyable way to wake up!
The temperature today remained determinedly nasty… at noon it was only 44°, an intensely cold wind chill combining with sideways rain when we ventured out to an extremely blustery whale watching overlook point, on the north end of the bay.
We didn’t spot any of those giants tho. Supposedly we're a week too early for seeing any of the migratory leviathans that come in closer to the shore and can be viewed without the need for binoculars.
We had absolutely crazy frigid weather today. Snow flurries, hail, sleet, heavy driving soaking rain, violent strong winds and even some thunder and lightning!!!
About 2:30 in the pre dawn, we suddenly were woken up by the weirdest, lingering rolling, vibrating explosion of noise. Not knowing what it was (there'd been no thunder earlier), we thought perhaps it was a tsunami.
Geez...pitch black stormy darkness, at a remote location perched on an unstable point of land overlooking a shallow cove, with violent winds roaring and shaking the building and a frightening, unidentified super loud rumbling 😳. Not an enjoyable way to wake up!
The temperature today remained determinedly nasty… at noon it was only 44°, an intensely cold wind chill combining with sideways rain when we ventured out to an extremely blustery whale watching overlook point, on the north end of the bay.
We didn’t spot any of those giants tho. Supposedly we're a week too early for seeing any of the migratory leviathans that come in closer to the shore and can be viewed without the need for binoculars.
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