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Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:40 pm
Sabahsboy wrote:
Okay, Sore Feet, tell all about your wondere shot! It is most spectacular! There is a feeling of absolute calm....almost a sacred sense of being. Beautiful in the most explicit meaning of the word.
Well thanks first of all. Don't know that theres anything to tell really. HJT caught the much better show from this side of the Olys, there was hardly a cloud in the sky on the coast, so I had to work with what I was given.
Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:47 pm Sunday afternoon at Wallace Falls St. Pk.
JimK...I am embarrassed to say I was sooo late. Yes...the "little" big dog is Sabah, to be 7 y. o. on Jan. 31st; Big big dog is Aksam...he'll be 7.5 on same date. Can't believe they are already so old! Have a medium size, Lab mix...she was at home. Were you the ranger? Hmmm...I think he was going up as we descended. Any walk beyond Meadowdale Park is desired...better yet, beyond St. Edwards St. Pk. and Lord Hill Regional County Park. I feel I have used up my patience with them. Meadowdale is (indefinitely) closed. Did you go to the falls or up Greg Ball Tr? I have not been to Wallace Lake since 1980's. Did loop one Easter afternoon, falls to upper RR grade to lake and back on that doughty, old trail through the toothpick, second growth forest. Then on to Easter dinner gathering at Lake Stevens. Now, it is a struggle to do 4 miles. I hate this aging biz.
I spotted the amazing moon with alpen glow through the trees (returned same route as I went up). Only at the power tower clearing was I able to find a position to "shoot". Sad to miss the alpen glow in photo.
-------------- The ground's a long way down but I need more
Is the nightmare black
Or are the windows painted?
Will they come again next week
Can my mind really take it?
Yes, it was a priceless day at the ocean. I couldn't imagine yesterday's atmosphere being any clearer. And I agree about the drift logs. They've always littered the first 1/2 mile of beach north from the trailhead. But with all the powerful storms the past few years, so many trees have been swept into the ocean (many a beautiful red color) they blanket the shore for more than a mile.
At Ellen Creek, countless logs have been shoved far enough inland that the creek now flows under them. The sign delineating legal camping - which once stood far from surf and driftwood - now stands precariously above the mess.
-------------- The ground's a long way down but I need more
Is the nightmare black
Or are the windows painted?
Will they come again next week
Can my mind really take it?
Naturalbeing, forgive me, but where is Stimson Hill? The vantage point is remarkable and would make a nice hike? Access via road to trail or old logging roads? Distance? Elevation gain? I love the photos! The view of Three Fingers really is amazing. I did not know about that 4th tower (must be the 3rd summit, though) at the left in the photo.
-------------- .....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
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