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Elvis Shuffl'n
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 1804 | TRs | Pics Location: del Boca Vista |
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:41 pm
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Today 8buck, D2k and I enjoyed the scenery along Denny Creek - especially the view of Keekwulee Falls and the splash of fall color.
Keekwulee Falls Keekwulee zoom Fall Colors Red Leaf
The trail was relatively quiet this morning, but on our return from the Hemlock Pass area we started to encounter more people. Still, there were quite a few less than I anticipated. Probably a combination of the season and the weather forecast. I hear this place is a zoo in the summer.
Silhouette Rock in Water
At the trailhead a crew was working to erect a new trailhead sign. Looks nice and strong.
Before crossing under the I-90 elevated highway, 8buck observed this cool looking mushroom along the trail.
Purple Fungus
A while later we noticed this 'scaled' vertical cliff with a strange circular shape where the layers of rock have fallen out.
Rock Layers
Met some friendly Robber Jays and found a blue tank top in a tree above the trail.
Robber Jay Robber Jay blue fungus or lost tank top?
We also noticed a white spot in a distant tree across one of the talus slopes. Here is the original photo (full zoom) and then the photoshopped/cropped/enlarged 'white spot'. I figured it was an eagle, but it's in a peculiar postion - like it has its head under its wing.
White Spot... see enlargement What the... ?
Someday I'll head back out here and visit Lake Melakwa - when the weather is a little bit better.
~E
"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
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"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
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Obi Tony Kenobi Waterfall Crazy!
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 1899 | TRs | Pics Location: Marysville, WA |
Nice pics, can't believe there is still that much water going over Keekwulee Falls, usually by now it is a trickle.
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Go Jo of the lykkens
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 2248 | TRs | Pics Location: Around The Bend |
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Go Jo
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Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:19 am
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Great shots! Thanks for adventuring out in the rain to get them for us
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Hiker Mama Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 3448 | TRs | Pics Location: Lynnwood |
Woo hoo! Elvis got out for another real hike this year! I liked the red leaf photo.
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The Angry Hiker SAR Blacklistee
Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 2890 | TRs | Pics Location: Kentwila |
Looks like a hawk, and it was probably sleeping.
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stacymarie Member
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 251 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
love the picture of the falls with the fall color behind it.
I love that hike, one of my favorite view wise, and it's pretty amazing that there is still that much water flowing!
good job
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Nice shots Elbis. Dont know what that mystery bird thing is.....
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Mark Griffith (Embrace yourself)
Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 853 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
Beautiful ribbon effect on Keekwulee falls in the small water time.
I have seen that black mushroom of death before up the Middle Fork :
The Black Mushroom of Death
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Karen² A Real Canadian Girl
Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 1367 | TRs | Pics Location: Behind the Lens |
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Karen²
A Real Canadian Girl
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:50 pm
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WildCelticRose Oooh ! Shiny !
Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 242 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma |
ObiTonyKenobi wrote: | Nice pics, can't believe there is still that much water going over Keekwulee Falls, usually by now it is a trickle. |
There was actually a decent amount of water in October of last year
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
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