Seward Park: Seattle’s Great Urban Walk

It's not so easy to find old-growth forest within Seattle city limits anymore, yet Seward Park has the Magnificent Forest featuring evergreen trees aged 200 years or more. The park was designed by the famous Olmstead brothers and remains a wonderful legacy of a time when city officials saw fit to set aside forested areas for public enjoyment. It occupies all... Continue Reading →

Return to Mount Rainier and a First Visit to Mount St. Helens

Mount Rainier is a majestic part of the Seattle skyline. That's, of course, when you can see it through the precipitation and heavy cloud cover that characterize our weather most of the time. But, this year has been different. We've had almost uninterrupted warm and clear weather since May, for us an unimaginably long dry period... Continue Reading →

Douglas Fir Burl (Mount Rainier National Park)

Along the Grove of the Patriarchs in Mount Rainier National Park, there is a fallen old growth Douglas Fir that is easily hundreds of years old. To me, its most remarkable characteristic is a fantastic burl that looks very much like a bubbling mud pool.

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