One of the phases that madrona go through each year is the glowing colors they present in Spring. The bright reds and greens are a visual treat. These are some that I enjoy on one of my regular walks up the hill in Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, WA.
These are trees above the Sol Duc vallely in the Olympic National Park on the Deer Lake Trail. While it wasn’t raining on this day, I haven’t spent much time in the Sol Duc valley without it getting cloudy, foggy, rainy, or at least drippy. And I’m not exactly sure if the Sol Duc meets the definition of a rain forest. The next valley down does meet the rainfall requirements … as do the next 3 major valleys after that. (Bogachiel, Hoh, Queets and Quinault)
This is the last of my images from Yellowstone that I will share right now. It’s sorta a nod to the little sweeties that don’t get all the press. This guy was just along the road that was blocked by a herd of buffalo. How many people took his photo compared to the buffalo? He needs to get a better agent.
I was downtown and walked out onto the public dock that gives a nice view of what’s going on with the weather and saw the sun hitting the ferry dock. Another day, but the same location, I saw this nice collection of bull kelp.
Again, cheats from Yellowstone. The eagle above looks like it is just molting the last of the juvenile feather set. I’ll not going to say that’s definate …
