Tag: Water

Lake 22 (TwentyTwo)

Lake 22

Lake 22 (TwentyTwo) is located just west of Mt Pilchuck, west of Everett, WA. in the Central Cascade foothills. The area was part of one of the very first ecological studies, in the 1949 book Pilchuck, The Life of a Mountain by Harry Higman and Earl J. Larrison. (Working my way through college in the late ’60’s and early ’70’s, I mowed the lawn and did gardening at Harry Higmans’s widow’s house.) The book is a classic and I’m happy to have a first edition print of it in my library.

This is also the site of my very first backpack trip (August 1962) … and we ended up soaking wet. The image below shows the lake surface a few minutes later from the image above, when it began to pour on us … just a brief summer shower. This time we were prepared and didn’t end up soaked. There is no overnight camping permitted at the lake anymore due to excessive usage and to protect the environment around the lake.

Raindrops in Lake 22

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Different Growing Environments

A Wet Growing Environment

These two images (taken within 20 miles of each other) show a dramatic difference in growing environments. The one above shows a stand of alders in marshy bottomland … I would expect their roots are constantly wet. The one below shows an evergreen growing in a rocky area that would certainly not provide any water during summer months. The adaptive ability of trees to grow wherever there is a chance to put down roots is amazing.

A Dry Growing Environment
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Woodard Bay

Looking Southwest Down Woodard Bay from Weyer Point

This is a view of Woodard Bay, an inlet off of Henderson Inlet (an inlet of Puget Sound) northeast of Olympia. If you look closely (clicking on the image to expand it will help here), you can see the bridge where Woodard Bay Road crosses the inlet. This is high tide. When the tide is out, there isn’t anything except mud from bank to bank … except for the little bit of water from Woodard Creek.

Below is a view of the inside of the canoe, showing the paddle and baskets of oysters and blueberries, and a kneeling mat.

Dugout Canoe Interior and Woodard Bay
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Henderson Inlet

Henderson Inlet and Dugout Canoes

Henderson Inlet is just outside Olympia, Washington and is one of the numerous inlets off of Puget Sound. This is looking northeast from the Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area … on Weyer Point, between Chapman Bay and Woodard Bay. The canoe on the left has a couple of baskets and a paddle on the inside … the baskets have oysters and blueberries in them (or depictions of such).

The image below shows Henderson Inlet from the other side Weyer Point, looking south.

Henderson Inlet South of Weyer Point

Below is looking north again, showing the old dock that was used for the export of logs from back when there was a rail line (the Chehalis Western) running up to help feed the mills of Puget Sound. Notice how dense the pilings are on the dock … a requirement in order for being able to hold the weight of railcars loaded with logs and the engine.

Old Dock at Weyer Point on Henderson Inlet

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