Tag: Water

Different Forest Types

Open Pine Woods / Grasslands

I have been posting a lot of views of the Olympic National Park and the big trees. I spend a lot of time there, mostly since it’s close to home. But occasionally I do travel to other areas and experience nature in other environments. The image above shows some open pine woods and grasslands down in California in Inyo National Forest. At least that’s my memory … my notes are sketchy on that trip.

On the other hand, the image below is back up in Washington, but down along the Nisqually River Delta area in a section of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge that is no long accessible. What a difference in woods.

Marshlands and River Banks
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Early Fall

Staircase Camp Area

I have visited the Staircase area of the Olympic National Park probably more than any other location in the park. My first visits were as a teenager, back in the mid-sixties. It has changed quite a bit in the last 60 years or so. Roads have been closed. Immense trees have fallen. New bridges (including more than one at one location, after nature removed one that had replaced an old wooden bridge). But in many ways the area hasn’t changed much. It’s still as beautiful as ever. The river is the North Fork Skokomish.

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Bull Kelp

Bull Kelp

Bull Kelp is a very common seaweed in Puget Sound and provides some important protection for young salmon … and important nutrients for the food chain. It is an annual … what you see here is just the top of a mass of kelp (you can see some of it in the water running down to the left lower corner. A lot of the bull kelp will wash up onto beaches where young kids try to play crack-the-whip with it.

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