We parked in the lower parking lot for Mount Townsend, which means an extra 1.2 miles each way. But, we pass the small lake. On our way down in the afternoon we spotted this beauty. A great horned owl: sunning? Fishing? Enjoying warmth?
A beautiful surprise.
As we climbed Mount Townsend, we climbed above the clouds and could see across the Sound to the Cascades rising above the sea of clouds.
The hike was glorious in part because the wildflowers were out in force. Red, yellow, white, blue, purple, every clearing on the mountain as we climbed. Gorgeous.
My mother called the Fourth of July “the glorious fourth”. I kept thinking of her yesterday. We hiked Mount Townsend yesterday and it was glorious. We drive up through clouds, a bit disappointed that there would not be views, but still determined. The hike starts at 3000 feet, so we drove out into the sun before that!
For the Daily Prompt: scamper. Chip is stuffing a peanut into a cheek pouch and will scamper any moment.
For the Daily Prompt: passenger.
Where, you say?
The bird flying. I think it is a duck by the silhouette….a passenger, passing, passage, in the photo.
A view from the top.
Taken in 2015.
For the Daily Prompt: snack.
The local chipmunks at Lake Matinenda know these friends well and stop by for a snack. Peanuts, that they will take right from our fingers. Usually I get blurs trying to photograph them.
…not man or woman made…
I took this at Lake Matinenda in Ontario, Canada.
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