There are an abundance of alpine lakes in the Pacific Northwest. The hike to Snow Mountain lake was a steady uphill climb for several hours but the scenery around the lake was well worth the climb!
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Entries Categorized as 'Seattle'
Snow Lake Hike
October 5, 2008
Lake Quinault
July 13, 2008
Our friend Sara joined us for a trip to the Olympic peninsula where we hiked through the rain forest to a mountain lake. Beautiful wildflowers bloomed along the path. We hoped to catch a glimpse of elk or a bear (from far away of course!) but saw only a few grouse.
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Hood Canal
July 4, 2008
My cousin Bill, Leslie, Jack and Cole invited us to the Hood canal for the holiday weekend. We had a great time watching the eagles, watching the boys ignite fireworks, playing fetch with Samson, and fishing in the bay. The Hood Canal is a beautiful area and we look forward to returning!
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Mason Lake Hike
June 29, 2008
The Mason Lake hike had spectacular views and we had perfect weather. Wildflowers lined the trail and we climbed to nearly 4000 feet. We were so high that several small airplanes were flying below us!
Unfortunately, the alpine lake on the top of the mountain still had quite a bit of snow so we decided to turn around without seeing the lake – plus this was our first hike of the season and we didn’t want to overdo it. The hike was pretty steep and we were both a little sore the day following the hike! We look forward to going back to the lake!
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Umtanum Hike
May 26, 2008
We wanted to travel a little further away over the holiday weekend to hike a trail we normally wouldn’t have time to do. We picked a hike that was near Yakima (about 3 hours away) because the description said this hike was great for viewing wildlife (big horn sheep, elk, eagles etc.). It also mentioned that in late summer rattlenakes could be seen on the trail.
The terrain was much different than in Seattle. It was dry and dessert like with very few trees.
Within the first mile we saw our first snake (Z was out front as the “snake charmer”). Later we saw a snake then heard the infamous rattle…. Sara and I immediatly frooze and (freaked out!) and as soon as he slitherd off the path we hurridly passed. We warned two men passing us that there was a poisionous snake ahead and they responded “oh cool, can you show us where it is.” After shaking ground debris to make the snake rattle, they located the snake and picked it up (with a tool)! They offered us to take a photo but we didn’t want to get too close because that snake was NOT happy and we didn’t want to be around when they let it go. We saw 5 snakes that day and honestly, I think I want to stick to the Seattle area where there are no poisionous snakes. Watching for snakes kind of takes the fun out of hiking!!
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