This section was possibly one of the most scenic sections of the entire trail thus far. It was a steep climb out of Snoqualmie pass but immediate we were rewarded with breathtaking views. AMAZING <3
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| Craiggo drove Kyle and I back to the trailhead at Snoqualmie. He has a huge lifted F250 truck. Here is me standing next to Craiggo's monster truck. Lol! |
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| Breathtaking view out of Snoqualmie Pass. We were walking the spine of the ridge for a while and it was absolutely incredible. |
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| late afternoon in central washington |
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| random rock field |
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| lots of trees, with pointy mountains in the background |
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| we were *really* high up, looking at deep valleys down below |
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| it was quite cold as Kyle waited for me to catch up, so he put his ninja gear on and is modeling his outfit with a ninja kick. lol! |
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| feeling like I'm on top of the world |
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| portrait orientation of the above photo |
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| kind of a smoky day today |
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| hazy afternoon |
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| a lovely stream going downhill |
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| one of the cool things about the PCT is often you follow streams from its headwaters all the way down to where it becomes a raging river. this was a lovely waterfall along the way. |
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| these plants are so interesting looking. its like the Pacific Northwest version of Poodle Dog Bush, because it'd only grow in burn areas. and it had this fuzzy cotton-like fibers that would grow inside the squiggly twigs. it was quite pretty. |
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| here you can see that cotton-like stuff i was talking about |
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| snow up top. yikes! looks cold up there. |
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| it was after dark and we were still hiking. kyle left me this on the trail as encouragement, 2/3 of the way up a steep climb we had to do. that was so sweet. :) thanks kyle! <3 |
Quite a coincidence, I noticed those interesting twisty cottony plants on the trail in far northern Calif last weekend and also captured them on film. I do not believe the area I was in had previously been burned, but perhaps :) There were only two very small sections of the trail where these were present, maybe a dozen plants in total. I wonder what they look like when they are blooming?
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