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Everyday permit science - NPDES & other water quality, streams, wetlands, marine (long ago) - and dealing w contaminated crap people leave behind. Outside is good, wild places better.
A6 Probably an Aug visit to Paradise at Mt Rainier. The lot was so full, then a lighting storm moved in & the rangers had to get everyone off the trails. Huge downpour that turned to hail & then a washout closed the road as people were trying to leave. #parkchat
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A6 Probably an Aug visit to Paradise at Mt Rainier. The lot was so full, then a lighting storm moved in & the rangers had to get everyone off the trails. Huge downpour that turned to hail & then a washout closed the road as people were trying to leave. #parkchat
A4 I'd go back to Escalante for wow factor but I grew up with the Blue Ridge Parkway - designed as a windshield park. Much more to see if you get off the road and into the forests #parkchat
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A4 I'd go back to Escalante for wow factor but I grew up with the Blue Ridge Parkway - designed as a windshield park. Much more to see if you get off the road and into the forests #parkchat
Got to watch a barred owl in our yard today. We occasionally hear them at night, but I've never seen one during the daytime. Crows were screaming at it, but the owl just took a nap.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Got to watch a barred owl in our yard today. We occasionally hear them at night, but I've never seen one during the daytime. Crows were screaming at it, but the owl just took a nap.
I would have said dispersed camping in Kiabab National Forest somewhere near the rim of the Grand Canyon, or a view east to Marble Canyon. But fires this summer probably changed that for a while. #parkchat
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I would have said dispersed camping in Kiabab National Forest somewhere near the rim of the Grand Canyon, or a view east to Marble Canyon. But fires this summer probably changed that for a while. #parkchat
Sacajawea Park on the Yellowstone River in Livingston Mt, day before visiting Yellowstone NP. we were looking for dinner, found a farmers Market at the park w burritos & local beer. #parkchat
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sacajawea Park on the Yellowstone River in Livingston Mt, day before visiting Yellowstone NP. we were looking for dinner, found a farmers Market at the park w burritos & local beer. #parkchat
Rainy fall day in the PNW on a trail along the Pilchuck River.
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Rainy fall day in the PNW on a trail along the Pilchuck River.
A11 Getting outside, even if it's gloomy & raining & dark at 4 pm helps. We head up to the Skagit River Delta about an hr north of Seattle where at least it's wide open. Bird viewing is better there in the winter also. #parkchat
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A11 Getting outside, even if it's gloomy & raining & dark at 4 pm helps. We head up to the Skagit River Delta about an hr north of Seattle where at least it's wide open. Bird viewing is better there in the winter also. #parkchat
Just the way the forest smells after the rains come back. Even thought the foliage is dying back, everything smells more alive with the return of rains #parkchat
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just the way the forest smells after the rains come back. Even thought the foliage is dying back, everything smells more alive with the return of rains #parkchat
A3 Most of our native trees seem to turn yellow, then brown quickly (or just straight to brown) - always like the reds & oranges #parkchat
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A3 Most of our native trees seem to turn yellow, then brown quickly (or just straight to brown) - always like the reds & oranges #parkchat
A2 Big relief from late summer here (& most of the west), it was so dry & fires & smoke all over. A great time to visit streams in the PNW and see which ones have salmon running #parkchst
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A2 Big relief from late summer here (& most of the west), it was so dry & fires & smoke all over. A great time to visit streams in the PNW and see which ones have salmon running #parkchst
A1 Just local parks right now, but it's a great time of yr with the heat & crowds gone, the PNW rains & wind not quite kicking in #parkchat
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A1 Just local parks right now, but it's a great time of yr with the heat & crowds gone, the PNW rains & wind not quite kicking in #parkchat
A8 Lake Washington, Wa State. Lushootseed is supposed to be one name used by indigenous cultures, there may be others. View is pier pillings w cormorants from the North end of the lake #parkchat
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A8 Lake Washington, Wa State. Lushootseed is supposed to be one name used by indigenous cultures, there may be others. View is pier pillings w cormorants from the North end of the lake #parkchat
A5 This was about four yrs ago up on the Skagit River delta & I've forgotten what the birds are, its just a very good area for bird watching. That would be the Olympic Mts in the distance #parkchat
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A5 This was about four yrs ago up on the Skagit River delta & I've forgotten what the birds are, its just a very good area for bird watching. That would be the Olympic Mts in the distance #parkchat
A4 Once again with Crescent Lake - there are canoe rentals at the lodge, we'd paddle w the girls across to this spot (getting 2 posts out of this photo) and fly fish in the clear deep water on a long the shore. A lot of good memories from camping trips there #parkchat
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A4 Once again with Crescent Lake - there are canoe rentals at the lodge, we'd paddle w the girls across to this spot (getting 2 posts out of this photo) and fly fish in the clear deep water on a long the shore. A lot of good memories from camping trips there #parkchat
A2 Salamanders crossing the trail when they climb out of Crescent Lake, Olympic National Park. Usually late August. Not sure what they are up to #parkchat
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A2 Salamanders crossing the trail when they climb out of Crescent Lake, Olympic National Park. Usually late August. Not sure what they are up to #parkchat
Some low elevation forest scenes:
bunchberries, I'm going to guess oyster mushrooms, & never did figure out these white-ish blue berries. All kinds of moss on everything
bunchberries, I'm going to guess oyster mushrooms, & never did figure out these white-ish blue berries. All kinds of moss on everything
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Some low elevation forest scenes:
bunchberries, I'm going to guess oyster mushrooms, & never did figure out these white-ish blue berries. All kinds of moss on everything
bunchberries, I'm going to guess oyster mushrooms, & never did figure out these white-ish blue berries. All kinds of moss on everything
View from the Big 4 area, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on a clear October afternoon.
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
View from the Big 4 area, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on a clear October afternoon.