Mount Walker

Thursday Al, Stan and I made a late Fall trip to Mt Walker. This is a splendid exercise hike and gives a workout that is just about right. We picked a good day. It was 49 degrees and foggy/cloudy when we started out from the car but half way up the trail we got above the clouds and were met with golden sunshine. This photo is a panorama taken using the new feature of my iPhone.

Fall is the season for mushrooms and we saw quite a few this day. Most of them were not much to look at but this one was really unusual. Stan called it a Coral Mushroom. Click on the photo for a larger view.

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Mount Walker Again

Al, Stan and I intended to hike up Hurricane Ridge toward Mount Angeles but Stan got a weather report saying the area would be fogged in for most of the day. So, we went back to our old standby, Mt Walker. It almost always seems to be pleasant with just the right amount of uphill effort required.

You could just drive to the top of Mt Walker, which plenty of people do. But just look at all these people needing exercise!










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Mount Walker Day Hike

Thursday, July 11th, I went again with Al and Stan to Mount Walker. We agree Mount Walker is the ideal hike for us. It is just south of Quilcene only about an hour away by car, two miles to the summit on a good trail with a constant grade. We use it as a fitness test - how long did it take to summit this time? Views, flowers, Grey Jays always make it interesting. And in the time spent together we solve all the world's problems - if only the powers that be would listen to us the problems would soon be resolved, right?

Here is a portion of the Rhododendron forest we walk through. The Rhodies are typically 15 feet high.

This is a Rhododendron "tree" - again about 15 feet high. I have never seen trunks this big on a wild Rhodie.

Stan calls this a "Star Flower." My camera overexposed the bright white flower.












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Hiking at Mount Walker

Al Lind and I went Thursday to Mt Walker just south of Quilcene. It's an excellent two mile exercise walk in tall Fir forest. The wild natural rhododendrons are just beginning to show blooms and the next few weeks should be spectacular. Many of the rhodies are older have trunks the size of small trees!

At the top - viewpoint you can see Mt Baker and the local Grey Jays always come out to mooch food.

I can stand like a tree branch and hold a peanut half in my fingers and the jays will perch on my fingers! Fun stuff.

There were quite a few Trilliums showing near the trail this year.

The little bluish flower on the right is a wild orchid. It was only about four inches tall.


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