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02/27 - Elwha to Altair with Skunk Cabbage

Spring is coming soon, so we decided to see how things were progressing along the Elwha. We didn't expect much. The mules weren't coming back for at least a month, and it's early for most spring flowers. To be honest, we were hoping for skunk cabbage and not much more.

We made it all the way up to the Altair Bridge, and we got to see and smell a lot of skunk cabbage along the road a bit south of the ranger station. We also saw that the river had had a wild winter. Huge logs had been tossed about and new channels cut. A section of the trail was under water.

It was too early for trilliums, fawn lilies or the little violets, but the trail was in good shape. We're hoping to get back soon as spring progresses.
























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02/03 - Flying to Seattle

We flew to Seattle in the afternoon and had amazing views of the mountains and waters. We're off on an adventure.

The Olympic Mountains





Puget Sound


Mount Rainier - the ghost mountain

Seattle

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02/02 - Dinner in Seattle

We stayed and ate dinner near the Pike Place Market. We had an early flight - this time on a big airplane - the next morning.





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02/01 - Flying Into Charleston

There aren't a lot of good flights to the southeast from Seattle. Usually, one has to change planes in Atlanta, but Alaska Air has a lone daily non-stop flight that leaves in the morning and arrives in the evening. This time of year, that meant we caught the sunset. We didn't see any mountains as we approached the city. The land was flat and the rivers meandered.









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