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11/15/23 - Good Day for Hawks at Dungeness Dike It was a good day for hawk spotting on the Dungeness Dike.	Two on a tree
In the air	Again
Late autumn color	Lens flare

Keywords: autumn, dungeness

11/14/23 - Late Autumn on the Elwha We took the short walk from Madison Falls to where the Elwha chewed through Olympic Hot Springs Road. The mountains were snow capped and the last of the autumn color was fading.

Keywords: autumn, elwha

11/07/23 - Autumn on the Little River Trail We've been following autumn on the Little River Trail. The leaves have been falling. The river is rushing. Colors have been changing. Each time we visit, the trail and the river have changed.	A glimpse of the Little River
An old log	More of that log
Fallen leaves	Forest scene
Another view of the Little River	More flowing water
Yet more of the river	The forest trail
There's always something fascinating to catch the eye.	Green and brown
One of the bridges	Funghi, possibly planted by that 18th century mycologist Funghibility Brown
More of the thinning and changing forest	One of the moss and fern covered rock walls
More leaves	Changing color
An autumn montage	Ghost plant
The trail ambience	The thinning forest
Another ghost plant	Slime mold!

Keywords: autumn, little river

11/05/23 - Dungeness Dike Dungeness Dike is another great place to watch the changing seasons. The new configuration hasn't been accessible for a full year yet, so we're still getting a sense of it. Meanwhile, we've been seeing a good number of fishermen out for cut-throat trout, something new it seems. They must be in season.	The Dungeness River and a winter sky
The marshy fields	More fields and mountains
Another look	And another
Some fall color	Wetlands and gray skies
An eagle in a tree	Last bit of color
More of the new wetlands	Another view south
The marsh seen with an iPhone	Bright iPhone colors
The iPhone is better at capturing fall colors here.	Another iPhone scene
And another with lots of cloud drama	More color and drama

Keywords: dungeness, eagle, autumn

11/04/23 - Morse Creek West and Fall Color When we don't want to drive far, we'll head east on route 101 and start our walk at the Morse Creek parking lot. The trail crosses Morse Creek on a restored railroad bridge and heads down to the strait where it follows the coast. It heads all the way into Port Angeles and points west, but we haven't taken it that far. The section of the trail from the bridge to the strait is tree lined and, right now, full of autumn color.	Fall color
More fall color	Even more fall color
The trail follows the edge of the Four Seasons development, hence that fence.	Some more color
On the ground	Another bit of color
And yet another	More leaves on the trail
More trail covered with leaves	Even more color
Morse Creek	The railroad bridge

Keywords: autumn, morse creek, port angeles

11/02/23 - Dungeness Highlands With A New Camera One of the nice things about living in a place with seasons is that every time one revisits a trail one can note the seasonal changes. We're well into autumn now, and leaves have thinned and changed color. They cover the trails. Rose hips and berries are more prominent. Even the sky is different. We went back to the Dungeness Highlands again. It was further into fall, but we also had a new camera, one of the new iPhones. We usually use a Sony DSC-HX99, but we wanted to play with a new toy. The pictures were pretty good, though distinctly different. If nothing else, the colors seemed less saturated. On the other hand, that could just be another sign of the changing seasons.	Looking towards Port Angeles
A milky sky and bare branches	The thicket without leaves
The path through the thicket with a few leaves still hanging on	A view south along the trail
Basic colors	Looking east
The mountains again and a winter sun	Fading grass fields
A mystery bird, in silhouette	Some final color
Rose hips	Coin flowers
Bare branches, signs of change	More along the trail
A peak ahead	Through the thicket with a patch of blue mountain visible
Another peaceful trail shot	Looking back across the water

Keywords: autumn, dungeness, trails

10/10/23 - Elwha to the Gap We took a short walk from the Madison Falls parking lot to where the Elwha River cut off Olympic Hot Springs Road. The fall colors are out and the river is running higher as the autumn rains pick up. We were pleased to see that the mules were still in residence. When they leave, it's a sure sign of coming winter. It was an easy walk, but it was all we were up to.	The Elwha crossing Olympic Hot Springs Road or what's left of it
The Elwha	The Elwha again
Another look at the Elwha	Olympic Hot Springs Road continues.
A mandarin duck	Mountain mist
More mist in the mountains	A look back at the river
These trees were barely saplings just a few years ago.	Fall colors
More color	The forest
The road	The mules
Fall color seen through the forest	Across the river

Keywords: autumn, elwha

10/05/23 - Dungeness Highlands Most people explore the spit when they visit the Dungeness Reserve, but lately we've been exploring the highlands. We head inland along the coast, then cut across the road and follow the main bridle path. We make our way to the overlook with a great view of the Olympic Mountains and a picnic table. This almost completes a loop, but it isn't a very long loop, so we turn around and head back the way we came instead. On our last visit, the color was autumn with bright yellow and red leaves, golden grasses and blue sky, blue mountains and the blue of the strait as backdrops. There are parts of the hike that remind us of northern California, but it's definitely a North Olympic Peninsula scene.	A last bit of fall color here
The green tunnel is still green.	The thicket
Autumn fields and distant mountains	A pathway through the grasses
Another field	That field with mountains and sky
More fall color and another tunnel	Another field and mountains
Yet another field	Golden leaves
Gold and the hills	View from the picnic table
Slightly hazy mountains	Another thicket
Another field again	A golden field
The path across	Passing through
More autumn and the mountains	Some more color
A passing snake	The strait

Keywords: autumn, dungeness

09/29/23 - Little River It has been a very dry summer, so we haven't been hiking the Little River Trail. This trail is at its best when the river is flowing in full spate, so we've been waiting for the autumn rains. They've been coming, so we headed up to the hills to see how it fared. It's still early in the fall, but the river was roaring and the trail lush and green. We even found a frog on the trail. There were trilliums and tiarella, well past bloom, but still green. This seems like a good for them. The trail is much itself, though they've moved to parking area and the trailhead a bit up the road. It's a much bigger lot and the trail still begins with a descent to cross one of the forks of the river.	Mushroom season
The Little River Trail with a bit of mist	More of the trail, dark trees and a lot of green
More trail	More trees and the gateway to the river
An old nurse log	More forest
The Little River	Another view of the river
Yet another view	And another
Pacific dogwood	Pacific dogwood covering the ground
More green forest	More dark trees
The bridge	Some old trilliums still hanging on
The frog	Another view
More trilliums	The Little River from the first bridge

Keywords: autumn, little river, trillium

11/04/22 - Little River in the Rain The Little River Trail is another great rainy trail. The Little River may be little, but it puts on a good show especially in the rain. We'll confess, we wore rain pants and rain coats and broad brimmed rain hats and waterproof boots. We were prepared. It rained the whole time, but we managed to stay comfy and dry. The forest was surprisingly bright. Gray days mean fewer shadows, so one can see farther through the forest and in greater detail. It also helped that a lot of leaves had fallen, so we had a wonderful mysterious sense of being in an enchanted forest. Perhaps it was the proximity to Halloween. Perhaps it was the rain. The trail starts on DNR land, but about 35-40 minutes in, it enters the national park. The trees get older and the forest gets wilder. Then the trail descends and follows the river more closely. We headed upstream pausing to admire the rapids and the full river lapping fallen logs. We made our way to what we call the Healing Pools. It's a good spot to settle with one's feet in the water after a hard week of hiking. We didn't do that this time, not on a cold day in the rain.	Crossing the Little River's other branch
Along the trail	A mushroom
More of the trail	More mushrooms
Descent to the river	A river view
Logs over the river	More river
Another look at the Little River	Another fallen log
Blue and gray water, green forest	Logs and rapids
A bit of snow on the trail	Another peek at the river
Fall foliage	No caption necessary - It should be obvious.
More snow	More trail
Another gateway	The footbridge
An old stump	A skull in the haunted forest

Keywords: halloween, little river, autumn

11/03/22 - Marymere Falls, Late Fall, Early Snow We haven't been getting out to Marymere Falls lately. The recent rains reminded us that the falls are worth a trip. The signs were good. We were greeted by a rainbow across the lake as we headed west on route 101. There was a thin layer of snow on the ground when we pulled into the parking lot. We headed along the trail, under route 101, and entered the old forest, dark and bright with a dusting of snow. There was a woodpecker in one of the trees, so we stopped for a while and watched as the bird hammered away at the side of a tree totally unfazed by an audience. Then we walked on. There was snow on the floor of the forest, but brilliant yellow foliage almost glowed around us. It was the last of autumn and the start of winter. Barnes Creek was in good flow with its icy currents, and Marymere Falls itself roared heartily. This trail is always a wonderful walk through northwest pacific forest, but with the snow and rain it was almost magical.	Welcome to Lake Crescent.
Snow on logs, a hint of coming attractions	Clouds over the lake
Our cooperative woodpecker	That woodpecker again
and again	and again in a great profile
Autumn meets winter	The magical trail
More trail magic	and more again
Water meeting stone at Marymere Falls	Barnes Creek from the foot bridge
The falls meet water	Marymere Falls
The falls again from higher up	Snow in the forest
A view down at the creek	Another river view with the footbridge
Barnes Creek yet again	More seasonal magic - and it's almost time to reset our clocks.
The forest trail in transition	A last look up the creek

Keywords: autumn, barnes creek, marymere falls, winter

11/01/22 - Halloween We take Halloween very seriously. The fall is when the trees lose their leaves and their needles thin revealing their skeletons, some in fantastic shapes. The colors change as the world readies for the quiet and retreat of winter. It's also the harvest with one last round of fresh local produce. All of that, and it's a great warmup for the holiday season.	Lenore in her web - We have no idea whose brain that is in the cauldron.
Halloween dinner	Pumpkin and oyster soup
Tomato eyeballs stuffed with bacon, arugula, tomato and mayonnaise	Bat burgers with melted gruyere and kimchi

Keywords: halloween, autumn, winter

10/24/22 - Elwha to Altair - After the Rain At long last, it has rained. We had a long dry stretch, all of September and most of October. Hurricane Ridge Road was closed for repairs, but they promised to re-open it on the 21st. Naturally, we expected the rains to come on that date and the road to the Ridge to be closed due to snow. Our forecast was accurate. On the 21st, the rains came. It snowed on the Ridge. Hurricane Ridge Road did not reopen, but we, down near sea level, had lots of long awaited rain. We decided to head out from Madison Falls and check out the Elwha River as far as the Altair Bridge. There were wonderful puddles, wet dirt and wet pavement. We weren't the only ones enjoying the puddles. We spotted a frog beside one. Even the park service mules looked happier, though we can't be sure. The river looked a lot less tired. It seemed like the foliage was waiting for the rains to change to its autumn colors, and now that the rain had come there were browns and reds and golds. The colors were muted by the drought, but they were there.	At the start of the trail
Autumn color	A glimpse of the river
A proper view of the Elwha	Wet pavement never looked this good.
Still plenty of green	Park service buildings
The Elwha from the Altair Bridge	Another view from the bridge
A log caught below the Altair Bridge	More of Olympic Hot Springs Road
Another view of the river	Autumn color and misty mountains
Autumn fields	Mist and color
More of the wet road	The green forest thinning
A bit of trail	A dramatic bit of trail
That frog by the puddle	Another view, same frog
Mules in the field	The river at the parking lot

Keywords: autumn, elwha, hurricane ridge

10/22/22 - Little River Trail With Woodpecker It rained. At long last, autumn has begun. We celebrated with a walk along the Little River Trail. The leaves are thinning, others are turning bright yellow. The river is running more briskly. We saw slugs and snails and many mushrooms. We also saw a woodpecker hammering away oblivious to any audience.	An old stump in the forest
The trail accented with gold	Another bit of trail
Little River and a log	More of Little River
Cool water	Less clumsy people could cross on those logs.
A snail	A shroom
More mushrooms	And even more mushrooms
The green skull - Halloween is coming	Slight mist on the trail
Woodpecker	Woodpecker
Woodpecker	Woodpecker
Woodpecker	A golden bowl
A freshet	Little River again

Keywords: autumn, little river

10/12/21 - A Side Trip to Madison Falls After heading up to the Elwha Gap, we took the short side spur to Madison Falls. It's a short, easy, paved path to a pleasant little waterfall just minutes from the parking area. There was plenty of autumn color too.	Along the trail
A first peek at the waterfall	Madison Falls
Some autumn color	More color
That color again	Misty skies and mountains

Keywords: autumn, elwha, waterfall

10/11/21 - A Short Autumn Walk to the Elwha Gap We took a short walk along the Elwha River starting at Madison Falls where the road ends. The mountains were misty and topped with early season snow. The autumn foliage was near its peak. We walked past the mule camp and around the bend for some good views of the river recently nourished by the seasonal rain. We stopped at the gap in the road cut by a hearty new Elwha tributary.	Misty, snowy mountains
Some fall foliage	Foliage hidden in the forest
Bright yellow and bright green	The river
Another view of the river	More color change
Autumn is here.	Further up the river
The might Elwha	The gap
Downriver at the gap	Upriver at the gap
A vertical view, even more dramatic	The road showing its age
Bright red	Bright yellow
The mules - We always say hello.	The Elwha from the parking area

Keywords: autumn, elwha

10/03/21 - Hurricane Hill - High Country Autumn There were definite signs of autumn and winter coming up at Hurricane Hill.	Our first frost of the season
More frost	And yet more frost
Frost in the shade	Dry flowers
A golden field	Autumn color
Autumn color below	Another richly colored field
And another colored field	Corn lilies, now mere skeletons
Green, gold, red and blue	Another field
Another view below	A blue grouse
Red, green and white	Dramatic foliage
More drama	Even the walk from the picnic area to the trailhead showed signs of fall.

Keywords: autumn, hurricane hill, winter