Kaleberg Archive for Keyword: summer, Page: 2

06/28/19 - To the Altair Bridge Again We took another walk along the Elwha from Madison Falls south to the Altair Bridge. We actually went a bit past the bridge to take a look at the waterfall across the river. The roses are all gone, but the summer flowers have been coming in.	If you make it past the Altair bridge, watch for this little waterfall across the river. It is visible just a bit past the gate.
A waterfall closeup	Another closeup
Olympic Hot Springs Road where we turned around	Olympic Hot Springs Road towards the new branch of the Elwha
The Elwha below	Another Elwha view
Elderberries	Elderberry closeup
Fern forest	More fern forest
One of the summer flowers	Ocean spray
The detour	Tiger lilies
A butterfly	That butterfly again
That persistent butterfly	A bellflower

Keywords: elwha, flowers, summer, waterfall

06/26/19 - Hurricane Hill - Last Visit for a While With the construction, Hurricane Hill is only open a few days this summer, but we managed to get up there one more time. We were pleased to see the lupines in bloom but a bit worried by the advanced state of the snow melt. Still, the flowers were beautiful. We are going to miss the corn lilies, but we could see them coming up. We are also going to miss the marmots, but they seem to be do fine without us. If we manage to synchronize our schedule and the construction schedule, we'll try for a visit later this summer, but it doesn't look promising.	An amazing sky
Two marmots	The same two marmots sparring
The Olympic Mountains	Another view of the mountains
Alpine flowers	That's the little seasonal lake in the background.
Field of corn lilies	One of the corn lilies
Another view, so very green	A view north and west
Soft skies	Blue and green
Another marmot amidst the dirty sock plant	A view through the trees
Avalanche lilies	We are sure we looked these up once.
A floral arrangement	Larkspur and wallflower - if your browser supports the SCENT tag you should smell the wallflowers.

Keywords: flowers, hurricane hill, marmots, summer

06/22/19 - Little River Trail We've been regulars on the Little River Trail. We've following spring into summer. The trail is more hidden as the deciduous trees have leafed out and the trilliums have vanished, replaced by Pacific dogwood.	The trail
Plant life	More plant life
The river	Another view of the river, hidden by green
A trillium gone to seed	A salmonberry
Pacific dogwood	Even more plant life
Another bit of trail	And yet another

Keywords: little river, spring, summer, trillium

08/19/18 - Obstruction Point - Lupines and Grice Hiking the trail out of Obstruction Point is a lot like walking through Venice. It is hard not to take a picture postcard perfect shot by just raising one's camera and pressing a button. This time, we captured the brilliant sun, the late summer scene, some grice or grouses, or perhaps both.	Instant picture postcard - It's instagrammable up there.
Lupines	Mountains
Little lakes below	More mountains
Flowers	More lupines - This wasn't a great season for them, so we really appreciated these.
Green	Another picture postcard
One grouse	Another grouse - To paraphrase Walt Kelley, The grouse is a singular animal; no one can say two of them.
The trail	Even more flowers

Keywords: grouse, obstruction point, summer

07/22/18 - Farmer's Market Crespiou We haven't been covering the Port Angeles Farmers' Market lately, but we have been shopping there just about every Saturday morning. Summer is here, and the produce has been coming in. That includes Johnston Farm hothouse tomatoes, potatoes from The Family Farm, turnips from River Run and other good things from Nash Huber's. There are also a few other farm stands open, including Wild Edge which has the most amazing scallions. We love them grilled. With all this wonderful produce coming in, we had to make a crespiou, a French stacked omelet where each layer features a few ingredients. We only made four layers; the details are with the photos. We also got some zucchini blossoms and fried them in searing hot olive oil. All told, it was a real farmers' market treat.	Duck and chicken eggs and lots of berries, but we don't remember the name of the farm
Wild Edge	Zucchini and summer squash
Layer 1 - potatoes and onions	Layer 2 - zucchini and fresh marjoram
Layer 3 - string beans with garlic and pine nuts	Layer 4 - parsley and basil
Zucchini blossoms in olive oil	Light and crisp
The finished crespiou, garnished with tomato	A single slice

Keywords: farmers' market, johnston farm, nash huber, port angeles, shopping, summer

07/16/18 - Obstruction Point Road - Early Light We've been getting up early to avoid the summer traffic to Hurricane Ridge. We drove out to Obstruction Point, and the early morning light gave everything an amazing glow with the bright colors set off by deep shadows. These pictures barely capture it.	Morning light
A hare	A butterfly
The trail	Distant mountains
Less distant mountains	A lake below
More mountains	More morning light and melting snow
The trail	Flowers

Keywords: obstruction point, summer

08/20/17 - Hurricane Hill as Summer Passes The summer is passing. More gold and brown are creeping into the colors of the high country. We hiked the Hurricane Hill Trail again and saw a bit of drama, two young marmots were attacked by a hawk. They were unharmed, but one tends to thing that these things are just staged for nature documentaries. Not true. We also ran into the team planning to rebuild the trail. The Hurricane Hill Trail is heavily used in season, and it has been showing signs of wear. We're hoping they don't have to close the trail for too long. We've been having a lot of trail and road closures lately.	Summer colors
Still plenty of green	Mountains in late summer
Another view	The view to the north
Clouds add drama.	A silky sky
Late summer flowers	The season
Yet another view	The trail planning team at work

Keywords: flowers, high country, hurricane hill, marmots, summer

07/09/17 - Port Angeles Farmers Market - July Report Maybe it's just us, but it seems like summer has sneaked up on us. Nowhere is this more obvious than at the Port Angeles Farmers' Market. Somehow or another, we've leaped from spring to summer, and already the tomatoes are coming in. If you're remembering the hardy, but limited, market from back in February, it's time to drop by again and see what's at the market.	Johnston Farm - English peas and lavender
Johnston Farm - summer squash, and Are those tomatoes?	Family Farm - our favorite turnips, among other things
Nash's - spinach, and Are those tomatoes?	Nash's - carrots are back, and more
River Run Farm - fennel and radishes et al

Keywords: farmers' market, port angeles, summer

08/16/15 - In Search of Water

This has been a dry summer, and it shows. Rivers just aren't flowing the way they usually do at this time of year. They're about a month or so off, with the current August flow more like the usual flow in late September. The trails are dry, too, with crumbly dirt and lots of loose pebbles.

In search of water we went to Barnes Creek and were pleased to see that Lake Crescent still has a fair bit of water. We started climbing the Mount Storm King trail to get a better view of the lake, but we didn't get far. The trail was crumbling, and it is a steep trail. If we were slipping on the way up, coming down would be treacherous. We turned around and took a look at Marymere Falls. It was nice to see some flowing water.

At the pebble beach we could see just how low the flow was in Barnes Creek. The river was much narrower and the beach much larger than usual. Then we walked a bit up the Barnes Creek trail and got a few glimpses of the river. We got our water fix, at least for now, but we're hoping for some real rain.

Water in the waterfall

A bright sunny day

Looking up Barnes Creek from the bridge

The forest and bright sunlight

More forest trail

Keywords: barnes creek, lake crescent, marymere falls, storm king, summer, trails

07/10/15 - Hurricane Hill in the Haze We ran into some foggy spots on the road to Hurricane Hill, more or less centered around the tunnel, but by the time we made it to the Switchback trailhead, the sky was softly milky, but blue. It was dry on the trail to Hurricane Hill. It is only July, but we were seeing late summer flowers, the harebells and yarrow. There were butterflies everywhere. The clouds below filled the valleys and the haze softened the mountains. This wasn't the usual crystalline mountain air. Mount Olympus, in the distance, was softened, almost part of the cloudscape. There was a mountain goat grazing not far from the summit and a real marmot keeping his or her distance on the field containing a deceptive stone we call Marmot Rock. The corn lilies were doing surprisingly well. There was a full crop of them, a good number of them already in bloom. On the way down we passed a young girl heading upwards. She wore a tee shirt exhorting us to "Stop, Smell Roses", so we did. There were a few wild roses still in bloom. Few tee shirts offer such excellent advice.	Soft clouds, soft mountains
Awash with clouds	Harebells and yarrow
More soft mountains	A mountain goat
More soft shapes	A plover
Corn lilies	More mountains awash with clouds
A golden marmot in retreat	We stopped to smell the roses.

Keywords: flowers, hurricane hill, summer

05/24/15 - Late Spring on the Spruce Railroad Trail Spring is really moving along the Spruce Railroad Trail. The trilliums have already peaked, and the vegetation is getting lush. Summer is less than a month away.	Lush vegetation
Mock Solomon's seal or is it false mock Solomon's seal?	We aren't sure about this. Maybe we missed the "Don't drink and kayak." sign.

Keywords: spring, spruce railroad, summer, trillium

08/29/14 - Hurricane Hill We were up at Hurricane Hill, and already we can see the end of summer. Most of the flowers have passed, though there are still some harebells and yarrow. The grasses are turning brown and gold, sometimes with a bit of red. The light is different, more muted.	Late summer colors
A golden marmot	A resting deer
More gold in the grasses	The green valley
More late summer color	Even more late summer color
The side spur path	More grasses
Butterflies	Clouds and mountains

Keywords: flowers, hurricane hill, summer

08/25/13 - Crespiou Every summer we seem to wait forever before we can make crespiou. Crespiou is a multiple layered omelet, each layer made with two eggs and a choice of farmers' market fresh vegetables. It really isn't worth making unless we can get enough variety to make at least four layers, but this year we made five. Yeah, some of the pictures are arty, but then, this is dish is a real work of art.	Heirloom zucchini & Cherokee Purple tomato
Pine nuts & basil in olive oil	Pan fried potatoes
Zucchini & onions with thyme	Green beans with herbs
Red peppers & anchovies	Potatoes & purple onions
Tomatoes, pine nuts & basil	Zucchini & onions
Green beans with garlic	Crespiou

Keywords: food, summer

07/11/13 - Klahane Ridge - To The Top We made it to the top of Klahane Ridge the other day. As usual, it was a serious hike, but we pushed ourselves onward and made it to the ridge. The view north was cloudy, but the view south was spectacular. We rested a bit, and while we sat, we could watch the clouds to the north getting thicker and thicker. We rested longer, and then the clouds thinned and parted giving us a fairly good view north. The lower reaches of the trail are lined with lupines, larkspur, paintbrush, turk's cap lilies and a host of others. The upper reaches are scented by patches of phlox. The middle range of the trail has yet to blossom, and the trailsides lined with green. We'll have to climb again and see how the alpine summer progresses.	Imagine our disappointment. This was the view north.
Luckily the south view was fairly good.	Snow patches and lifting clouds
Mount Angeles	Phlox
Fields of phlox scenting the air.	The crags
A very green trail with flowers to come	Snow melting and feeding a stream
Flowers	and more flowers

Keywords: flowers, klahane ridge, summer, trails

09/17/12 - Klahane Ridge and Beyond Whenever we climb up to Klahane Ridge and find ourselves with a tiny bit of strength in reserve, we like to continue our climb another ten or fifteen minutes exploring a particularly beautiful area that one hiker we met called the "kick in the ass". The views are amazing from the ridge with Port Angeles, Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands and the Cascades all visible to the north, and the full glory of the Olympic Mountains visible to the south. In fact, it can be a bit overwhelming. That's one of the charms of heading on and climbing another 100 or 150 feet. The trail heads across the usual sloping alpine field until you get the rocks, the gateway to a series of rooms, each with its own carpet of ground cover and its own arrangement of rocks and wind twisted, stunted trees as furniture. We think of them as rooms, though often the walls are transparent, presenting fabulous views north and south, but framed by the presence of the space. We almost always explore the first few great hallways, but sometimes we continue until the trail starts its descent to Lake Angeles in earnest and then turn around. If you ever do make it up to Klahane Ridge and find yourself with a tiny bit of strength in reserve, walk on a bit and see something very special.	A typical view from the ridge
The view north and east, and a bit of snow remaining	The Olympic Mountains
One of the magnificent carpets	Late lupines
Another room dominated by a great stone	One of the portals
Another view, another carpet	Alpine summer
More of everything	Mysterious stones

Keywords: klahane ridge, summer

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