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Mima Mounds State Park. these are a unique group of mounds south of Olympia in a natural prairie in the forest.
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Olympic National Park - our lodge, Kalaloch... Washington State
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Olympic Natl Park - the view from our room in Kalaloch Lodge. We had a very pleasant 3 day visit.
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Olympic Natl Park, Washington State - our lodge at Kalaloch from the tidal pool and beach
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Olympic Natl Park - Kalaloch is one of the 3 temperate rainforests in the park, the only ones south of Canada. We hiked along several trails.
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Olympic Natl Park - driftwood for days in the national park !
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Olympic Natl Park - near our lodge with sea stacks, rainforest, and the wild Pacific.
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Olympic Natl Park - iPhone May 2016 (33)
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Olympic National Park, into the woods ( the rainforest )
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (58)
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Olympic Natl Park, a symbol of spring - the swamp lantern. there were hundreds blooming along the creeks and trails.
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (73) den in the kalaloch rainforest
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (75) in the rainforest
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (77) there is a forest where the hemlocks form these huge boles all over.
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Olympic National Park, walking in the rainforest
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Olympic Natl Park in our lodge at Kalaloch
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Olympic Natl Park, in the lodge at Kalaloch, creatures just offshore where we stayed
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Olympic Natl Park, emblematic lovely Pacific Northwest coast
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Olympic Natl Park wonderful rock and shell collecting all over Washington. we now have so many new ones since moving here.
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Olympic National Park , Washington May 2016 . this island with lighthouse is part of the park. it has the most southerly sea otters except for the central California ones.
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (123) the fir, cedar, and hemlock are giants, 200+ feet high and big around.
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (126) wonderful relic old giant. they live for a thousand years or more.
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (129) as very old as it is, it is still alive !
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (148) Washington has many slugs, including the famous 7-inch yellow banana slug ( not this one )
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (153). hemlocks develop these giant boles in some areas.
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Olympic Natl Park May 2016 (156) the coast
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Millersylvania State Park, Washington
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in the spring, this heather gorse blooms ALL over western Washington. quite lovely.
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Mima Mounds State Park. these mystery mounds are found in natural prairies in the conifer forests.
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there are many theories for why the Mima Mounds are there. I like the gopher explanation.
