Sunday, February 8, 2015

Day tripping.


Well, it has been a while since my co-pilot was able to join me on a short drive. I have done a few trips without Donna... but it's just not the same without her company sitting next to me. 


We didn't travel more than 10 miles from the motorhome, not knowing how well Donna would tolerate the car, sort of a test run for the patient. 


North Bend has an elk herd population with between 400 and 600 animals to its name, so I thought we might get a glimpse of them. I miss my buddies at home (deer) so much, this should of been been a quick fix for me.


The only animals we saw were these bovines following a truck because it was dropping piles of alfalfa. "FEED ME SEYMOUR, FEED ME"! (ten points if you know this reference)


Being that we needed to keep our trip close to the RV park, North Bend was a logical spot to explore...only problem was without the elk, the cafe was it. Kind of limited so I took two photos of the "famous" landmark just to fill space.😃
The cafe is known for its cherry pie and "damn fine cup of coffee", neither of which we sampled.


Apparently the cafe was a famous backdrop for a TV show called "Twin Peaks". The show was never on my radar but if you google North Bend you'll see they are very proud of their landmark.


 Issaquah, Snoqualmie and Fall City have many trails or bike paths and North Bend is no exception. This old railroad bridge and tracks that spanned the Snoqualmie River were turned into one of the exercise trails.


The West Fork of the Snoqualmie River was running high but nearly twice this flow three days ago.


The 100 plus inches of rain per year and heavy, dark forests, allow moss and fungus a good hold on life.


There is so much standing water along the sides of the road because the ground just won't hold anymore. I guess even here in the Northwest there are limits to how much, or how fast rain can fall, before rivers overtake their banks and the ground gets  saturated. Just think of how varied the active environmental growth is in each of these puddles, must be millions of unknown organisms in there. 

So much for our first outing, I hope there are many more in the future.






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