First up — a critter.
Then some mountains.
Then some sky.
Looks nice, eh?
Well, it was nice.
Top shot. Port Angeles, WA down below.
And more sky.
Meanwhile, back to the southwest, some geology.
It gets pointy and craggy at the top.
But over the ridge it looks softer, but only down lower.
The wind up here was 35 mph (56 kmph)
Didn't we see this before? Anyway, less windy on this side.
My hat blew away, but few of the trees did.
Serious uplift.
I wanted to go over and touch it, but it was too windy — couldn't stand up on the slope.
It's all under snow by now. In fact, this was the very last day before the snow.
Pretty, though.
Looked inviting, but seriously — too steep, windy and cold to navigate.
The mountains do have strong bones, which is why wind blows few of them away.
See these rocks? Maybe the wind blew some of them here.
Very gnarly. A lot of this stuff formed under water (pillow basalt).
Oh-oh. Clouds coming.
Meanwhile, back in the trees, more bending going on.
And stuff was coming.
The void, in case you ever wondered where it hangs out.
Meanwhile, more stuff was coming.
Truly
But after I got back to my car, the first sprays of oncoming rain quit. Then things got sunny the rest of the day.
But by morning there was snow up high.
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