Its like a house of mirrors that just seems to go on and on and on and on. Welcome to Deception Pass. And one of a set of bridges that gets you across it. We didn’t get here quite as early as I had hoped we would. First thing in the morning is one of the most magical times to see the pass as the morning mists hang over the water and hills. |
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Holy Bat Monsters Robin! That’s the biggest fish I’ve ever seen! Doesn’t this thing go any faster? I think he’s gaining on us. |
Have crack or crevice, will grow. Stony mountainside? Not a problem. If there’s the tiniest fissure, green will happen. |
Tiny lichens hanging on the branch. Tiny lichens grabbing any line to cling to. |
And when you find that the forest floor is too populated for your liking, you can always take root on the side of the trail. The added benefit of this is to create worry of crushing by the hikers that walk alongside. |
For those that need to know if they really want to take on a hike of a certain magnitude. One is, after all, a daunting .7 miles distance. Of course, what they don’t tell you on these signs is the elevation gain and drop on any of these. So, the .1 mile could potentially be .1 of cliff climbing. |
Can’t you just close your eyes and imagine those roots reaching up and wrapping around your ankles to drag you screaming into a gaping maw of earth before closing in over your head?? |
It just looks more ancient when you strip the colors, doesn’t it? |
There really, really needs to be a swing from the center of this!!! That would be an E-Ticket ride if ever there was one!!! |
And it looks much the same after a trip backward in time. |
And way off in the distance, you can see the prodigal son. Looks like he is trying to figure out some fancy setting on his camera to show his mother up. But, he is missing the gaping maw before me, which no fancy setting is a match for! |
And there is even a treasure hidden deep in its depths. They may look like simple beach stones to the average person, but they are really coins dating back to the caveman days and still used by our local Sasquatch communities. They have found that the exchange value isn’t quite as good as they like when trading with the locals though. |
Bout all you can say about this little plant is Oooooh, Ahhhh!!! Pretty!!! |
One more time – Ooooh!!! Ahhhhh!!! Pretty!!! |
Filters are fun to play with! |
They’re even pretty in shades of gray! Ooooh! Ahhh! |
Gotta love those determined cliff clinging trees! Its nature’s way of showing off and letting you know She can put her trees anywhere and they will be fine. |
As it rises from beneath the rocky shores of the island, reaching out its green mandibles for unsuspecting bare toe blood sport! |
He’s just a shell of his former self. |
Okay, now if this doesn’t look like something from a scene in Dune, I don’t know what does. |
For those who are wondering where it is the flower fairies hide when the humans are around, they have these little clifftop retreats. This also explains the tiny acorns that get dropped on your head even though there is no wind nor oak trees around. |
What luck! It seems we have the fortune of being witnesses to the ever elusive dance of the wood nymph! |
And they are known for dancing to full exhaustion. |
Cute little guy, isn’t he? |
And the nurse tree that had the boy so fascinated. Next time, I’ll have to take him to one of the old growth trails. |
Blends quite well with the natural wildlife, doesn’t he? |
Peek-A-Boo! |
Breathtaking, isn’t it? |
Pretty little flowers, all on a vine. Pretty little fan leaves, following close behind. |
That quite a long way down!! |
Wild roses!!! Pre-thorn era. |
Now you didn’t think you’d get through one of my wanders without a shot of something dead or decaying, did you? |
Its a miniature little land within the great above. |
Rollin, rollin, rolling down the river!! |
And this was where I learned that my son has issues with heights. Now, I am sure I never dangled him out of a window, so I am innocent for implanting that fear in his mind. But wait! He flies all over the country. He doesn’t have an issue with that? Well, that could be because it brings back fond memories of his first plane trip where he threw his tray of food all over the stewardess. Yes, there was a time where they did feed people full meals on flights and not just in first class. |
And yes! The water REALLY is that color! |
Its one of those linear things again. But, it does gt you to the other side! |