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| Whatcom Falls this morning |
When I woke at 3:00am to the sound of serious wind and rain, I was not optimistic about our chances of a nice walk in Whatcom Falls Park with the ladies this morning. By the time I left the apartment, the rain and wind had lessened and nothing much showed up on the radar. But after last week when I wasn't prepared for the rain, I grabbed all my gear and headed out to our meeting place. The skies were dark and forbidding as I drove east.
But it was simply beautiful! As you can see from the above picture, there was plenty of sunshine on all of our shoulders, as well as a fine spray from the roaring falls. It was a lovely walk, and we even had a (gasp!) man in our midst.
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| On our return trip |
This walk takes us up more than a hundred stairs, the hardest part of the five-mile jaunt through the park, but the weather just kept getting nicer and nicer as we walked. Our man Ray has now joined us three or four times with his wife Amy, and I do hope he continues so I can label us "the walkers" rather than "the ladies." Now I'm going to have lunch and then spend some of this sunshine out in my garden, which is woefully behind many of the other plots in terms of getting ready for spring!
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Such a beautiful time of year, with no pesky insects either! Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the nice weather. We have rain and wind today so I'm staying on the couch, reading and writing.
ReplyDeleteWater falls? Jealous thoughts. Stairs? No jealous thoughts - but a lot of awe.
ReplyDeleteThe sun shines on you once again. That waterfall is beautiful with so much water flowing over the rocks.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I would enjoy the walk - except the stairs part.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have extremely variable weather. Is it because of mountains and how the wind is funneled in between them.
ReplyDeleteYes it was a beautiful morning here too! Nice to have a group of great people to enjoy it with.
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed a very lovely walk. You have so many gorgeous places to walk and so many wonderful friends to do it with.
ReplyDeleteSo you took your rain gear and it did not rain. Last time, you did not take it and it did rain. I guess the lesson here is that you do take your rain gear to ensure splendid weather.
ReplyDeleteJust like a girl scout always prepared! That man gasp...made me smile hopefully he keeps on coming to be part of the walkers:)
ReplyDeleteSince you usually have great luck when you do take you gear,it seems like taking it is a must.
ReplyDeleteThat lone male is no fool. He is surrounded by ladies--a guy's dream and with his wife's permission yet.
Your weather luck continues!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a marvelous day. :)
brave fellow. :)
ReplyDeleteMore than a hundred stairs?! Well done to you all! I'm glad the weather played nice for you all. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like it turned into a perfect walk. Your garden is workable? Our ground is still frozen.. but soon! Gorgeous photos as always. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember climbing Diamondhead on the island of Oahu with all the steps...99 if I remember correctly. And the humidity was just unbearable. What a trek.
I think if it had rained, we would see you out on the trail. Sounds like a hardy walk. The weather is up and down here, keeps hopping back to winter, spring and summer? But I think spring will win out in about two weeks. ha,ha
ReplyDeleteTakes me back...I used to live a couple of blocks away from Whatcom Falls Park and have good memories of walking our dogs there. Nice photos!
ReplyDeleteA walk in the Park. One of my most favorite things...:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and glad the weather cooperated!
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