Notices by Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)

Not everything was perfect. We weren't able to see the reflection of Mount Rainier in the Reflection Lakes, and we had to cross this terrifying bridge to get to Carter Falls. 😂

#RoadTrip

Our last day at Mt. Rainier National Park so we took a more challenging (for us!) hike up to Rampart Ridge. 4.6 miles with an elevation gain of 1339 feet. They have some very big trees in this part of the world. Our favorite things to come across was two trees of different species growing as one.
Today we return east. Our kitties at least will be glad!

#RoadTrip #ThickTrunkTuesday

Mt. Rainier National Park treated us with waterfalls and glimpses of Mount Rainier itself.

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Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge was a very special place. It had been close to too hot in Seattle, but the wind off the Pacific was pretty chilly.

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Arrived. Waiting on a bright sunny day for a shuttle to the car rental place. We have lots of company!

At Logan waiting to fly to Seattle. The plan is to get out of town and to Olympic National Park ASAP. We will stop at a grocery store and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the way, though.
https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/dungeness

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Yesterday at Olympic National Park took us to the Hoh Rain Forest, featuring massive trees and lots of mosses and ferns in old growth forest, and then Ruby Beach with its sea stacks and ferocious Pacific Ocean waves.

Edit to add hashtags. Got excited and hit post because my breakfast was just delivered 😂

#RoadTrip #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #WildStones

At the Salmon House Restaurant on Lake Quinault ordering salmon. I think we're obligated to if we come to this part of the world. Happy to oblige.

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Yesterday's amusing moment: After hours deep in the park with no cell signal, my phone suddenly pinged that I had a text as we reached Hurricane Ridge. "Welcome to Canada!" my cell provider was telling me. What? ! ?
It apparently just caught a whisper of a signal from across the Salish Sea LOL

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Yesterday was spent tramping around Olympic National Park. Waterfalls! Mountains! And so much moss, ferns, giant trees, and wildflowers.

#RoadTrip #mosstodon #ferns

We took some rainy walks around Lake Quinault, and a quick walk on the beach at the Seashore Conservation Area State Park. Now heading inland to visit Mt. Rainier. Olympic National Park was really amazing - what an incredible privilege to able to see it in person.

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Massachusetts is looking for 4 (four!) IT Accessibility Officers. Boston/hybrid.

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Very Scientific Conversions, part 1:
1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon

Roses are red.
Well, some are yellow.
Or pink or white.
Sometimes even multiple colors!
Such diversity!
They all smell heavenly - such equality!
So just to be inclusive, sending you sweet Valentine wishes - may you find beauty in your life to feed your soul!

@futurebird They make me feel very queasy. No, I didn't find it "so cute" at all.

@futurebird Not all baby birds have gray down. Red-tailed Hawk hatchlings are pure white, for instance, and are cuter than heck. They get a little dowdy-looking as the contour and flight feathers come in.

@futurebird Here's a picture of 2 in a nest, probably only a day or two old. You can see part of a parent's huge brown-feathered body on the right.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-2.20.37-PM-1280x804.png
Edit: meant to say, this is a screenshot from Cornell's Lab of Ornithology Hawk Cam.

@Gargron Thank you. This is so lovely.

It was an unseasonably warm day and the sun came out, too. If it's warm, it's wet this time of year, usually.
There were half a dozen sparrows sitting on the lilac bush that pops over the fence from the neighbor's. They were all fluffed up, shaking their wings and twitching their tails in the sun and generally being very cute, even if it seemed a bit odd. And then I noticed water splashes all over the fence and on the ground by the bird bath. I had apparently just missed a very joyful bath time.

@Gargron Where can we find out what our label means? For instance, I'm "social butterfly" but I have no idea what that means.