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You just need to get used to light rain all the time, right? PNW is a beautiful place, so I hope you get to enjoy the outside more.I love hiking too and spent most of my younger days in the outdoors. Since moving to Seattle I've kind of lost my motivation to get out and do it much. Most of the people I know don't really do too much in the outdoors. It's a weird set of people out here in Seattle fellas, I wouldn't recommend moving to the place. But anyways, here's my Twosun TS195 on a hike exploring a section of the Green River.
Thank you sir. I'm actually from just 4 hours south where it rains the same amount. It's actually the collective way people act in Seattle that's strange. Seattleites call it "The Seattle Freeze" where people don't really interact very much when seeing people they don't know and tend to just stay inside and stick to themselves. Anyway, I don't know, it's just something I noticed as soon as I got here and then found out that there's a word for it, kind of a weird phenomenon.
I love hiking too and spent most of my younger days in the outdoors. Since moving to Seattle I've kind of lost my motivation to get out and do it much. Most of the people I know don't really do too much in the outdoors. It's a weird set of people out here in Seattle fellas, I wouldn't recommend moving to the place. But anyways, here's my Twosun TS195 on a hike exploring a section of the Green River.
Honestly in the summer it barely rains at all, and there are long summer days when it stays light past 9PM. That's contrasted though with dark just after 4 in the winters, with the rain and clouds that the area is renown for. And it does take a serious mental toll, on me at least. But yes, even then it is typically a light rain. In fact, I honestly often miss the powerful thunderstorms I am accustomed to from back home. Who would've thought I would move from Florida to Seattle, and miss the rain in Florida
Many thanks my friend! As always though, I really have to give most of the credit to nature.Knives&Lint,
You take some of the most amazing photographs
Wow, these images hit kinda hard in the winter. Makes you want to make the most of next summer.Here's one of our absolute favorites, Lake Colchuck, in an area aptly referred to as "The Enchantments". The hike up to the lake which sits around 5,600ft is around 10 miles, but it's part of a larger trail that I would love to backpack through one day. Unfortunately overnight passes are strictly regulated and only given out on a lottery basis. Add the fact that this spot is a 3 hour drive from my house, and between 6 hours of driving and that much hiking up a trail that is rated as difficult, and it makes for quite the exhausting day. Totally worth every bit of it though. Next year I think I'm gonna at least try to car camp near the trailhead, and that way I might have the time to hike up that pass "Aasgard Pass" you can see to the left of the mountain. That part alone will take some hours though. The pictures here really don't do the scale of this place justice, in person the mountain is looming above and dominating the landscape.
Absolutely! I had a busy summer this year, and even missed all of August back home preparing a property for sale. I made up for it with a vengeance though in Sept and even October since the weather stayed good. I'm already planning to head back to FL for the entirety of February this year for a respite from the winter weather. Won't be much for hiking, but probably some camping and definitely plenty of kayaking. That's my hope in the future when the kids are on their own, back there paddling Canaveral during the fairly warm winters, and hiking the PNW in the long summer days. That or die trying, which is a life worth living either way.Wow, these images hit kinda hard in the winter. Makes you want to make the most of next summer.
Haha, that's funny about missing the rains in FloridaYea, I'm in West Seattle for five years now, and it seems most people are either obsessed with the outdoors like I am, or don't enjoy it at all. It's a shame though because North Bend and many amazing hikes are within an hour's drive. Also, I've noticed that although West Seattle is just across the sound, there's a vastly different vibe than in the rest of the city. It almost has a beach-town feeling reminiscent of my home town, and the people don't really act as much like (for the lack of a better word) "city folk". We're going to be here at least until my youngest graduate in June, but when we move I'm really trying to find a place more out in the woods where I feel more at home.
Honestly in the summer it barely rains at all, and there are long summer days when it stays light past 9PM. That's contrasted though with dark just after 4 in the winters, with the rain and clouds that the area is renown for. And it does take a serious mental toll, on me at least. But yes, even then it is typically a light rain. In fact, I honestly often miss the powerful thunderstorms I am accustomed to from back home. Who would've thought I would move from Florida to Seattle, and miss the rain in Florida
. Yeah I know what you mean about the vibe in West Seattle, it is really nice over there and reminds me of the beach towns I camp at sometimes like Camp Dissappointment, Long beach, Seaside, Lincoln City and the like. Maybe I need to come over that way more. I spend most of my time in downtown Seattle because I drive through there all day bringing electrical equipment to electricians on their jobsites, and you know how it looks downtown around there. It's enough to bring down the spirits of the strongest man. 
Ah, great thread, and a much needed pick-me-up for me right about now! These short dreary PNW winter days really take their toll on this native Florida boy. The summers are glorious however, and I take full advantage. I try to get out at least 2-3 times a week from as soon as things start to thaw in elevation in the spring (and even a bit before), right up until it gets too cold for me to stand it(and even a bit after). Mostly day hikes so far, typically ranging somewhere around 8-14 miles. My favorite destinations are alpine lakes, but I do a fair amount of peaks and viewpoints as well, and some hikes with both.
Here's a spot called Crystal Lakes, out near Mt. Rainier. This was one of my last hikes of the season, one I actually hit twice in subsequent weeks, because a week after I went my son had a free day off of school and he had never been there (for the most part I only go on weekdays). I'll post up some more soon.
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