Hope springs eternal about the sun shine, but not wanting to drive a long distance just to have my hopes dashed, I went to Rattlesnake Ledge out of North Bend for a hike. The irony of course being that North Bend gets 60 more days of rain a year than Seattle.
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Rattlesnake Ledge is actually three ledges, each about two hundred feet higher than the previous that over look Rattlesnake Lake. The first ledge looks out over Chester Morse Lake, which is the source of Seattle’s water supply. It is a natural lake formed by a glacier moraine that has dammed the valley. If you are a biologist, the fish stock in the lake have been isolated for 13,000 years and have evolved into a unique species, assuming you believe in evolution. Otherwise they were created on October 23, 4004 BC when God created the world and made it look older to test our faith. Chester Morse Lake is off in the distance. Rattlesnake Lake is at the foot of the cliffs. The Cedar River flows north out of the Lake and passes with in two thousand feet of Rattlesnake Lake before veering off to the right towards Maple Valley and its rendezvous with Lake Washington at the Renton Airport. Rattlesnake Lake has no outlets and does not flow into the Cedar, which is probably why it is open to the public and their many dogs.
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The hike is through second growth northwest jungle. All along the trail the plants were sprouting new spring growth. If there is every a war of plants against the animals, the plants are winning it here.
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But it was an enjoyable hike, I didn’t get wet I can identify, moss, lichen, ferns, and dogwood flowers even without by taxonomy book.
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