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Thursday, June 9, 2011

arboretum

 

When I set Wednesday as a hiking day earlier in the week, the weather forecast had been for good weather, but by Wednesday, that was but a dream.  But I still wanted to get out and walk for a couple of hours so I headed down to the arboretum in Seattle, which makes for a very easy hike.  No back pack, no hiking boots, no lugging water and food.  Just me and my camera.

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Across from the Japanese tea garden, they have put in four new areas featuring the plants of Washington, Chile, and a couple of other areas whose names  I forget.

The Washington connections has a nice shelter and interpretive center which became very interesting to me when it began to rain. They’ve got a lot of signs up which identify the plants I see when I’m hiking.

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The Rhododendrons and azaleas are past their prime, but still enjoyable.  There are some really, really big Rhododendrons here. They are over thirty feet tall.

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There are enough trails, official and unofficial,  to keep you wandering back and forth for hours. I know, I did it and still didn’t cover all of them.  There are lots of glens, hidden ponds

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and surprises around every corner.

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There were acres and acres of yellow flowers, just like the ones I’ve been pulling from our flower beds the last three days.  They look very impressive when they cover a two acre meadow. Perhaps I should have left them and just dreamt bigger dreams.

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So if it is sunny and you would like to go for a two hour walk near the fine coffee shops and restaurants of Madison Park, head over to the Washington Park Arboretum.

Many many more pictures of the arboretum

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