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.
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.
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.
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
and surprises around every corner.
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.
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.
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