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This is the mom. Notice the cryptic coloring on her back and how it mimics the licens on the rocks around her. In the winter she will be pure white to blend in with the snow.
White-tailed Ptarmigan mom
White-tailed Ptarmigan mom
These are the young. We counted five or six of them.
White-tailed Ptarmigan chick
White-tailed Ptarmigan chick
White-tailed Ptarmigan chicks

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This hike, starting at Rainy Pass on Highway 20 is a local favorite.
We did the loop clockwise.
Maple Pass hike
Maple Pass hike
That’s the North Cascades Highway way down below us.
Maple Pass hike
The last of the switchbacks behind us.
Maple Pass hike
On top of the world
Maple Pass hike
Glacier Peak is on the left, shrouded in clouds.
Maple Pass hike
And down the other side
Maple Pass hike
We were up there.
Maple Pass hike
It’s a dog cookie he was crunching.
Maple Pass hike
Just one of the many views of Lake Anne.
Maple Pass hike
Which way now?
Maple Pass hike
Columbine
Maple Pass hike
Maple Pass hike
A parting view of Lake Anne. The high point of our hike is on the top left and then the trail followed the ridge and down on the right.
Maple Pass hike
Maple Pass hike

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We walked in the hills above the Methow with our dogs and friends from near and far one day last week. We saw the early Buttercups – the first wildflowers of the year for me – and explored an abandoned house.
buttercup
Looking west
ken and don and the dogs

The view down valley
mary w
old curtains
old paint
Sagebrush seeds
sagebrush seeds