A Crisp Fall Day in Snoqualmie - October 2008

Today we decided to take a 3 1/2 mile hike on the Whitaker Trail that starts right behind our house.
Today this trail featured ferns galore! They were beautiful! So green!!
Here we are looking down a mountain side and there are ferns all the way to the bottom.

The leaves are falling on the trail.


A touch of color shows through the dense forest.

Hundreds of small ferns are growing on a tree trunk.

(hint! enlarge this photo and you can really see the ferns!)

So picturesque!

They almost look like plastic!!

Nearing the other end of the trail the Douglas Firs tower.

Mossy trees with the Halloween look!!!

When we left the trail we headed back toward our house via the street.

We don't have color like the Midwest but an occasional oak tree helps!!

What a great hike!!

We are lucky to have this beauty in our back yard!!