What a beautiful location! I'm so envious of this wonderful outdoor playspace you have access to :D

I live in Washington state (western Washington loosely) and I must say it is one of the most beautiful places. I can be on the coast looking at the ocean, and within an hour be scraping the sky in the mountains. If I cross the mountains, I can be in the high desert and canyon lands still in state.

The muddy places I took pictures of earlier on in the summer was a bit of tidal mud. (that area becomes more or less off-limits due to early season waterfowl hunting) at the end of summer. So I move to the woods for more muddy fens and woodland swamps.

Ah yes, I have a few friends who live up that way, and it seems amazing! If I can get the money for it someday, perhaps I'll look at land out that way as well. Thanks for sharing the pictures!

It is certainly beautiful territory to travel abouts. I will however warn that dear gosh in heck property prices are outrageous unless you’re way out in the sticks. Our household has been on the prowl for a larger chunk of property that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg + one lung or parts.

If ya see something reasonably priced, check it first against the USGS flood potential map.

Alot of beautiful homes and property just hit the market recently because of the record flooding this area had last year.

Hmmm... looks like a slew. (Definition, a former water course of a river or stream that gets cut off from the main channel.) See plenty of them along the Mississippi and other local rivers. Be careful... some can be quite deep in pockets.

This one is a seasonal stream and we are at the tail end of a drought thus the water-flow being next to nothing, but, rainy season is coming. There is a lake above, and below this watercourse. I can see the resemblance to an oxbow or horse-shoe lake, but there are no local rivers in this vicinity. As for slew's and what they may bring, the deep mud, is actually something that a mud-hunter like myself is often into.

Whenever I'm exploring a new swamp, I do take precautions such as others knowing my wearabouts, a phone, a map, and quite often a life jacket, perhaps even a kayak if I can find a good place to put-in at.

Ah. Just having the image to go by, I could see the hill to the left and what looks to be open area to the right where I thought a stream or river might flow. And nothing beats a good kayak for exploring or just floatin down the river.

Fall is a good time of year.

thank you for this... it's beautiful...

Vix

Wow it's still many green around there! Here is already snow 🥶🥶🥶

We generally don't get snow until late November at the earliest, more often its its later in December and January before we even see a hint of snow. I do live near sea level so that is a factor.