Early summer 2020 A few shorter trips
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Swimming at Phantom Lake. | | At the Satsop nuclear power plant (which was never finished). Interesting structures. |
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| | Klalock lodge area, on the Olympic Penninsula |
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| | The kids competed to stack as many rocks as possible. These rocks were about as good as you could get, for that task. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2020/07-29-2020-olympicpeninsula/gallery_img_20200730_122704.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2020/07-29-2020-olympicpeninsula/gallery_img_20200730_133257.jpg) | At the Forks visitor center. Huge heavy-duty picnic tables, made in a prison nearby. | | Fires at nearby Crescent Lake |
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| ![](/Pictures/2020/07-31-2020/gallery_img_20200731_170805.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2020/08-02-2020/gallery_img_20200802_101621.jpg) | Plenty of raspberries in the back yard. These are creeping raspberries, though, which aren't as tasty as regular raspberries. | | A kayak trip with friends, from Des Moines to Vashon Island. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2020/08-09-2020/gallery_img_20200809_174013.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2020/08-12-2020/gallery_img_20200812_161726.jpg) | My homemade backpacking chair. It worked well, and was pretty comfortable. | | My first solo backpacking trip, to Mirror Lake. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2020/08-12-2020/gallery_img_20200812_165209.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2020/08-12-2020/gallery_img_20200812_164237.jpg) | I saw quite a few old blazes on trees. You notice a lot more, when you're not with other people | | Picked huckleberries into a little leaf cup |
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| ![](/Pictures/2020/08-20-2020/gallery_img_20200820_090508.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2020/08-23-2020/gallery_img_20200823_142813.jpg) | Poo-poo point with Jean | | Biking on Soos Creek trail |
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