After I got home from work - I actually had to head in to the office - I decided to take advantage of the intermittent sun, and take flame up to Olalie State park, to see what the snow situation was like there...

There wasn't a lot of snow, but I had a good time getting there, anyway.

Its a relatively short drive to the park from where we live... but it's still fun to drive the old Jeep... its slowly coming along, and will soon be "well enough" to drive a lot more often.

The scenery on the road the park is on is pretty nice!

Situated on a river, at the outlet of a small generation station the park isn't very large, but its a nice place for scenery.

An old bridge marks where the route down from the Pass used to go... its still open to road traffic, although its days of being an important route down out of the mountains is long passed.

An old railroad bridge spans the same stream, although a bit farther up the slope.  It, too, is a relic of the past... that portion of the line was moved when the new Snoqualmie Tunnel was dug, making train traffic MUCH safer through to Eastern Washington.

 
After a few photos, I jumped back in Flame, and drove back home... I stopped for a bit to take a quick picture of the Snoqualmie... The view from the bridge over the river is pretty nice!

Have I mentioned that I REALLY like living where I do??? Its easy to "get away", without having to drive very far to do it!

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