Green

Green

We saw so much beauty and variety on our trip from Seattle to Alaska, but the predominant color was most definitely green.

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Yes, I know I should label all the pictures with the specific locations where they were taken. Maybe next time I take a trip, I’ll take better notes to accompany the photos.  Or, even better, I’ll have a camera that records GPS coordinates in the photo’s metadata. I’m all for technology that allows me to be even more lazy.


Posh digs for a beaver

This is where the wealthy, well-to-do beavers live.

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On our drive through Canada, we’ve encountered countless beaver dams and lodges, but this area covered acres of stepped dams with lodges back farther away from the road.

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These little lakes created by the beavers were surrounded by babbling brooks, mosses, and wildflowers.

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As it was, I spent quite a while traipsing around their back yard, and invading their privacy

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I would have stayed longer, but mom and the baby were waiting (besides, I was wearing flip-flops and shorts – and walking through an area where all the little trees and bushes were sawed off by the beavers at ankle height)

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