Mid-Summer Eve

We went to Sunnyside last night.  After all, the Mariners were losing again, so we felt no need to endure the pain. 

Along Sunnyside Road, we saw joggers and swimmers.  

We also took some time to drive through the aftermath of last year's brutal wind storm which decimated Sunnyside Park. 

There's progress at the clean-up, but it will probably be a couple of lifetimes before the place ever returns to serene beauty which gave it such unique, endearing character.  

We saw some deer playing among the blow-down.  Roger, a longtime Sunnyside resident, was coming back from swimming when he stopped to chat while I was snapping photos of the local deer. 

Then, it was on to Hawkins Point and a stroll out on the dock.  The sun was hitting the hillsides, giving them a warm hue.  

Glad it was not too warm on those mountains. So far, we've been lucky with forest fires. Hope it stays that way. 

Then, we moved on around the loop which comes out on HWY 200.  While driving back home on Jacobson Road, we saw deer aplenty and a big herd of elk.  

A bittersweet irony of this long hot, dry summer:  the elk and deer are eating away at oat fields while cattle across the road can only watch, as they have eaten down nearly every spear of their summer grass.  

Seems like a good time to be a wild animal where you can munch your lunch wherever you choose while the domestics can only watch. 

Back home, it was nearly dark and a big moon was rising in the eastern sky.  

Twas a nice mid-summer eve outing.  I'm sure there will be more over the next few days as the temps once again soar to triple digits. 

Happy Friday.