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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Signs and Fences at Dungeness Wildlife Refuge ~ Washington



Dungeness Spit, Puget Sound,Washington.
The mountains in the background are the Olympic Mountains.
Picture from marlimiller.com

This picture was taken by the Washington State Department of Ecology

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is located along the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, Washington. President Woodrow Wilson established the Refuge on January 20, 1915 by Executive Order as a refuge, preserve, and breeding ground for native birds. Eelgrass beds and tide flats teem with migrating shorebirds in spring and fall; flocks of waterfowl find food and rest in these protected waters during the winter; eel grass beds also provide a nursery for young salmon and steelhead. The Refuge currently consists of 636 acres, including a sand spit, second-class tidelands and bay, and a small forested upland area. Dungeness NWR boasts one of the world's longest natural sand spits, which softens the rough sea waves to form a quiet bay and harbor, gravel beaches, and tide flats. Dungeness Spit is one of only a few such geological formations in the world which was formed during the Vashon Glacial era ten to twenty thousand years ago.









I just LOVE this picture of my son and his wife with Ben and Pilot.

Ridge in his snazzy sunglasses taking a rest.

The one family photo I got on the trip. Love those coordinated green sneakers and green shoe strings on Ben and the red curly hair on Thomas.

Thomas loves to have his photo taken. I really like it when 
I catch the grandchildren off guard from the side or the back when they are not posing.

 Bud looks a lot happier here than he did in the shot I posted the other day. Of course, he has on his favorite purple jacket and is shooting with his new Canon PowerShot D20.  I was talking about it in one of my last posts. Here you can see the size of it. FYI...Canon is now making them in a lemon yellow, and I am asking Santa for one.

This post is linked with Lesley's Signs 2, and Jan and Jer's Friday Fences.
Ge sure to visit both blogs to see lots of fun and interesting pictures.


20 comments:

  1. love the fences and the family portraits. so cute. the spit is cool.

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  2. Great photos! Love the fences and the pictures of your family. That little red head is just the cutest.
    Out there somewhere on that sand spit is a lighthouse. My cousin and I were there a few years ago. We wanted to walk out to the lighthouse but it was just too far so us oldies.

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  3. the curved sandbar is amazing! lovely family photos--love your photo of Thomas, cute curls!:p

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  4. Looks like a wonderful place to visit! I've only been up that way once and dearly want to return.

    P.S. You have a lovely family!

    My SIGN.

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  5. Some warm and fuzzy family photos happening here! And that dark red mop of girls is really something! Love the views along the way and the sign's place name "Spit" is quite unusual!

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  6. What gorgeous scenery! The first photo is spectacular! It looks like everyone is having a great time!

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  7. What beautiful scenery! I'd love to walk this trail someday. :)

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  8. Looking at the terrain on the other side of the fence in that one shot I'd definitely refrain from crossing over.
    Lovely family shot!
    I like the shot of Bud. I don't think I've seen him with that much expression on his face before. Nice jacket too!

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  9. awesome views. great family photo. maybe for christmas cards?!! (:

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  10. Very important fences, beautiful scenery, and some happy family faces! Great post!

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  11. Interesting collection! My favourite is the 9th down - with wooden fence posts next to the overgrown track.

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  12. Lovely scenery! Great to spend time there with your family.

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  13. such a great place to share with loved ones. Lovely family and place. :)

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  14. wow genie, what a beautiful place and i love all your family shots!

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  15. What a great place for a family outing! Great pics

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  16. Looks like the really cool place... Great family memory pics, too! =)

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  17. That looks like a wonderful place to visit. Great family photos!

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  18. Love this series -- gosh you have a lovely family. And I enjoy your seeing places where I've been (but don't have such good pictures of).

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