Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

No one could have predicted…

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

In after Baud. Damn.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

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On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

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Today, pictures from valued commenter Mike in Oly.

Up in the mountains above Hoodsport, WA, there’s a small part of the Olympic National Park called Staircase. A set of trails along the Skokomish river that are very popular, as they are easy to navigate, not too long a hike, and full of gorgeous scenery. It is a place I love to take visitors to give them a taste of the rainforests of WA, and also like to go just for my own enjoyment. Here are a few photos of my day hike there last fall to see the foliage. It did not disappoint.

Staircase, Olympic National Park, WA

Looking up the river, past massive boulders covered in moss. Lots of rapids thru this section.

Our native vine maples can be very colorful.

Staircase, Olympic National Park, WA

Lots of towering trees along the trail to marvel at.

Staircase, Olympic National Park, WA

Big leaf maples compete with the Douglas firs to see who can grow taller.

Staircase, Olympic National Park, WA

Side creeks come rushing in to join the main river in it’s race to the Salish Sea.

 

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    WaterGirl

    OT. Paging JefferyW, paging JefferyW, please come to the courtesy phone. We need an image for the FOOD section on the View by Topic page. Wondering if you would be willing to send me a few of your food pron photos so we can select one for that spot on the bingo card? (BJfestivus at that google mail place)

    If you’re not interested, let me know and I’ll pursue other options. thanks WG

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    Jerzy Russian

    We went camping up there about a dozen years ago. Unfortunately for us, it happened to be during a heat wave. As I recall, Seattle recorded its highest temperature ever (around 104 F) a day before we broke camp. Nice scenery, but the elevation was not nearly high enough to provide any relief from the heat.

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    Mart

    We hiked through several parks in WA with one of the daughters boyfriends who knew his way around from working in them. It was spring break and it mostly drizzled with a little light snow. Every now and then the sun would show up. The scenery was spectacular and other worldly. A sci-fi movie set. He told us one of the two temperate rain forests in the world, the other in New Zealand. Thanks for the pics bringing back the memories.

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    susanna

    Well, this makes me want to weep for no longer living in the NW. That raging creek with (in my mind) sounds is spectacularly lovely and would be a welcome ‘refuge of release’ during the coming 18 months.

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