While most folks in Seattle were crammed into a mega-noisy football stadium or planted in front of television sets Saturday to watch the Seahawks playoff game, my friend Neil and I traveled to Central Washington for what we called a "Seahawks Avoidance Hike." Not that we have anything against football, mind you…we'd simply rather go hiking.
Swakane Peak in the desert country near Wenatchee was the venue we chose for our own particular sport. And, though the day turned out to be foggy and far-off views were limited, there were awesome and amazing things to see up close that necessitated MANY photo stops. In particular, the frost and ice that had formed on ponderosa pine needles and desert sage was REALLY something.
So many visual possibilities presented themselves on that hike that now, as I try to decide what to post here, I simply can't make a professional, "tight edit" of the day's images.
Perhaps, rather than heading for the hills Saturday, I should have stayed home and watched football. Then I wouldn't have this "problem" of having to pick favorites from too many pleasing pictures.
