Packwood Cabins, Wa

 Some ex cabins functioning as storage, across the street from the library. After being scared away from somewhere else we poodled about the side streets of Packwood finding this gem Christian advice and all.

This old house in Packwood

Next to the oldy worldy gas station sits the left over house with deer exploring yard.
Didn't go near as no trespassing signs were all over the place.

Gas Station , Ashford, Wa

As we descended from the heat of Paradise , Mt Rainer we came upon this Gas Station of yore.
It was hot and sunny - we had never faced this issue visiting Rainer, all four previous times we battled cloud cover and just got glimpses.
This whole week it's been out in the bright blue majesty of sky we would have to leave behind as the week ended.
I have seen this gas station before but never stopped. A deer was exploring an abandoned house behind the gas station, it spotted me and I spotted it.

Paler Mill, Packwood

Paler Mill  on the way into Packwood from Randell.
I love it here. The wildlife, the mountain and  the cherry on top is a little bit of abandonment and disrepair.
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at the elk trail  cabin which was most welcoming indeed.
Marmots amused inside the park and snakes birds and bats outside.

Garbage Bins, Mt Rainer

 Garbage Bins near Box Canyon , Mt Rainer National Park. Recycling on Mt Rainer is fantastic considering some urban environs are still not quite fully equipped. big shout out to the person who services these spaces- it usually brings me to tears riding these roads i cant imagine doing it with any amount of load other then the car.
i'd like to be a forest ranger but the roads freak me the hell out - and i am  not sure that would ever change.

Mineral Springs , Longmire

i want to visit a hot spring that i can actually get into, i imagine it being one of the ones that the pink faced monkeys vista with snow on their heads and heat on their bodies.
that is an idyllic picture and always has been for me.
well old "Iron Mike" at Mt rainer is no frolic with monkeys but it is beautiful and i would happily live near it next to it.

Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church- elbe , wa

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