Gorgeous sunset from Mt Tabor park. Lots of big, downed trees on the north and east side of the park from our ARCTIC WINDS three weeks ago. But honestly the damage wasn’t quite as bad as I feared. I guess the historic shelter took a pretty good hit but that part of the park was cordoned off.
I was intrigued so I looked up the average high and low temperatures across WA for August of 1899. Olga's average low of 45F is pretty impressive as it's about 4 degrees colder than anything we've seen in the last 50 years. The fact it's so much colder than every other location on the west side does make me wonder if there was an error with the thermometer at that time or maybe it was just incredible cold winds blowing off the straight.
The Seattle average high for the month was almost 10 d
We did the needles district in canyonlands yesterday and absolutely loved it. We made a last minute decision to go to Mesa Verde National park in SW Colorado on the way to the Grand Canyon and we were blown away by how cool it was! We even got to see a young bear strolling around. Just got to the Grand Canyon about an hour ago. Full day here tomorrow then we’re coming back home.
56/45 IMBY today. All I know is that my parents are glad that they are missing the cool and rainy weather but I’m hoping I can come back to some cool and rainy weather on the 26th after being in 90 degree humid weather for an entire week.
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