On Cougar Mountain

Sometimes you just have to get away from the hustle and bustle of a commercial neighborhood district in transition.

Stella and I nursed our grief over the final closure of the Red Apple this past weekend with a hike to Far Country Falls, seen here at full throttle--the effect of last week's flooding throughout western Washington.

A wash-out on the trail.

The water was over the bridge at Steam Hoist Trail earlier in the week, according to a fellow hiker.

A surging Coal Creek.