Great Kayaking in Issaquah!
After happening across this video on youtube I decided to go for a paddle up Issaquah Creek! It's a beautiful and relatively unknown paddle that flows into Lake Sammamish, near Lake Sammamish State Park. Look for my own video and write up to come!
Seattle Times Summer Guide!
The Seattle Times Summer Guide is out! Check out this link: Seattle Time's Summer Guide to see for yourself. I love finding out about all of the free concerts, events and shows. This is also a good place to find out about great places to visit! Thanks to the Seattle Times!
Discovery Park, Seattle - Kayaking
I've been thinking a lot about Discovery Park recently after I brought a camera sans the memory card on my last excursion. I WILL make it back there soon and provide y'all with some beautiful photos and videos but for now you'll just need to appreciate this!
The guy who made this video has kayaked almost anywhere you can imagine in the Seattle/Puget Sound area and he makes videos for each place he visits. Check out his youtube channel HERE and tell him Epic Seattle sent you! We could all use a few more views and his videos are really quite helpful in deciding whether a place is worth visiting or just kind of blahhhh...Peace and Love. It's almost spring and time to dust off the 'ol yak. I wonder if you need to be a good kayaker before you can start saying "yak"?
This is not Epic Seattle Condos...
I've noticed some web traffic recently coming over from craigslist condo postings and other real estate posting sites. It appears that some ads include the web address epicseattle.com. I appreciate the extra traffic coming to the site, and apologize that I can't be more helpful in your Seattle condo hunt. Although, if you're trying to decide where to buy, I recommend this Seattle neighborhood guide that I read recently: http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2010/dec/17/almost-certainly-worlds-most-comprehensive-seattle/
Discovery Park, Seattle
I had a chance to go to this park on Wednesday but when I arrived I realized I didn't have my memory card for my camera. I will go back soon and take some photos and video but for now you'll just have to check out this video by youtube user: erichecht. This is the largest park in the Seattle area and has some nice scenery and wildlife. It is a great place for a short hike or to just hang out at the beach. It has one of the largest beaches and nicest sand in the Seattle area.
Time-Lapse Seattle
This is a nice time-lapse of Seattle done by youtube user: 88edwardo. I'm still working on my time-lapse abilities but hopefully I will create some similar videos soon!
Twin Falls - North Bend, WA
On a cool December day this 3 mile roundtrip hike was the perfect distance for a quick stroll in the woods. There were very few other hikers on the trail, adding to feeling of solitude despite being within earshot of the I-90 at times. This is trail is popular during the summer months where the shade of the trees provides comfortable and cool hiking even on a hot day. This is a state park so a discovery pass is required to park your car at the trailhead (http://discoverpass.wa.gov/).
From Washington Trails Association:
"Twin Falls run year-round for one very good reason: the area around North Bend receives more than 90 inches of rain each year. Seattle--just 35 miles west--gets half that much. The South Fork Snoqualmie River takes that massive amount of rainfall and puts it to use entertaining hikers. The river squeezes into a narrow rocky gorge before tumbling over a very impressive stairstep falls. Then, when the water has been churned into a frothy torrent, it plunges over a 150-foot rock wall, creating the stunning cascade of the Lower Twin Falls.
The first 0.7 mile of the trail pass through moss-laden forest along the shores of the South Fork Snoqualmie River. This flat mile provides kids plenty of opportunity to explore massive old nurse logs (fallen trees that act as nurseries for newly sprouted trees) and other interesting forest formations. Given the bounty of rain, and the lush forest growth, this area feels almost like an Olympic Peninsula rain forest--just without the massive cedars and hemlocks.
After this long, flat run the trail climbs gently up a series of long switchbacks. About 1 mile out, you'll find a short spur trail on the right--this leads to a fantastic overlook of the lower falls, the mighty 150-foot cascade. Back on the main trail, you'll continue to climb another 0.5 mile or so to a bridge that takes you over the river gorge, directly between two of the stairstep falls."
The first 0.7 mile of the trail pass through moss-laden forest along the shores of the South Fork Snoqualmie River. This flat mile provides kids plenty of opportunity to explore massive old nurse logs (fallen trees that act as nurseries for newly sprouted trees) and other interesting forest formations. Given the bounty of rain, and the lush forest growth, this area feels almost like an Olympic Peninsula rain forest--just without the massive cedars and hemlocks.
After this long, flat run the trail climbs gently up a series of long switchbacks. About 1 mile out, you'll find a short spur trail on the right--this leads to a fantastic overlook of the lower falls, the mighty 150-foot cascade. Back on the main trail, you'll continue to climb another 0.5 mile or so to a bridge that takes you over the river gorge, directly between two of the stairstep falls."
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