I mean I always say winter is best for hiking. Much better for temperature control than when it's warmer. And snow is awesome, so there's that too.

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The yellows in the background may be Mustard, couldn't get close enough to tell. I have seen plenty of Mustard blooms along the roads this spring though.

This hillside area doesn't seem to have many poppies, even in the areas the Mustard isn't in either. Those are much more common further south.

This looks like mustard to me, which is an invasive species that has been choking out the California poppy.

I hope it's not.

It's no secret anymore, California gets that special S-word in the spring after a wet winter (preceded by so many drought winters). I don't think its at peak yet in this location, but I had to drive out there while I was down in the area to check. This hillside is the only one that really looked like this, when I saw the bloom in 2019 it was darn near every hillside. More pics will be coming on my Insta! @seanaimages

Wish I could've gotten a better foreground, but we were staying BEHIND the barbed wire fences. Stay off the damn flowers if you choose to visit!

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Snoqualmie Falls is east of Seattle off I90

Beautiful! What time of year is best for hiking there? Not too cold and not too sweaty? Also is it possible to stay in huts or is a tent needed for multiday hikes?

I live in the Pacific northwest in the USA - we pretty much only have mosquitos and like a few different spiders. Nothing quite like rural australia though. There's pretty much zero bug exposure around here. You can see where my fears arise. Good to know though, thank you.

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Beautiful place.

I was just reading about its namesake, George A. Smith, of the LDS, who orchestrated the massacre of over a hundred emigrants passing through the Utah territory in 1857.

Where is this? Looks absolutely stunning!

What an amazing photo. Sell it to NatGeo or something! 🙂

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This is neat. I’ve driven past that area thousands of times but never seen it from this view (obviously).

Lovely of you to say mate, thanks very much!

Just had a look at your other photos! They are out of this world! Outstanding work, huge respect...from a guy who's only been doing photography for a year haha

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amazing ;)

Cheers, thanks for that compliment!

yeah, "Maising" is the name of village at the end of the gorge. wikipedia says it's old name was "Musingin".

Make it so!