Tiger Mountain State Park

 This school year,  I am learning the native plants of Washington, and the plant of the week is Red Alder (Alnus rubra).  I only saw  a couple of these plants on our hike at Tiger Mountain.

But maybe on our other hikes I'll see more.  I'm always kind of excited when I see a plant I know the name of  :)  Anyway, our hike was really cool.  Everything was so green and beautiful.  I tried to take a lot of pictures.

George and the girls really like this tree.  This trail was fun, but after we'd hiked for a while,  we decided to take the 'round the lake trail.  I was hoping we might see a moose, but no such luck.  We couldn't  see the lake very well from the trail anyhow.  Too many trees in the way.  George and Max were not happy, so they led the way off trail and found a little beach.  Traditional lake was so pretty!  An Osprey flew right over us,  but I didn't get a picture :(  I did get a picture of the lake though!

a little more exploring and...

        

                                                  bullfrog tadpoles!