Showing posts with label Route 9 Snohomish County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Route 9 Snohomish County. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2016

Noticing Nature

This post has nothing to do with the Park issue, I just wanted to share a small thing.

The photos were taken along side the rail tracks where 240th Street ends at Route 9 (Woodinville Washington).

The 240th & Route 9 intersection, as we know, can be a tense driving experience.

There are many dump trucks going to and from the concrete recycling plant ... there's ebb and flow of Aboda and Primus ...and traffic launches w/ velocity in and out of Costco ... and there's almost perpetual bumper to bumper traffic on Route 9.

I doubt most drivers have the time to glance at roadside vegetation.

Late May I did a walk along Route 9 and the railroad track area, looking for photographic possibilities. I noticed one plant which seemed tenacious in a particular location (photo 1).

 I suppose it could be called a weed ... to me, the plant was visually interesting; I decided to revisit the plant after a few weeks passed.

Yesterday morning (Father's Day) the sky was clear and sunny so I revisited the edge of the rail tracks, looking for that "interesting" plant. It was easy to find.

Here are a few locations photos... and then a closer look at the plant.

Nature always provides something worthwhile. In this case, well, you can see for yourself.
















Saturday, February 13, 2016

Typical morning commute, Route 9, Snohomish County Washington

Good Morning Route 9 Traffic! 

Betcha you're real excited to know you could be having bunches more people with you as you grind along Rt. 9.

Expect lots of new school buses and lots more parents driving their kids and students with their own cars ... they could be joining you in your morning commute.

Funny thing (not ha-ha funny, the other kind of funny), the going-to-school drivers will be leaving areas where lots of kids live and the driving to an area where very few kids live (Wellington Hills area of South Snohomish County). 

Yeah, to a bureaucrat that makes sense - "Build'em where they're not". 


Typical Route 9 morning traffic... heading south