Paul

Agreed on this statistic and it is true, the problem is you can phrase this two ways:
1. The way you did.
2. Just so happened as unions went down, productivity went up at the same time. Thus Unions=bad.
It is important with the parasitic press of the right wing to think through comments completely.

Hiking in the forest on a trail

Lilly Lake

View from oyster dome

Another view from the oyster dome viewpoint

#hiking just south of Bellingham, WA in the Blanchard State Forest to the Oysterdome view point.

Rocamadour, France at night

GR6 trail

GR 6 trail

Part of the GR6 trail

#hiking on the GR6 near Rocamadour, France (plus a night castle photo).

Sorry, another political rant, what is going to stop the Trump destruction train? Next up...

Next up....

Upper Granite Lake

Another photo of upper Granite Lake

Bridge over a creek on the trail

Typical of what the trial looked like.

#hiking to Granite Lakes via the Granite Creek trail near North Bend, WA. Much of the trial is a reforested logging road, so pretty much a tree walk uphill until you get to the lake area. Uphill just over 750 meters.

GR Bordeaux hiking trail in France, next to a vineyard

GR Bordeaux hiking trail in France

GR Bordeaux hiking trail in France, need the map, so many options along this area.

GR Bordeaux hiking trail in France

#hiking in France, a few photos of the GR Bordeaux, in Gradignan, France. Super flat and easy in this area.

A marmot popped out to take a look at us

View of Mount Baker during our hike out.

View looking back at Lake Ann as we left

Another view of Lake Ann

Amazing campsite location

Dinner and Breakfast view

Hanging out looking at the mountains.

One of the glaciers on Mt. Shuskin poking out of the clouds the first night.

#hiking #backpacking to Lake Ann near Mount Baker in Washington State. The views were amazing. Mount Shuskin was stunning with its glaciers. In the evening we could hear the cracks and pops of one of the glaciers. My son said it was one of the best places he has ever been.

Relaxing at the camp area on the river bed.

Hoh river at the Happy Four camp area.

Giant trees on the trail to the camp area.

This tree was huge, the photo doesn't do justice to how large it really is.

Took a quick overnight #hiking #backpacking trip in the Olympic National Park up the Hoh river valley trail. We stayed at the Happy Four camp area. Fun, beautiful views and massive trees. Some of the old growth trees are simply stunning, so big it is hard to imagine something can grow that large.

Neon Pilgrim: A Memoir of Walking Japan’s Henro Michi

Glacier Peak

Becklers other peaks (3 in all).

View looking southwest from the top

Another view from the top.

#hiking to Beckler Peak in Washington state, near Skykomish, WA. Some great views of the mountains in the area, including Glacier Peak, one of the Washington volcanoes.

They can't, the guy got deported.

What this boils down to is a fee hike to make our parks unaffordable, then in a year or two they can say "see, no one uses the parks. We should eliminate them and sell them off to commercial businesses so they can make money for the US. "

Part of the trail to the lake, through a boggy area

Tent Pitched near the lake

View of Boulder Lake

Trail up to Boulder Lake through the trees

More photos from a #hiking and #backpacking trip to Boulder Lake, WA.

Boulder Lake with the reflection of the mountains.

Photo of our camp site with the lake in the background.

Tenkara fishing at Boulder lake (didn't catch anything)

View of Boulder lake and the mountains that surround it.

#hiking up to Boulder Lake, near Sultan, WA for an one night (rainy) #backpacking trip. Beautiful lake, really nice trail with several decent back country camping sites, many with fire pits. My son even got a little bit of Tenkara fishing in (didn't catch anything).

Hiking across a bridge towards some large downed trees

Rough rocky trail with trees.

Hiking past some downed trees.

Tall trees with some interesting branches.

Random #hiking photos from the Pacific Northwest from a hike I took with my son.

Actually not true. Most thru hikers (ie: PCT) use one pair to hike and one at night. Wash them at town stops. If you have the right material, such as wool, they are fine for long periods, like you are seeing on the Youtube.

Snow covered hiking trail with mountains in the background.

A view of a mountain from a snow covered trail.

A river alongside a hiking trail, with amazingly blue water.

A view of "Troublesome Creek" near Index, WA from a hiking trail with trees on either side.

More random #hiking photos from the Pacific Northwest.

Picture of a tree that broke in a wind storm with another tree beside it and the sun in the background.

Saw this tree growing right alongside a wind broken tree #hiking last weekend.

View from a ridge with snow, trees and mountains in the background.

My son hiking up the steep trail.

Blanca Lake hike reader sign.

View of steep slopes near the side of the trail.

#hiking this weekend in the Pacific Northwest near Index, WA. My son and I attempted to get to Blanca Lake, unfortunately, the snow was too deep and we didn't feel safe at a steep ridge with drop-offs on either side and turned around. Views were amazing anyway.

Nice, except the trail is closed this year due to storm damage.

Getting closer to the top, picture of the trail with trees.

Picture of a bridge on a trail with trees on a steep slope.

Picture of a steep rocky trail heading towards the top of Mailbox Peak.

Pictures of a switchback in the trail up to Mailbox Peak, with trees on the steep hillside.

More #hiking photos from my trip up to Mailbox Peak in the Cascades of Washington State, near North Bend, WA. It requires an elevation gain of about 1200 meters (4000 ft) of elevation gain over 8.5 km one way.

Mailbox peak summit, photo of the mailbox and plaque at the top.

Panoramic photo of the scree field you have to climb.

Map of the hike

Trail through the scree field.

#hiking to Mailbox Peak in the #pnw. Typical western Washington State hike, first you hike up, then you hike down.

Hiking trail with trees on sides of trail.

Hiking trail with trees on sides of trail.

Tall trees and a hiking trail.

A bench where you can look at a small pond near a hiking trail.

#Hiking in the Redmond, WA watershed preserve, an urban forest with about 10 miles of trails. A few trail runners and some walkers out, but surprisingly low amount of human traffic.

Yes.

Pacific Northwest hiking trail and stream with trees on either side.

Sunrise hiking photo of a field and trees in the distance.

Barclay Lake, WA with a mountain in the background.

A picture of a waterfall with a small pond and trees on the side.

More random #hiking photos from the Pacific Northwest.

Looking forward to the next installment, keep it up and good luck, road walks are tough...but the parts of the OCT that I have hiked are amazing.

Photo of Mount Baker

Pacific Northwest beach with a boat at anchor

Photo of a rocky beach with some kayaks pulled up on shore in the trees.

From the archives, #hiking photos from the Pacific Northwest.

Snow covered stream with large trees on either side of the bank.

Mount Rainier through the trees.

Snowy photo on the flank of Mt. Rainier.

Heading up the trail in snowshoes.

Random #hiking / snowshoeing photos from the Pacific Northwest, near and at Mt. Rainier.