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After a night of rain, the sun came out in the morning, mostly.

After breakfast on the deck we headed across the road for a .7 mile “hike”. They said half an hour, for me it was a stroll, more like an hour.

When the area was originally settled, these were touted as “healing waters”. From the NPS website, “Human and natural history come together in the forest and meadows of Longmire. View bubbling mineral springs and explore a replica of an early homestead cabin. Discover the plants and animals that call this area their home, including deer, birds, and beavers.”

After the hike, we packed up and headed home…running low on food about halfway back.

Random exit with lots of “food” icons on the highway sign and we found ourselves two miles off the freeway in Auburn at Sushi Konami.

Highly recommended. Not the cheapest, but half the folks eating were of Asian descent, which does say volumes to me.

Got home, and the rain started up again. Sigh.

As a final note, finished two pulp fiction novels on this trip. A Father Dowling mystery with a theme of Stained Glass, also the title (Ralph McInerny), and Like A Dog With A Bone, dog trainer detective (Lee Charles Kelly). Highbrow literature all around. Had forgotten the joy of slowing down and reading for pleasure. Nothing like the mountains.

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