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Eric Quinn

Eric Quinn

@etrailq.bsky.social

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Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn trails are great!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 2d

Don't take the bait. Stay calm. Don't respond. Without confrontation they have no power. We keep living our beliefs everyday to create the kinder world.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 3d

Don't take the bait. Stay calm. Don't respond. Without confrontation they have no power. We keep living our beliefs everyday to create the kinder world.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 3d

Before the weekend storms at Paradise, Mount Rainier NP

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 3d

Yah! Did that!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 3d

Olympia! A huge, peaceful crowd!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings Olympia WA. 100% peaceful ✌️ No count yet but it was as packed as last time!

A large peaceful crowd gathered in front of the Washington State Capitol building for the No Kings rally.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 12d

A misty fall morning in Millersylvania State Park

Sun shining through gray clouds is reflected in the dark water of a forest wetland.

Vine maple leaves glowing with the bright reds and yellows of fall.

Bright red maple leaves with maple seeds against the green forest.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 17d

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Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 17d

Irushfeldt

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Washington Trails Association @washingtontrails.bsky.social · 27d

Nosotros En Naturaleza is a nonprofit dedicated to connecting and empowering underserved youth in South King County to the majesty of Washington’s outdoors. In 2024 alone, they led 13 hiking trips with LatinX young adults.

Learn how they're getting outside with some help from WTA 🌲

Nosotros En Naturaleza is building community on trail

Nosotros en Naturaleza, a partner of WTA's Outdoor Leadership Training program, is helping young adults in the Latinx community connect to each other and to the outdoors.

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Laura G. @hawklady.bsky.social · 27d

For #BirdOfTheDay here is an American Robin and House Sparrow sharing a bath. The Robin appears to be chewing out the Sparrow for invading its space, and the Sparrow has a "What did I do?" look on its face. 🪶

A House Sparrow gets reamed out by an angry American Robin as they bathe in a puddle.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 26d

The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · 26d

Fun with slugs!

A big slug and a small curled up together on the end of the sawn log.

Three banana slugs crawling on the smooth, vertical face of a sawn log. Two are right together.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 26d

#DroughtMonitor 9/23: Drought worsened in every state east of the Miss River (except WI & DE). But rain did improve parts of some of these states.

West: In general, the Southwest improved. The Northwest worsened.

#Drought2025 Footprint: 36.4% of US
drought.gov

U.S. Drought Monitor map showing where drought is occurring across the country. The most severe/extreme drought is generally located along and west of the Rocky Mountains.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 11

And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

www.nytimes.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story

A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

www.theatlantic.com

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some fun photos from Mason Lake

Woodland Pinedrops, 3, 30 inch tall red stems each covered with fuzzy, sticky cream flowers hanging like tiny paper lanterns.

Fun wiggly reflection of tree trunks, green leaves and boulders.

Two large boulders, one resting on the other forming a tunnel in the forest. Glacier erratics are fun!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trails and wildlife photos are wonderful!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Aug 26

One of the locals at Burroughs Mountain, MRNP

A well-fed ground squirrel eating something yummy. It's kinda sitting up. It's face is golden brown. It has long black and white stripes from its ears and down its shoulders and sides.

The ground squirrel standing by the toe of my boot. It's checking me out to see if I have snacks.

The squirrel from above as it checks the pebbles for goodies. It's very sleek and well-fed!

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Aug 23

Staircase Rapids before the Bear Gulch fire. 8500 acres burned so far. I'm sure it looks so different now. Olympics NP at Lake Cushman.

A dark blue river flowing over boulders through the tall forest.

Looking along the walkway of the Staircase Rapids bridge. The wood plank walk, handrails. The suspension cables that hold the bridge up. And one of the tall steel towers that hold up the cables. All in a sunlit forest.

Bell-shaped flowers with long white petals and yellow pollen on long stamens hanging in front of a fern front. They're called fairy bells.

A close up of the river rapids. Water flowing rapidly over many boulders.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Aug 1

A pleasant stroll at Ellis Cove

A long wooden bridge on a trail through a tall forest.

A view of Olympia's waterfront across Bud Inlet framed by forest trees.

From the gravel beach we look across the water to a cargo ship at the dock, buildings in downtown, trees behind the city, and a sneak peek of the state capital building nearly hidden by big forest trees.

Broad view of sky and water where Ellis Cove meets Budd Inlet.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Jul 30

Some fun on the PCT near Pickhandle Gap, Crystal Mountain

Miles of flower meadows on the mountainside

Our large icy volcano Mount Rainier over Crystal Mountain's ridges and meadows.

This flower is called Mount Rainier lousewort. It's short yellow flower cluster has many petals all around the top shaped like down-turned beards beaks!

A Vista of snow covered ridges including Goat Rocks and another volcano, Mount Adams.

Eric Quinn @etrailq.bsky.social · Jun 26

Shady Lane, Staircase, Olympic NP

A smooth, shady trail leads between very tall cedar trees on the left side and a high rocky cliff on the right. A hiker with a pack is silhouetted against bright green leaves.