Out by the Snohomish River

I decided to revisit the south bank of the Snohomish River again. This trip took me out at low tide. You can really tell that the river is, indeed, tidal even here, some miles from the sound. These old trees lodged in the mud and are mostly covered at full flood, but today are laid bare. In the distance, you can see part of the community of Lowell, a suburb of Everett.

Looking upstream, we see that the near shore (the south side of the river) is littered with tree bits and stumps. Perhaps this explains why there are so few boats on the river.

Along the side of the river is the Lowell Snohomish RIver Road and on the other side of this is the railroad. Because this area is a floodplain, the tracks are elevated and there are periodic trestles to provide access between the river area and the fields beyond. These trestles seem to be mostly areas for dumping unused and/or unwanted stuff that no one wants to pay to actually get rid of. All this ignored surface area makes it a good place to find graffiti.

Although this thistle is nearing the end of its blooming period, it is still a striking foreground for the trestle.