Lincoln Park, Seattle, WA (June 3)
Date and Time: June 3, 4:00pm
Location: Lincoln Park, King County, Seattle, WA (June 3)
Weather: Partly cloudy about 59 degrees
Air Conditions: Relatively mild
Soil Conditions: Slightly moist
Tide Conditions: Relatively high
Longitude: -122.39751900000, Latitude: 47.53142100000
Lincoln Park is located in West Seattle and it has many activities available to its visitors. Lincoln Park is shaped like a nose-shaped on the Puget Sound just north of the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal. Lincoln Park has many trails you can walk, rocky beaches, grassy fields and forests, with meadows to play and have picnics. Lincoln Park is an amazing place as it is so rich in diversity relative to its size, this park has about 4.6 miles of walking paths, 3.9 miles of bike trails, about five picnic shelters, acres and acres of playfields, and an outdoor heated saltwater pool and bathhouse! This Park is just the total package. It is about a half an hour away from Seattle.
Today, as I was walking toward my coordinates of longitude: -122.39751900000 and latitude: 47.53142100000, I had noticed that the understory was very green and covered with grasses, the mid-section of the forest seemed brown and dead, and then the canopy was very green. Another thing that caught my attention was that on one side of the forest it was very dry and brown looking and then when I faced the opposite section of the forest it was very green in color. There were also a lot of trees that looked like they were rotting and felt soft. Many also looked like they were inhabited by woodpeckers because there were numerous holes in the trunks of many trees. There were many different types of trees however, coniferous trees were most abundant, more specifically, Western Hemlocks and Western Red Cedars were the most abundant trees. In addition, many trees had lumps in the trunk, I always wanted to know why some trees have then lumps in them, some ranging from the size of baseballs to basketballs. Sword ferns and lady ferns were some of the many plants that inhabited the understory of these forests. Some of the sword ferns were about ten feet in circumference! There was also a large grass-field that was covered in little white flowers, I think they were Common Daisy, it looked so pretty. Overall, this place was pretty peaceful besides the kids playing hide-and-seek and squealing like wild boars, when they left, I could hear the chickadees chirping and the Crows cawing. One thing is did not see were any mammals, no squirrels or other small mammals and because it had been damp and rainy the past few days, I especially noticed the abundance of mosses and lichens covering the trees. I once learned that the way to tell your direction in the woods is when you see Moss growing on a tree that means that direction is north. This may be partially true because moss plants grow in moist and shady places and north-sides of trees generally don't get sunlight, however, as long a location is shaded and has high moisture most of the time, then the moss can survive. Therefore, don't always trust that. Overall, Lincoln Park was a very unique experience for me as this was my first time coming here. And boy, was I amazed by the depth of this place. It truly is one of a kind and I will make sure to visit this Park more often to learn more about the natural history of this area.
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