Spider Collector's Journal: Miller River Album 2

Album of 2nd West Fork Miller River Field Trip

Selected photos from the return spider collecting field trip to the West Fork of the Miller River, King County, Washington on 20 November 2005. Photos by Rod Crawford. See if you can spot the mining tram cable in the bottom right photo of the giant cedar trunk. See original trip (July 2005).

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Miniature waterfall by West Fork Miller River trail, King County, Washington West Fork Miller River, King County, Washington in November

Plenty of water in little streams   © Rod Crawford West Fork Miller River also well-filled in November   © Rod Crawford

Bare maple & alder trees, West Fork Miller River, November Washout, West Fork Miller River trail

Bare maple & alder limbs      © Rod Crawford The washed-out road/trail. Not a river bed!       © Rod Crawford

Conifers and alders on November hillside, West Fork Miller River canyon

Sun creeps down the hillside, showing conifers above and leafless alders below    © Rod Crawford This is the worst part, but about half of the first mile
is washed out to some degree                 © Rod Crawford

Moss on boulder in maple grove, West Fork Miller River Bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum, with moss in November, West Fork Miller River

Moss was the best spider habitat   © Rod Crawford Leaves gone, bigleaf maples were moss trees    © Rod Crawford

Maple grove on West Fork Miller River, Washington Bigleaf maples, Acer macrophyllum with moss, West Fork Miller River, Washington

Sun briefly visits the canyon bottom © Rod Crawford Larry checks his GPS amid the mossy maples          © Rod Crawford

Hiker's grave, West Fork Miller River canyon Giant red cedar, Thuja plicata, West Fork Miller River, Washington

At snow line, a hiker's grave marks the side trail to the King & Kinney Mine  © Rod Crawford This giant red cedar tree was the lower end
of the historic mine's tram line        © Rod Crawford

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Plenty of water in little streams © Rod Crawford	West Fork Miller River also well-filled in November © Rod Crawford

Bare maple & alder limbs © Rod Crawford	The washed-out road/trail. Not a river bed! © Rod Crawford

Sun creeps down the hillside, showing conifers above and leafless alders below © Rod Crawford	This is the worst part, but about half of the first mile is washed out to some degree © Rod Crawford

Moss was the best spider habitat © Rod Crawford	Leaves gone, bigleaf maples were moss trees © Rod Crawford

Sun briefly visits the canyon bottom © Rod Crawford	Larry checks his GPS amid the mossy maples © Rod Crawford

At snow line, a hiker's grave marks the side trail to the King & Kinney Mine © Rod Crawford	This giant red cedar tree was the lower end of the historic mine's tram line © Rod Crawford