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This Christmas is significantly different for me. Normally it would be filled with friends and family, but not this year.

I succeeded in hiking >10 miles yesterday and today, legs willing, I'll be at least spending part of the day in the PacNW forests to keep the depression at bay.

JWST was my Christmas present. I'm happy to see we've got final separation and the last view of the telescope. If anything, it's the best thing I could ask for today.

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Yes! Another loner, here on my own today (well, me and the puppy I found)... but woke up at 6am CST to watch JWST launch. So thankful it made it up in one piece! After two decades of waiting it was a great Christmas present and gave me a happy start to the day.

NGST started in 1996! I was a 6th grader, at that time! I was fortunate to wake up at 2AM PT so I got to watch the entire webcast. I’m so happy it made it up and they unfurled the solar panel early — I wonder if that was a way to say goodbye while on camera.

aren't there snow storms out here in PacNW? do you have a blog where you document your journey through the forests?

Rain, a little snow, but mostly just cold (very cold for here) in the next couple days at least in the Seattle metro area.

Seattle sure, but in cascades/olympic region it's deep snow (where I believe majority of forest trails are).

oops, I was wrong..

No blog; that’s not a bad idea, though. I just post pictures/videos on Instagram like every other good Millennial ;)

Hiking is a way to clear my head. I had an 18 year relationship end not long ago — in 3 & 4th grade I had a teacher who would take us hiking on unofficial field trips. I realized I missed it and the connection with nature plus the isolation one can achieve given you avoid the popular hikes.

Since you asked, here is a photo from near the end of my hike, looking NE or E to the Cascades.

https://ibb.co/8Nh29nn

And here's Marckworth State Forest today.

https://ibb.co/gFNNhC4

I hope you manage to get back home and hunker down before this cold snap moves in! If you're in the Redmond / Seattle area, it's gonna be one of those "everyone forgets how to drive" things today and tomorrow (and maybe further!) due to the snowfall.

My hikes are up at Moss Lake to the end of the allowable NE North Fork Road as well as Marckworth State Forest. It’ll likely snow up here given our elevation but cold doesn’t bother me too much.

> I'll be at least spending part of the day in the PacNW forests to keep the depression at bay.

Enjoy some of it for me. I will get out there, someday...

I keep saying it, before I visit any foreign country, I'm spending some time in the PacNW.

You _must_ spend some time here. While I'm partial due to being born here, there is so much beauty in nature in any direction you choose to travel on the west side of the Cascades! You could spend years here and not see everything. I'm starting to explore more and more on my own and it is just a wonderland everywhere I go.

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