Strike a path to Jasper (in progress)

Based on the home page on October 28, 2023, I started at the Salt Creek Recreation Area.

October 28, 2023 screenshot

The page is missing a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article. To fix, I added the hashtag property salt-creek-recreation-area to the page front matter (this will not be required in the future).

Updated front matter

With no direct link, I manually navigated to the page at /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Creek_Recreation_Area.

Archived.

I have some history with Port Angeles.

Added Port Angeles
Added Port Angeles (Wikipedia)

Port Angeles borders the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is a reflection of the geological history of the region. In hindsight perhaps the Olympic mountains would have gotten closer to Jasper, but decision made:

Added Straight of Juan de Fuca
Added Straight of Juan de Fuca (Wikipedia)
Archived the Wikipedia article.

The Wikipedia article doesn’t say much about the geology of the region. Try the Salish Sea.

The Vashon content doesn’t have much geology, so I backed up to the Georgia Depression, which mentions soils of Georgia Depression (Wikipedia)

Added till
Added Till (Wikipedia)
Added plucking

Lofty Thoughts:

Start posting these streaks one at a time.

Strike a path to Jasper

Salt Creek Recreation Area

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2023-10-28

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