From Paris to Bear Country – A series – Part 1


From then on, Woodinville (Woodin’s town) continued growing as a logging community. It became a farming center in the early 20th century, and eventually a Seattle suburb after World War II. The city was incorporated in 1993.
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The Hollywood School House, built in 1912, is one of the oldest buildings in Woodinville |

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Tolt Pipeline trail and the Cascade mountain range to the East |
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Tolt Pipeline trail and the Olympic mountains to the West |
The trail is safe, scenic, quiet (at least on weekdays) and it’s a wonderful place to run, hike, ride horses, or mountain bike. Le Yellow Dog and I have been hiking the Pipeline trail together for over 8 years and enjoy our daily hour-long walks, rain or shine (rain, more often than shine.) We have our favorite routes, and after so many years, I could probably get home with my eyes closed. I know each house, each property, each dog, each fence along the way.
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Hailey le Yellow Dog, my faithful walking companion |
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C’est la Campagne: The sign says it all! |
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Bonjour le mouton! |
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Des chevaux at every street corner |
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Des lapins (the real ones are harder to capture on camera) |
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Bonjour, Miss Piggy le cochon |
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Woodinville: land of fancy chicken coops (notice the flowers at the window sill) |
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Happy poulets… |
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I have a couple of friends who would enjoy this cool sign! |


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This one earns point for the most creative sign |
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Marie-Antoinette’s hamlet, Versailles, France |
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Marie-Antoinette, courted by a young man, is dressed as a shepherdess |
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Marie-Antoinette and her entourage in the hamlet |


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