The original Olympia Brewery building

May 20, 2013. Tumwater, southern end of Capitol Lake

Helium lobster

May 20, 2011. Olympia, in front of Bayview. Legislative Building and Capitol Lake in the background.

Special craft for navigating the Fetid Lake of Doom

May 13, 2012. Tumwater, south end of Capitol Lake

Lake closed until further notice

Jan. 24, 2014. Capitol Lake, Olympia-- the Fetid Lake of Doom filled with invasive species, including snails, nutria, and some claim-- caimans. This body of water was originally an estuary transformed into an artificial lake ca. 1950.

A chunk of architecture on the Capitol campus

Jan. 24, 2014. Olympia, seen on the switchback trail to Capitol Lake, known locally as "The Fetid
Lake of Doom" or "FLOD."