Yes, I do appreciate the importance of the economics and the history of the logging industry in Cascadia. The title “Tree Funeral Train” is not a protest of any sort, but seemed like something to call a long line of dead tree trunks rolling off into the distance. Here, the product of Cascadia’s vast forests [...]
So, here’s the story. A month or so ago, I posted another photo of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, with the US Bank tower framed in the pier. I like that one, but I keep coming back to this other one, because I really like it better. So I will share this one, too. Photo: [...]
I think I have gone down to see the sea lions in Astoria every time I have passed through town. When we lived there, we would usually hear the sound of these beasts echoing through the hills. They still fascinate me. Photo: Taken at the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria on 24 February 2006.
OK, it’s not really the Captain’s Log from Star Trek, it is a random piece of driftwood on the beach. In this case, the beach in question is on Jericho Beach in the West End of Vancouver BC. I think I want to be sitting on the beach with the waves tickling my toes, too. [...]
Bellingham is the southern terminus of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries. Here (on the left) the M/V Columbia is shown docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Usually, that means it is Friday. Also in Bellingham that day was the M/V Wenatchee, a Washington State Ferry,which was undergoing renovations. The Boulevard Boardwalk is in the [...]
Over the years, I have stood for hours at Council Crest Park looking down at all the little people and cars moving around below me. The view is almost like one from an airplane, and you can just see the card making their way down the street, eventually moving out of sight around 60th Avenue. [...]
I have seen any number of pictures of the Portland Aerial Tram as it passes from OHSU to the South Waterfront district in Portland. But i have seen very few photos of the ends. Here we see the top end of the tram, with Oregon Health Sciences University in the background. Photo: Taken from Terwilliger [...]
Sometimes a bit of beauty can pop up in the winter despite it all. This little pond; cattails, reflection, and all; sits amidst an office and industrial park in Beaverton. Despite the fact that it is a cold day and nothing is blooming, it is still a nice setting in the middle of a suburban [...]
A clear, Winter day is sometimes a rarity in Cascadia. On this day, the view toward Mt St Helens was relatively clear, with a few interesting clouds in the sky (Doesn’t the one on the right look like a fat airplane?). You can see Portland in front of the Columbia River, Vancouver behind the river, [...]
I guess I’m thinking about springtime again, with the ferry coming in and everybody on deck to watch the arrival. This ferry, the M/V Elwha, spends most of its time taking people out to the San Juan Islands from Anacortes. Here, the vessel is arriving at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island on a warm [...]
