It was a dark and stormy night, as the sun was setting over an autumn day. On this day, people were coming out to see the first big storm of the season, with its ominous looking clouds, coupled with an unusually high tide that sent the waves over the walls and railings into the walkways. [...]
I guess we have something of a sunset theme this week. Today, we have a photo of the Washington State Ferry M/V Puyallup arriving at Edmonds from the direction of the sunset. It’s almost if the ferry is giving off a sunny tail! I love how the sky blends into the water. Photo: Taken from [...]
Come on over. There’s plenty of room on the bench. The sun is about to set, and the view will be wonderful. There might even be a ship or two to watch sailing off into the sunset. That’s Whidbey Island over there in distance, and Puget Sound in the foreground. Photo: Taken at Olympic Beach [...]
This photo of the Seattle Center was taken from a viewpoint across Elliott Bay in West Seattle. The Space Needle is obvious, with the arches of the Pacific Science Center to the left. On the left side is the Seattle Center Coliseum (long since given a corporate name), with a distinctive shape that was built [...]
It was once said, or was it sung, that the bluest skies you’ll ever see are in Seattle. That certainly may be true, but you have to account for the fact that the sky lies beyond the clouds on most days. Despite the clouds, there was still enough sun shining on the Seattle skyline to [...]
It was a cloudy day when I went to see how people lived on the other side of the tracks in Edmonds. Apparently, most of the neighbors over there are of the fish variety. On the mainline between Seattle and Vancouver BC there runs not only BNSF freight trains, but also Amtrak’s Cascades and Sound [...]
Among the active and odoriferous dairy farms of Tillamook County lies this lonely, abandoned railroad line. The area remains very active agriculturally, but this particular track and railroad bridge have not seen much use in a long time. It is always nice to take a drive through the land of cheese, trees, and ocean breeze! [...]
All at once, I was standing at a viewpoint over looking the Pacofic Ocean. I was upon Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain, which we learned in yesterday’s post was named in local legends as meaning “the place of the supreme diety.” So it was an amazing surprise to see the sun shine through the clouds near sunset in [...]
It always amazes me how the constant wind that happens along the beach can sculpt the trees into such unique shapes. Here, these trees along the edge of Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain on the Oregon Coast have obviously seen years of constant pounding in the wind. In the background is the picturesque beach at Manzanita, where the [...]
On one of the last sunny days of Summer, it is nice to find a secluded spot, with the clear waters of the Willamette River flowing gently by, and the reflections of the trees to see. I found my spot near the rural community of Buena Vista, about six miles upriver from Independence Oregon. Surrounding [...]
