Ferry passengers watch Bainbridge Island's Eagle Harbor slip by as the M/V Tacoma heads for Seattle.  It's often not warm enoug...

We suffered the indignity of being the first vehicle not  allowed on the previous sailing, and so had to wait for this ferry.  On a more...

This was the site of Lake Aldwell, impounded by the Elwha Dam which was removed in 2012.  It has since turned back into a glacial fed ri...

A sand sculpture competition was held in Port Angeles this summer, and my favorite was this bear, holding a "Don't feed the ani...

Melakwa Lake is nestled into a valley that leads up to a saddle separating this watershed from that of Snow Lake on the other side of C...

Now the clouds are below us!  The 5400ft ridge between this spot and Alpental to the east outlines blue sky.  The Douglas firs in the f...

Now an hour later and 1000ft higher, we've reached the boundary between cloud and clear sky.  Snatches of blue are visible overhead,...

Hiking early has a few advantages.  Coastal morning cloud often envelops lower elevations overnight, and then clears as the sun gains he...

Looking west from the peak of Sauk Mountain, the North Cascades are seen beyond Sauk Lake.  The last snowfields are melting out here in ...

Sauk Mountain is an especially prominent and accessible peak in the North Cascades.  When Bing visited in winter , it would have been tr...

The Cascades Butterfly Project aims to document butterfly populations in a number of areas in Washington State and BC.  As climate chan...

It's been a great year for root veggies this year in Seattle.  Carrots and beets have been delicious in a number of meals over the p...

At a friend's 4th birthday party, all the essentials were present.  Party hats, lots of icing, dinosaurs, and even bouncy castles.  ...

This frog, a Rana cascadae , was taking a break in the sunshine on a rocky island in the middle of the swift-flowing Boundary Creek, in ...

The Cowlitz Chimneys peek behind an unnamed ridgeline as seen from the meadows of the Owyhigh Lakes.  It may look idyllic, but the bugs...