A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[tenderisthenight000]

So many great wines from the Columbia Valley. My old stand by:

https://68.media.tumblr.com/331de93860172984075453851014b0ac/tumblr_orvr4oHVKW1wszmu5o1_1280.jpg

 

[cascadiabound]

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Olympia Art Deco Totem at the old Olympia Brewery - iconic.

 

[Mister_Song]

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The sun setting behind the Cascades on June 17th, 2017, with the Columbia River in the foreground.

To appreciate the scale, there is a hiker in the lower left corner.

 

[tenderisthenight000]

Facing west on the Burnside Bridge

https://68.media.tumblr.com/f6741b684acba23b2b7458d16b622ecc/tumblr_orxic36sx51wszmu5o1_1280.jpg

 

[cascadiabound]

https://68.media.tumblr.com/2aab3abf885a68b6932ad67d7fb69df9/tumblr_n57jduJD3I1qhup0mo1_500.jpg

I guess I am in a nostalgic Art Deco frame of mind...

 

[Tallcajun]

^^^
A couple of months ago PBS aired a wonderful documentary on the Seattle worlds fair. Great early footage of the needle construction, etc.

 

[Shankara20]

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On the way to the Oregon Coast....

 

[cascadiabound]

^^^
A couple of months ago PBS aired a wonderful documentary on the Seattle worlds fair. Great early footage of the needle construction, etc.

Yes. I saw that too. A great documentary.

 

[Mister_Song]

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The sky above Capitol Hill in Seattle, June 2017.

 

[tenderisthenight000]

Really like this shot...

https://68.media.tumblr.com/2c6fcf0dedb29c82f721afa013396447/tumblr_os3fdbVnr91wszmu5o1_1280.jpg

 

[cascadiabound]

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Summer foxgloves - these grow wild everywhere

 

[tenderisthenight000]

Silver Falls State Park

https://68.media.tumblr.com/b3349c4bb28daa1ce93b653b67db962e/tumblr_os57pntz2C1wszmu5o1_1280.jpg

 

[TomOne]

^^^ I'd go for her even if she wasn't in cascadia!

Summer foxgloves - these grow wild everywhere

Those are beautiful.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/ae9f8f3f2e8522bdb59d7c3995d8b8bf/tumblr_oq4ftiJXop1qd5qa5o1_500.jpg

Stevenson, Washington

 

[Mrtenant]

https://treeoathe.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/img_9255.jpg?w=740


Bald Eagle singing with Doug Fir on Haro Strait in the Salish Sea

 

[cascadiabound]

https://treeoathe.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/img_9255.jpg?w=740


Bald Eagle singing with Doug Fir on Haro Strait in the Salish Sea

Hey there Mr T...you are talking like a local.

 

[cascadiabound]

Those are beautiful.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/ae9f8f3f2e8522bdb59d7c3995d8b8bf/tumblr_oq4ftiJXop1qd5qa5o1_500.jpg

Stevenson, Washington

Thanks Tom! I have always loved the wild foxglove

 

[tenderisthenight000]

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[cascadiabound]

That's clearly Mt Hood. ..but from where? ^^^^
If you can please provide some geographic notation with your posts. Many Litsters who visit this thread can't distinguish Hood from Shasta from Rainier from Baker. Gotta help them out

 

[tenderisthenight000]

That's clearly Mt Hood. ..but from where? ^^^^
If you can please provide some geographic notation with your posts. Many Litsters who visit this thread can't distinguish Hood from Shasta from Rainier from Baker. Gotta help them out

My mistake! Yes its Mt Hood, taken from Oregon City.

 

[cascadiabound]

My mistake! Yes its Mt Hood, taken from Oregon City.

See...I had no idea there were lavender fields in Oregon City. Thanks.

 

[Mrtenant]

That's clearly Mt Hood. ..but from where? ^^^^
If you can please provide some geographic notation with your posts. Many Litsters who visit this thread can't distinguish Hood from Shasta from Rainier from Baker. Gotta help them out

Its the Lonely Mountain where Bilbo Baggins and the seven dwarves are going.

 

[tenderisthenight000]

Wilsonville, OR

https://68.media.tumblr.com/ffd45cd37a90e3ef816a67c19eeffcef/tumblr_os73f2FiDI1wszmu5o1_1280.jpg

 

[Shankara20]

See...I had no idea there were lavender fields in Oregon City. Thanks.

Nor did I. I have visited the ones east of Mt. Hood out by Dee.

I just found this Link>Oregon Lavender Destinations

 

[Shankara20]

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Pendleton Mills @ Pendleton, OR

 

[tenderisthenight000]

endleton Mills @ Pendleton, OR

"Let 'Er Buck"

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