A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[ppd1107]

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Lightning strike on the Palouse. WA
The tiny lights on the horizon are on wind turbines

I love the Palouse

 

[ppd1107]

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I’ve always loved the painted hills

 

[cascadiabound]

https://imgur.com/x1hppks

I’ve always loved the painted hills

Spectacular place!
John Day National Monument, OR

 

[hairball18]

View attachment 2163032Ecola OR

Beautiful

 

[cascadiabound]

Trumpeter Swan
Anchorage

 

[cascadiabound]

Historic Union Station, Tacoma WA

 

[cascadiabound]

Mt Baker from Ferndale, WA

 

[cascadiabound]

Second beach LaPush WA
Keyhole rock

 

[cascadiabound]

Cannon Beach OR

I wanna live there!!

 

[cascadiabound]

I guess hell froze over again

Actually, a multi decade effort to protect individual eagles, nests, and eagle populations required under the Endangered Species Act (enacted under the Nixon administration) has resulted in a successful population rebound.

Science!

Edit: apparently I can be dense to pop culture humor... MG was making a reference to the Eagles Band getting back together.
Context matters.... no offense taken.

 

[cascadiabound]

Lost Lake and Mt Hood. OR

 

[cascadiabound]

The Wenatchee River, Tumwater canyon

 

[Pad_Foot]

No Crater Lake Pics? Or windsurfers at Hood River ?
2nd most beautiful place to windsurf

 

[Pad_Foot]

Must find Lost Lake next time

 

[cascadiabound]

No Crater Lake Pics? Or windsurfers at Hood River ?
2nd most beautiful place to windsurf

Wind Surfer at Hood River

Is that you @Pad_Foot ?

 

[cascadiabound]

House with a VIEW!!!

That's Vancouver BC with Mt Baker looming.
Gorgeous!!!

 

[cascadiabound]

No Crater Lake Pics? Or windsurfers at Hood River ?
2nd most beautiful place to windsurf

Crater Lake National Park. OR

 

[Susurration]

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La Push, 2nd Beach. WA
My favorite bit of the north coast of WA
Spectacular!

That is truly spectacular. I can see why you love it so much. I do too.

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Eagles!

I never knew that Bald Eagles would gather in a flock like this. I've learnt something new .

 

[cascadiabound]

That is truly spectacular. I can see why you love it so much. I do too.

I never knew that Bald Eagles would gather in a flock like this. I've learnt something new .

It's possible some of those eagles are related, one is a juvenile. They can behave like scavengers and all show up for some great eating opportunity. There are also places where eagles gather seasonally. Skagit River is one place in Washington where during the winter there will be over 100 eagles at times.
https://skagiteagle.org/eagle-count/

 

[Susurration]

That's a lot of eagles in one place. It must be quite a spectacular sight to see them all together there.

 

[cascadiabound]

Mt Rainier and Northern lights! Wow

 

[Dribble]

That is truly spectacular. I can see why you love it so much. I do too.

I never knew that Bald Eagles would gather in a flock like this. I've learnt something new .

When the salmon run, you can go around a curve on the road and come across 50-60 birds. When I lived there I took it for granted and never stopped to take a picture. Never expected to leave. I was stupid

 

[cascadiabound]

When the salmon run, you can go around a curve on the road and come across 50-60 birds. When I lived there I took it for granted and never stopped to take a picture. Never expected to leave. I was stupid

You just gotta make your way back....

 

[JamesD_0117]

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Historic Union Station, Tacoma WA

OMG! Beautiful! I love trains and train stations!

 

[cascadiabound]

OMG! Beautiful! I love trains and train stations!

It also has an enormous Chihuli chandelier in the main hall. I've been to weddings there. Beautiful building