A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

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Titlow park

Is this a area for older breasts? ;-)

 

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Mt Hood and houseboats

 

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Lady Washington and Deception Pass Bridge

 

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Kalaloch Beach WA - Tree of Life

 

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Kalaloch Beach WA - Tree of Life

This old spruce has been clinging to the bluff for decades now, probably much longer, as the world erodes around it. Lately though, I've been hearing rumblings and rumours that collapse may be coming soon. Do you know if there's any truth to this? Or is this one of those "life finds a way" moments? It's been a couple of years since I've been out for a visit.

Thanks for some beautiful reminders of why I call this place home.

 

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This old spruce has been clinging to the bluff for decades now, probably much longer, as the world erodes around it. Lately though, I've been hearing rumblings and rumours that collapse may be coming soon. Do you know if there's any truth to this? Or is this one of those "life finds a way" moments? It's been a couple of years since I've been out for a visit.

Thanks for some beautiful reminders of why I call this place home.

This pic was just taken a few days ago of this iconic tree known as "the tree of life"

The erosion on Kakaloch beach has been significant over the years I have been walking there. A few stairway accesses have washed/eroded out- an obvious challenge for the park service. It seems likely to me at some point erosion will take down this remarkable tree... but that day is not this day. And so I continue to live in wonder at it's fortitude.

 

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Shi Shi Beach

 

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Spirit Lake - a remarkable recovery post St Helen's eruption 1980

 

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Glacier Peak at sunrise from the Sourdough Trail Mt Rainier National Park

 

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Lady Washington and Deception Pass Bridge

Was stationed on Whidbey in the Navy. Loved it. Even did a battle cruise on the Lady W.

 

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Astoria OR
View from the Pigeon Steps

 

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Airshow over JBLM

 

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Downtown Vancouver with Mount Baker as seen from the deck of the Nanaimo bound Queen of Cowichan.

 

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Another view of Mt Baker WA

 

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Shi Shi Beach

That would be a great place to stand and stare for quite a while.

 

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That would be a great place to stand and stare for quite a while.

That is a particularly beautiful beach. Access only by a long hike in, or a long paddle on a calm day.

 

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Tacoma Narrows bridge - Olympics in background

 

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Mt Rainier caught in the golden hour, taken from the east side (Sunrise). So beautiful!

 

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Cascadia native. Easy to identify with its peeling reddish skin, it is a thing of beauty. The Arbutus (also called Madrona) tree generally grows within 1 mile from the ocean as it needs the salt in the air to thrive. Picture taken in Lions Bay, BC.

 

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Cascadia native. Easy to identify with its peeling reddish skin, it is a thing of beauty. The Arbutus (also called Madrona) tree generally grows within 1 mile from the ocean as it needs the salt in the air to thrive. Picture taken in Lions Bay, BC.

so great, I love finding this tree around Vancouver

 

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Ruby beach WA

 

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Twin barns, Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, WA

 

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Canoe journey rest stop, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA

 

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Canoe journey rest stop, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA

so beautiful!

 

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so beautiful!

I know! I'm thinking we might meet them at the end of their journey at Alki Beach in Seattle, this Sunday.