Seattle Sunsets

Seattle Sunset … The Brothers

I think that Seattle has some of the best sunsets available for photographers. There’s the skyline of the Olympic Mountains with the foreground of the waters of Puget Sound. It can be spectacular. In the image above you see The Brothers … the double-peaked mountain in the middle of the image. It is named after the early settlers Arthur and Edward Fauntleroy. (the south peak … on the left here) is Edward and the north is Arthur. My brother and I attempted to climb The Brothers a couple of times, but both times got stopped part way up when coming face to face with a 8 foot vertical wall of snow blocking a gully.

Below shows the view of the northeastern Olympics. The peak just left of center is Mt Jupiter and to the right of that is the Mt Constance and the Buckhorns and other peaks.

Seattle Sunset … The Northeast Olympics

I have a book available on the Kindle site. It is a memoir titled 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. It has over 100 photographs and covers more than 100 different hikes and backpacks. I have it priced to share at $2.99 (US).

Here’s the link:

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Wrong Time of Year

Backlit Autumn Colors

I was going through my photo archive looking for photos that the new editing tools might be able to ‘fix’ … when I found this one that didn’t even need fixing. Not sure why I didn’t share it before, and didn’t want to wait until October to share it. So, here it is now in early summer / late spring. Just a reminder to enjoy the warm weather while we have it.

That reminds me of my Uncle Dave commenting to my Aunt Maisie after the June Solstice, that the days were getting shorter. They lived in Alaska, so thinking of the coming short days was not something folks liked to do in June. My Aunt would just reply “Stop it!” … although she had lived with him long enough that she didn’t really expect him to quit.

I have a book available on the Kindle site. It is a memoir titled 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. It has over 100 photographs and covers more than 100 different hikes and backpacks. I have it priced to share at $2.99 (US).

Here’s the link:

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Lupine Along the Trail

Lupine Along the Trail

Walking through fields of lupine up in the high country is one of my favorite things. It’s especially nice when it’s not wet and overgrowing the trail. Then your boots get wet … and usually your socks. It can be uncomfortable the rest of the day. Fortunately, this was dry and away from the trail. Another close up “panorama”.

Most of the white flowers here are American Bistort with one or two strays mixed in.

This was taken on the High Divide trail in Olympic National Park.

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A Little Bit of Self Promotion

Mt Olympus from Bogachiel Pass

This is the photo that I chose for the cover of my hiking memiors: 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. I haven’t been able to get a book seller to carry the hard copy yet, but it is available as an eBook on the Amazon Kindle website.

I’ve got it priced low. By the way, if/when I get it available as a hard copy, I’ll let you all know. The 5.5″ x 8.5″ size is priced at $24.99 US and the interior photos are black and white. The Kindle version is priced at $2.99 US and the images are all in color (except for early images that I took on B&W film.) It is available globally.

Here’s the link (or search for “60 Years of Hiking”):

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