This was taken from Marrowstone Island, SE of Port Townsend, Washington. In the foreground is Nodule Point and the water is Puget Sound.
Taken with a Nikon 80-400mm zoom set at 400mm, f11 and 3/4 second exposure.
Mt Rainier in the Sunrise
Mt Rainier from Nisqually NWR
A shot of Mt Rainier showing mud flats on the Nisqually River Delta at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. This was taken before the dikes were breached and this was turned into tidal salt marsh.
South Ingals Peak
I played hooky from work one day in July 2003 and climbed up South Ingals peak. It has been one of my favorite areas in the Central Cascades … up the North Fork of the Teanaway River. That is Mt Rainier in the distance. I really liked the silver wood snag. This spot hasn’t seen any forest fires (yet), but the access road was the east perimeter of a large fire this summer. Below are some anemones growing in the rocks near where I took the upper photo.
Rhodies on Mt Walker
Mt Walker is about 30 miles SSW of Port Townsend, Washington and while it’s in the Olympic National Forest, it is not in Olympic National Park. There’s a road all the way up to the summit, which is very nice, since the trail is steep: my lungs would complain on the way up and my knees would complain on way down. One of the nice things about Mt Walker is that this time of year there are wild rhododendrons all up and down the mountain. The blooming season at the bottom is pretty much over when the blooming is just beginning up above. The photo is from the south summit viewpoint … the north summit viewpoint looks out over the NW corner of the Olympic Peninsula, including Pt Townsend. The mountain in the distance is Mt Rainier; the nearest water is Hood Canal and there is some of Puget Sound in the distance.
Mt Rainier with Blowing Snow
One of my favorite views of Mt Rainier is when there is enough wind on the mountain … and fresh snow … to have streamers of snow blowing off the summit. This view is from Seattle.