These shore pines are contorted by the near constant wind along the Pacific beaches of the Olympic National Park. Easy to tell which way the wind blows.
Contorted Shore Pines
Winter Beach Goers
If you have nice weather in the winter, the beach is a great choice for a walk… if you can’t get to the mountains. At least that is my choice. This is Kalaloch … one of the Olympic National Park beaches.
Partial Moon (Waxing)
This is another shot from the recent trip up to Hurricane Ridge (in Olympic National Park). It’s nice to get out and see the mountains and the trees up at the high altitude at about 1 mile (1515 m) elevation — and a special treat with a waxing moon.
Sun Dogs
We went for a walk up at Hurricane Ridge (in Olympic National Park) the other day. There wasn’t enough snow to snowshoe … we’ll be in a drought this summer, if we don’t get more snow up in the mountains. But there were a couple of sun dogs … I always like them dogs. The one below also shows some of the central Olympics. Dodger Point is the closest one with the ridge running up to it.
Note that I processed these in LIghtroom and enhanced the contrast to make it easier to see the sun dogs.
Winter Lakeshore
This was taken out canoeing on Lake Quinault, just outside the Olympic National Park. I was so lucky to have this trip scheduled ahead of time and get a nice sunny day with no wind in the middle of winter in the rainforest. The mountains in the background are in the Colonel Bob Wilderness. The deciduous trees are alder, cottonwood and willow.