Mt. Rainier . . . southeast to northeast side . . . on a normal, foggy . . . cloudy day! Yeah, there is a mountain in there somewhere!


Glacial scouring . . .

Southwest of Mt. Ranier . . .


Glacial water flow . . .

Serene scenes . . . water flowing down . . .
Top of Christine Falls on the way up Mt. Rainier . . .

Feeding into Christine Falls . . .

Flow above Narada Falls . . .



Nisqually river looking up toward Nisqually Glacier . . . and the fog . . .


June on Rainier . . . yes, there is still quite a snow pack near the visitors center.

Falls at White Pass . . . upper Tieton River . . .


From White Pass looking East . . .

PNL - Richland, WA . . .

My current project . . . a fairly quick job on a Department of Energy Site, the Pacific Northwest National Lab, which is connected with the Hanford Site in Washington State.

Looking up the Columbia River in Richland Washington.

Looking Down River at Richland, WA
From the PNL campus looking toward the river.

ISB2 on PNL Campus . . . pretty campus, lots of green mowed grass and trees . . . which is odd since there aren't many trees beyond the campus!

One of the dividers between the parking lots and roadways . . .

The Guest House at PNL . . . where I'm living for a few weeks . . .

Then under the ground . . .

Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico . . . 750 ft down is the first stop!
There are many caverns and so few you get to see . . . took the kings tour and then wandered the main cavern . . .

Deepest section was over 835 ft down . . .
The main cavern is setup so anyone can come down and see it . . . and, yes, I did get my t-shirt!

Heading for some sun . . .

Wild life in Monterey . . . sea lions above, had one under the wharf barking as I took this shot across the bay . . . and pelicans below, this guy was a bit of a ham, took several shots of him, I just decided this was his better side!
Beautiful little bay here at Monterey, CA

Coming down past Trees of Mystery and our pal, Paul Bunyon . . .

Outside of Eureka, the victorian village of Ferndale . . . the cemetery is interesting!

On down the Oregon Coast

Xmax on the Oregon Coast after a bit of a wet drive down from Washington . . . I'm only slightly ahead of the storm coming down from Alaska . . . atleast it isn't 30" of snow down here!


I can hang out on these beaches a lot . . . love to watch the water . . .

More of the trip down from Alaska

Wandering down from Haines on the ferry, fairly overcast and gray days, but the 30" of snow are left behind and all we see is rain.


The most exposed section . . . from Kechican down to Bellingham, WA . . . a full days travel on the AMH . . . only a few hours exposed to the open ocean, then behind Canada's Victoria Island. Pretty easy trip all the way down!








A frozen water fall . . . gorgeous scenery abounds, even this time of year . . .
































There is Sitka, these towns aren't easy to access . . . fly in or come by water . . . only options.













A usual sight up here . . .

In the Yukon at high noon! . . . on my way down to British Columbia and on back into Alaska . . .












Near Haines, AK the Eagles gather and feed on fish coming into spawn through one of the more shallow areas of the river . . .










Two working on fish, one visitor and one watching for any leavings . . .













Coming down through the Yukon outside of Beaver Creek

























Looking east out of Palmer following the King River


























Outside of Palmer looking back . . .













Glacier on the way to Tok













Closer look at the glacier

Ok, so Mt. McKinley really is in that pic . . . no good pics and corp managment has decided to delay the project . . . the project team is disbanded and I'm headed back to the lower 48 . . . so . . . an adventure . . . a drive across Alaska to catch the Alaska Marine Highway at Haines . . .

Yes, Haines, AK where the eagles gather in mid November and hang out through the winter . . .

I keep kicking myself for missing those pics of Mt. McKinley from a couple weeks ago . . . but this is the shot out my window at work . . . The sleeping woman . . . the Alaska Range is just north of this range . . . and a gorgeous site.

The best views tend to be in the fall and winter when the air is crystal clear . . . of course that isn't when I have my camera in hand!

Pretty little city on the inlet . . . it is snowing now . . . I may just have to get another pic with her covered in white! . . . enjoy . . .

My current view . . .

Starting a new project . . . and the views are spectacular!

Winter in Alaska . . . not so bad so far.









As time goes on . . . I'll work on getting some decent pics on here . . .

Adventures continue . . . but my camera is broke . . . off being repaired, so I haven't been keeping up with the blogging . . . the project continues and has caught a bit of drag . . . I've traveled a bit of here there and everywhere . . . gorgeous drive down the coast and back, quick trip to Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland . . . summer trips around this area of central Washington . . . oh, where is that camera . . . now making a quick jaunt to Anchorage . . . be back to blogging soon!