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!

Wanapum Dam Tour . . . thanks Donna!

Vortex at one of the spill ways . . . a good reason not to be anywhere near this dam on the water.











Fish ladders . . . a big deal here . . . one on either side of the dam and this is peak season watching them moving up the river!










The new fish spillway . . . lets the fish move down stream with less damage than going through the turbines or across the spill ways . . . and a great feeling of vertigo standing over it!








Spring/Summer flows . . . spillways passing water and generating all the power it can . . .












And one of the locals heading up the ladder . . .












The action at one of the spillway gates . . .

A quick stop . . .

Snoqualamie Falls . . .

Pretty little falls on the west side of the Cascades outside of North Bend on I-90 around 40 miles east of Seattle. Has a real nice looking Inn next to it . . .

















Looking down to the base of the falls . . .
There is a persistent raindbow to be seen and the
wind keeps a fairly persistent spray from the falls
falling on the overlook . . .












A different angle looking down to the base of the falls from the top of the overlook . . . a little vertigo for you . . .

Wow, June already . . . the project progresses . . . had a great long weekend . . . with barbequeing galore . . . and the above pic from my neice and her boyfriends fishing trip . . .





Just a few of the participants . . . enjoying the warm weather . . .












Took the long drive from the project to pick up my sister and friend . . . while listening to the second and third books in a series, driving down the Oregon Coast . . . and back up, of course . . .

I don't know why, but didn't even stop to take any pics along the way . . . unusual for me!

OK, so maybe not . . . always have the camera around, but usually forget to use it!