April 30 and May 1, 2016 We’ve spent time in the past photographing the waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge, but this trip we spent more time on the Washington side of the Gorge with the intent of photographing the wildflowers at both Dalles Mountain and Rowena Crest. In the past, the end of April was…
Last weekend my son Kevin from Alaska brought his girlfriend, Mandy and his daughter, Savanah down for a visit. This was the first time they had visited Washington for a long time and the first time Kevin had brought Mandy down. Kevin and Savanah are big Seahawk fans, so one of the things they especially…
Every year since 1995 I have traveled to Anchorage for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. I’ve worked a variety of volunteer positions, but for the past 14 years my job has been to oversee the race stats reporting. In all the years I’ve been going to Alaska, I never really got a good look at the northern…
In May I had the opportunity to take my granddaughter to the Perelli Horse and Soul tour in Puyallup, Washington courtesy of my brother’s step daughter Lillan, who was performing in the program on Sunday. I took my Nikon D7000 with 70-200mm f/2.8 VR and mounted it on a monopod while sitting up in the…
Every March I take about 3 1/2 weeks away form home to volunteer for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. I coordinate a group of other volunteers to get the race data collected from the checkpoints and post it to the Internet. My office works 24/7, but in recent years I’ve been able…
I’m not sure why anyone would want to dress up in goofy costumes and jump into the lake on January 1st, but here in Thurston County it has become a tradition. I think I’m too old for such craziness but it was sure fun photographing it! We may have to make it a family tradition…
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