Towards the end of a hike from the Joso Bridge to Palouse Falls we came up this steep canyon up onto the bluff. I wasn’t that tired after hiking up it but I figured it was a good time to take a break and take some shots. We hiked in March which was a good time to do it because it was nice and cool. I can imagine that area gets pretty hot in the summer.
Here are some mountains I shot while on the top deck of a cruise ship. I believe we were heading into Glacier Bay in Alaska at the time. Such an awesome place. Make sure you have plenty of memory cards if you head to Alaska because you can fill them up pretty quickly.
Just after finishing a barbecue at Doheny State Park I grabbed my camera gear to check out the sunset. San Juan creek was calm and still so it provided a nice reflection.
Doheny beach is just to left. There’s a nice marina there now but before the marina it was a really good surf spot. It’s actually mentioned in the Surfin’ USA song by the Beach Boys.
One of the first photos I took with a ND 3.0 Filter. Kind of hard to shoot with because you can’t see anything out of it. So you have to lock everything down and then take the shot. We’ll after I took this picture I took the filter off and was holding it in my hand. While I was recomposing I bumped my hand and dropped my filter into the rocks/water. It was just out of reach…$70 into the drink doh!
The Lime Kiln Lighthouse is a cool place to visit on San Juan Island in Washington state. It not only has a lighthouse but when I was there you could see a pod of Killer Whales swimming around about a mile offshore. They weren’t close enough for me to get a good shot but it was still pretty cool.
Two falls actually make up Palouse Falls in Eastern Washington. The first falls, which I did not know about at the time, is about 20 feet and the lower falls (pictured below) is about 180 feet. It’s pretty impressive to see in person. It would be cool to see the falls from ground level but I wasn’t sure how to get down there. Maybe next time.
I was taking some shots at Palouse Falls in Eastern Washington just before sunset and I noticed a couple of marmots just hanging out. I took a couple of pictures of them and then focused my attention on the falls. The next time I looked around I noticed some more marmots. By the time I was finished there were even more. It was kind of creepy. They seemed harmless and went about their own business but I wouldn’t feed them after midnight or pour water on them…
Here’s another one from Reflection Lake up at Mount Rainier National Park I took a couple years ago. I heard the best time to get a reflection is before 10 AM in the summer. I have yet to get up there that early. When I do you’ll be the first to know.
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3
I did a hike in March from the Joso Bridge to Palouse Falls. It was about 7 miles one-way. It was nice to get out hiking in Eastern Washington since there was still snow in most of the hiking spots I like to go to in Western Washington.
After heading out of Mowich Lake in Mount Rainier National Park and up to Fay Peak, we took a little detour and found this little falls. I liked the ledge it was cascading down and I remember having to wrestle with my old tripod to get in position (I’m so glad I upgraded to a better one). While hiking we also found some blue-ish bear scat along the trail so the bear must have been eating some berries or it found a patch of Smurfs.
