A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[cascadiabound]

Alki Point lighthouse

 

[cascadiabound]

Haystack Rock. Image through a rain streaked window.

 

[UnquietDreams]

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Haystack Rock. Image through a rain streaked window.

Oh, that is perfection...

 

[UnquietDreams]

Round Lake, Camas, Washington
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[UnquietDreams]

The path to Fishing Rock State Recreation Area, Lincoln Beach, Oregon. Looks like something out of a fairy tale.
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[cascadiabound]

Seattle waterfront
I have such fond memories of riding that wheel with you darling

 

[cascadiabound]

Multnomah Falls

 

[Mrtenant]

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Seattle waterfront
I have such fond memories of riding that wheel with you darling

That was a lovely evening.

 

[Susurration]

Hi Sus!

Hi . I hope that all is well.

This thread brings me much needed tranquility . Thank you.

 

[cascadiabound]

Olympic National Park

 

[cascadiabound]

Puget Sound cloud/fog formation behind Whidbey Island. Taken from Mukilteo.

These cloud formations are called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds and occur when conflicting winds blow on top of each other. In this case, it appears a north wind pushed across the fog bank being carried by a southerly breeze and caused a visible eddy on the top of the fog layer. This area is notorious for converging winds where the southerlies from the Seattle area meet up with the westerlies that turn north down the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
(Photo credit: Jodi Poissant)

 

[cascadiabound]

Vancouver Island, West Coast Trail

 

[shewantsmore]

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Multnomah Falls

Omg looks like a dream of paradise

 

[shewantsmore]

It is truly beautiful. Also a rather big tourist draw, so don't expect to be there alone. Many consider it the crown jewel of the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Hwy. It's really a must see on a visit to Cascadia imho

Would love to travel and just to experience it,once in a life time

 

[cascadiabound]

Camino Island sunset

 

[cascadiabound]

Granite Mountain, King County
Fall is in the air

 

[cascadiabound]

Seattle's Japantown, pre WWII
by artist Kinjuro

 

[cascadiabound]

Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park

 

[cascadiabound]

Sunrise yesterday. Eatonville, WA

 

[cascadiabound]

John Day National Monument. cathedral rock, OR

 

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[cascadiabound]

The scale of the mountains in Cascadia are difficult to comprehend.
This is Kukshan/ Mt Baker with a view of Easton Glacier. The glacier itself is anywhere from 180 to 230 feet thick and extends down the mountain approximately 2.5 miles. The gently sloping line leading to the glacier is its western lateral moraine, left from the days when it extended much farther down the mountain. The moraine's knife edge carries Railroad Grade Trail out to the mountain on a crumbly knife-edge trail. The three hikers silhouetted against the glacier on the left side of the picture (look carefully) are at roughly 5,500 feet up the mountain. At that point, they are more than 5,000 feet beneath the mountain's 10,781-foot summit and about five miles away from it.

 

[RainierWriterII]

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The scale of the mountains in Cascadia are difficult to comprehend.
This is Kukshan/ Mt Baker with a view of Easton Glacier. The glacier itself is anywhere from 180 to 230 feet thick and extends down the mountain approximately 2.5 miles. The gently sloping line leading to the glacier is its western lateral moraine, left from the days when it extended much farther down the mountain. The moraine's knife edge carries Railroad Grade Trail out to the mountain on a crumbly knife-edge trail. The three hikers silhouetted against the glacier on the left side of the picture (look carefully) are at roughly 5,500 feet up the mountain. At that point, they are more than 5,000 feet beneath the mountain's 10,781-foot summit and about five miles away from it.

I've climbed that!!

 

[cascadiabound]

And so Fall begins. Big Leaf Maple

 

[cascadiabound]

Port Townsend, WA