Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Local thrills

Olympia, Washington is nestled under evergreens that hover over the tumbling waters of the Deschutes River, at least the parts of it that are not paved over, built on, filled with traffic... In fact, there are a fair percentage of acres still held as parks that are little wildernesses to explore.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Mesa Verde interior

This shot was taken through a small doorway, angling the camera upwards. See the painted decoration on the right? The original builder, most likely a woman, painted that centuries ago. I have not read anything on the significance of the pattern and design, but looking at it now, I wonder if the... Sign in to see full entry.

Kiva sunbeam shines across time

TAPS describes a kiva in her comment to the previous post. Here is the best image I have to go with that description: I especially like the thought that the sunbeam we saw that day shining in the dust motes below the entry to the kiva, is exactly the same as it would have been centuries ago, when... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mesa Verde National Park

This is one of America's most fascinating parks: geologists, botanists, zoologists and anthropologists--cultural and archeaological--are drawn here, just as much as photographers, painters and writers. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Mt Rainier : Winter Afternoon

This was taken from about 40 miles west of the mountain, near Spanaway, WA. It was a cold winter day. If you have seen the sort of abstract shots of ice crystals on puddles posted a while ago--this is where those were taken, this same day. Later, another angle, and afternoon passing into evening... Sign in to see full entry.

Mt Rainier National Park: Morning Twilight

In the first set of pictures, of the sunlight coming up over the face of Rainier, look carefully in the middle pictures, especially the next to last. Down in front of the mountain, you can see a river, and in that next to last shot, the reflection of the glowing light on a lake. This final picture... Sign in to see full entry.

Mt Rainier National Park: Ghost trees

In the high meadows just below tree-line, where the trees no longer grow at all, there are many standing skeletons of trees that survived a while to grow, until a season came that overwhelmed them. From Sunrise, there is a trail that leads down among these haunted woods. Some struggle on through the... Sign in to see full entry.

Mt Rainier National Park: Morning in the Vale

Looking north-- Rainier is to the west... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Mt Rainier National Park: views away from the mountain

Looking down into the vales below Sunrise... Where, the night before, it was filled with mist like a glowing sea, illuminated by moonlight. In the morning comes this perfect clarity of vision. And you can hear the cheery busy-ness of birds and ever-vigilant whistles of marmots. The Sub-Alpine Fir... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mt Rainier National Park: Morning on the mountain

These were taken after a night in the parking lot at Sunrise, the tourist center on the eastern side of Mt Rainier National Park. The night before had been utterly clear overhead, full of stars and moon, but the valleys far below, on every side, were filled with a sea of cloud, lit by moonlight. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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