Wildfires from hundreds of miles away in California stain the sky red in the Yellowstone Valley.
The road turns away from Devil’s Tower, in eastern Wyoming. It does NOT, however, run into a top secret government base where we made contact with alien life. Pity.
Houseboats outside of Troutdale, Oregon, on the banks of the Columbia River.
Fog rolls in off the Columbia River just after sunset, near Corbett, Oregon. Vista House sits on its perch high above the Gorge at the top left.
Historic Highway 30 carves through the Columbia River Gorge, and makes a wonderful motorcycle adventure route.
Gluten Free baked goods from Baked With Love.xyz, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Sometimes you just need a cupcake.
The view is of the Bay Bridge, from Oakland into the heart of San Francisco, taken from Yerba Buena Island.
The Tree is the most famous tree in Portland, possibly the whole united states. Made famous by Peter Lik’s Tree of Life, this Japanese Maple is much smaller than the picture would have you believe… but it certainly is magical under here.
The greens and pink and teals in the sky here are a long exposure of the Aurora Borealis behind some light clouds, on the eastern face of Mount Rainier.
Fields glow green in late spring in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
The tulip festival highlights springtime in the Skagit Valley, north of Seattle.
Late aternoon at a MAX light rail station in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Oceanic erosion on a large slab of stone, at Harris Beach in southern Oregon.
The Pacific Northwest is mostly a giant temperate rainforest. Case in point is here, in Jedidiah Smith State Forest, on the California side of the Oregon border.
Light Rail station in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon, near Pioneer Square.
Irrigation system in a field at the base of Mount Hood, near Hood River, Oregon.
Abanadoned railway along the Salmonberry River, in northwestern Oregon.
Renowned jeweler Norah Pierson’s storefront in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Carved stone stairway in the Portland Japanese Garden.
The Portland Japanese Garden is a respite of serenity in the heart of Portland.
Sunglow shining trough a ravine that guides a creek towards the Washougal River, Washington.
Dougan Falls recreation area, near Washougal, Washington.
An inversion rolled onto Saddle Mountin during a summit climb, just before sunset. The twin peak mountin is part of the Oregon Coast Range, in Clatsop County.
The Vista House observatory is perched 733 feet above the Columbia River below, in Corbett Oregon, and has an amazing view of much of the Columbia River Gorge. The building is now a museum. The pylons in the distance are the Bonneville Dam.
Sun is just about to crest behind Ute Mountain, in Utah, and illuminate Mule Canyon. This site is a few miles east of Natural Bridges National Monument, and part of the Bears Ears recreation area.
A lonely fall leaf clings to a wet volcanic rock under Oneonta Falls. Sadly, this area is no longer safe to visit, after the Eagle Creek Fire destroyed the canopy and softened the rockwalls of this gorgeous slot canyon.
Sunset over Silver Mountains and Cobb Peak, near the Utah-Nevada border. The smooth white of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats run for miles in front of the mountains.
Cave found in the side of the Silver Island Mountains, near the Nevada-Utah border. The expanse in front is the Bonneville Salt Flats.
These windblown sandstone formations are only a few inches to a few feet tall, but are natural formations of wind and sand.
Bridge tour of Downtown Portland, Oregon. Prominent first is the Hawthorn Bridge, with the colorful Morrison Bridge underneath. Between the rainbow, you can just make out the ramparts of the Burnside Bridge. The jutting towers under the left side of the Hawthorn are the Steel Bridge.
This is a vertical view straight up from under one of the greenery trellises of the 18-story Edith Green federal building in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Mars is prominent in the early night sky over Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Moonrise over Crater Lake and Wizard Island, Oregon.
Adventurer entering a dormant volcano lava tube. This tunnel is the remains of an ancient eruption of Mount Saint Helens, Washington.
Seagulls float in the fiery sunset at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
Sun setting aginst the Pupu Point trail, heading up West Tiger Mountain, Issaquah, Washington.
Laterns adorn the entrace to an anniversary party in Raleigh, North Carolina
Juvenile Redtail Hawk, near Four Oaks, North Carolina
Clouds parting somewhere between Great Smokey National Park and Pisgah National Forest, near the North Carolina-Tennessee border.
Lunar Eclipse composite of two frames, taken at the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh.
Early evening at Half Dome, Yosemite, California
Looking east from Bluff Mountain, near Sparta, North Carolina
