Sunday, October 30, 2016

Grover Reed Percival 1860-1920

Apr. 29, 2013. Percival, the Mayor of Vancouver who went missing for a spell and died a mysterious death, is said in local folklore to be the ghost frequently seen on the I-5 bridge.

Park Hill Cemetery, Vancouver


Entering Washington

Apr. 29, 2013. I-5 bridge over the Columbia

Downtown Portland


Apr. 29, 2013.

Whole Foods parking garage

Apr. 29, 2013. Portland

Earthlings Unite

Apr. 29, 2013. Portland, Whole Foods parking garage

A very red barn with a satellite dish

Apr. 29, 2013. Scappoose, Oregon

Largest candle in the USA

Apr. 29, 2013. Peace Candle of the World, Scappoose, Oregon

Peace Candle of the World

Apr. 29, 2013. Scappoose, Oregon

Pixie Park

Apr. 29, 2013. Columbia City, Oregon with the Columbia River and Woodland, Washington in the background

Barge on the Columbia

Apr. 29, 2013.  Taken from Columbia City, Oregon. Woodland, Washington is across the River.

Multipurpose structure

Apr. 29, 2013. Prescott, Oregon. The surrounding moss is nice Northwest touch.

City Hall, Prescott, Oregon

Apr. 209, 2013. The community bulletin board for legal notices is on the side of a large bus stop

Friday, October 28, 2016

Prescott, Oregon City Hall.

Apr. 29, 2013. Apparently this is no joke.

Better days past

Apr. 29, 2013. Close to Rainier, Oregon

One of the links to Washington from Oregon over the Columbia

Apt. 29, 2013. Rainier, Oregon.

View from Rainier, Oregon

Apr. 29, 2013. Columbia River and Lewis and Clark Bridge view from Rainier, Oregon

Longview industrial viewed from Rainer, Oregon across the Columbia

Apr. 29, 2013.

Crossing into Oregon

Apr. 29, 2013. Lewis and Clark Bridge, over the Columbia River, from Longview

Christo-like tunnel

Apr. 29, 2013. Lewis and Clark Bridge maintenance work, over the Columbia River crossing from Washington to Oregon at Longview

Bridge under repair over the Columbia River

Apr. 29, 2013. Lewis and Clark Bridge, Longview side

Western sky

Apr. 6, 2013. Tumwater

Study in gray

Apr. 29, 2013. Longview

Borst Park

Apr. 28, 2013. Centralia

Fort Borst Blockhouse

Apr. 29, 2013. Centralia

Hood for a 1965 Chevrolet truck

Apr. 29, 2011. Olympia

Olympia-- Dead End

Apr. 29, 2011.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Dead load

Apr. 28, 2013. Hoquiam

Rusty shed in the land of rain

Apr. 28, 2013. Hoquiam

Grays Harbor at Hoquiam

Apr. 28, 2013.

Humptulips River

Apr. 28, 2013. Grays Harbor County

SR 109 bridge over Humptulips River

Apr. 28, 2013. Grays Harbor County

Shiloh beach exit

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

The Coke machine gazes longingly out the window, yearning to be free and running on the beach

Apr. 28, 2013. Shiloh Inn, Ocean Shores

Soft drinks by the sea

Apr. 28, 2013. Shiloh Inn, Ocean Shores

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Tsunami warning station in the dunes

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Tsunami warning station, close-up

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores.

Question: Once the Cascadia Subduction Zone unzips, will the 9 point plus quake itself destroy this structure before it has a chance to actually work? Of course by that time it probably won't matter.

Nature's thumbprint

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Sandpipers among the clamdiggers

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores.

Sand dollar

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Clamdigger stampede

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Telltale signs of the clamdigger

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Monday, October 24, 2016

Clamdigging frenzy

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Clamdiggers as far as the eye can see

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Parking for clamdiggers

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Dune grass

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Field of dunes

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Pacific dunes

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores.

Life in the middle of the road

Apr. 28, 2012. Near White Star

Grafitti crossing

Apr. 28, 2012. Near White Star