The new 4th St. bridge, the old St. Pete's Hospital, and the south tip of Budd Inlet

May 23, 2012. Olympia. The old 4th St. bridge, which was a major artery connecting both sides of Oly, was destroyed in the 2001 Nisqually quake. The old St. Pete's Hospital, now serving as a housing facility, is pictured up the hill from the bridge. 

Under the Boardwalk and Budd Inlet

May 23, 2012. Olympia

Ancient Trading Path

May 20, 2013. Tumwater Historical Park

"Near this location passed an important traditional trading path. First forged by game animals, later followed by Native Americans, fur-traders from the Hudson's Bay Company, and American pioneers who established a permanent settlement here in 1845. Known as the Cowlitz Trail, it was the overland route between Puget Sound and Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, where it linked with eastern trails."

Where the Deschutes River meets the southern top of Puget Sound

May 13, 2012. Tumwater. These are the falls pictured on the old Olympia Beer label, "It's the Water."

View from Steilacoom

Mar. 25, 2013.

Olympic Mountains over Puget Sound

Mar. 25, 2013. View from Steilacoom

Puget Sound scene

Mar. 2, 2013.

North Vashon Island

Mar. 2, 2013.

Ferry to Vashon

Mar. 2, 2013. Tacoma to Vashon Island

South Gateway to the Puget Sound Country and the Olympic Peninsula

Feb. 15, 2013. Bridge in Tumwater

The dead railway station at Steilacoom

Jan. 18, 2013

Steilacoom ferry

Jan. 18, 2013

Anderson and McNeil islands

Jan. 18, 2013. As seen from Steilacoom. Anderson Island was the epicenter of the 6.8 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.

Nightcrawlers, bait

Jan. 18, 2013. Steilacoom. Anderson and McNeil islands in the background.

Mud Bay

Jan. 18, 2013. The tide is in here at one of the southern extremes of Puget Sound