Sand dollar

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Clamdigger stampede

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

Telltale signs of the clamdigger

Apr. 28, 2013. Ocean Shores

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

Round the bend

Apr. 28, 2012. Near White Star

Coming in from the Pacific

Apr. 27, 2014. Montesano

For smokers

Apr. 27, 2014. Montesano

Sock bunny

Apr. 27, 2013. Ocean Shores

Front row seat to the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Apr. 27, 2013. Ocean Shores

Contact

Apr. 27, 2013. Ocean Shores, Shiloh Inn

Felix Van Quaethem born Aug. 17, 1861 died Aug. 23, 1902

Apr. 27, 2012. Pioneer Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater

Alice May, wife of George Tricklo, born Feb. 9, 1863; died Feb. 29, 1888

Apr. 27, 2012. Pioneer Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater

Grave of Alice May Tricklo

Apr. 27, 2012. Pioneer Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater

In memory of Sarah C. Denton Wife of Edward Lange

Apr. 27, 2012. Born In Brooklyn, N.Y. June 29, 1851 Died Sept. 12, 1897.

Pioneer Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater. Edward Lange was an artist who specialized in creating panoramic "birds-eye view" of settlements.

Johanna Larkin died Sept. 20, 1894 Aged 44 yrs.

Apr. 27, 2012. Pioneer Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater.

Interesting backstory in Findagrave:

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSob=c&GSsr=1&GScid=2152770&GRid=30603056&df=p&

Tumwater founder across from Walmart

Apr. 27, 2012. Grave of George Washington Bush (d. 1863) and Isabella Bush (d. 1866), Union Cemetery, Tumwater. The Bushes were among the party that founded the first American settlement in Washington.

"Bush was a successful farmer in Missouri, but as a free African American in a slave state, he faced increasing discrimination and decided to move west."

More information at HistoryLink:

http://www.historylink.org/File/5645

Buying only orange today

Apr. 26, 2013. Olympia Top Food

No obscene pedestrians allowed

Apr. 26, 2012. Olympia

Car wash texture

Apr. 26, 2012. Olympia

Car wash clouds

Apr. 26, 2012. Olympia

State Archives cleanup after burst water pipe

Apr. 25, 2014. Olympia.

Damage control after flooding at State Archives

Apr. 25, 2014. Olympia

T for two

Apr. 25, 2013. Tumwater Dairy Queen