I must be honest, while I’m a religious studies major who has read a lot about world religions, this comes straight from Google… “In Zen philosophy and Eastern poetry, a mossy rock sitting undisturbed in a rushing stream symbolizes steadfastness, calm, and inner peace. While the chaotic water (representing time or life’s troubles) rushes past,…
Dungeness River cascades down from the mountains – Olympic National Forest. I remember the trip to get to this spot. Our niece who lives in Washington drove us up a long rocky, rutted road, where we stopped at a little remote parking lot. We then hiked up through the forest of tall trees and lush…
The Pacific Northwest offers both temperate oceanic rainforest and warm-summer Mediterranean climates, making for beautiful hiking areas, like the remote Lower Dungeness Trail along the Dungeness River – Olympic National Forest. I was drawn to the lush green foliage and the sense of mystery of what was around the corner as I stopped for this…
Whether you call it “The Emerald State” or “The Evergreen State,” Washington’s Cascade Mountains offer a landscape that truly lives up to both nicknames – Mt. Rainier National Park. For this shot I was trying to capture the sense of distance, with the color of the far-off mountains much different than the color of the…
Jagged mountain peaks form an impermeable wall. Thankfully, I do not need to hike over those peaks to get on the other side – Mt. Rainier National Park. (Sunrise, Washington) ≡Canon R5/RF24-240 123mm f/9.0 1/320sec iso-100
Departing the Olympic Peninsula for Victoria, British Columbia, the M.V. Coho crosses the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the international waterway that connects the Pacific Ocean and the Salish Sea. For me, the feeling was of departure to places unknown. We were spending the day on the Island of Vancouver, yet it felt like we…
The forest and a few lesser peaks of the Cascade Range within Mt. Rainier National Park. While the main attraction in the park is the grand, 14,000-foot “active volcano at rest,” the lush green of the meadow and trees with snow on the peaks made this shot one I could not pass up. (Sunrise, Washington)…