Archives for the “Washington“ Tag

Silver Star Wildflower

August 19th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

One more picture from Ed’s Trail on Silver Star Mountain. This picture is a nice shallow depth of field of one of the flowers I found along the trail. If you know the name, leave it in the comments.

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Wild Purple Iris

August 18th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

I found this Wild Purple Iris on our backpacking trip to Silver Star Mountain. Silver Star is near Vancouver, Washington.

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Foggy Silver Star

August 17th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

The second day on Silver Star Mountain was foggy which made it difficult to get good landscape pictures. I did get this one of Ed’s Trail with the flowers in the clouds.

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Sunset on Silver Star

August 16th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

One more picture from the top of Silver Star Mountains. This one is a HDR picture of the setting sun.

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Helens at Sunset

August 15th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

Here is the view from Silver Star Mountain looking North towards Mt St Helens at sunset. Silver Star Mountain is Northeast of Vancouver, Washington.

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Mt Adams with Clouds

August 14th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

Another view from Silver Star Mountain. This view is looking Northeast towards Mt Adams in the distance.

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Gorge from a Distance

August 13th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

Here is a view of the Columbia Gorge and the Cascade Mountains from Silver Star Mountain. I captured this picture during our backpacking trip on the 4th of July.

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Kalin on Silver Star

August 12th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

I took this picture of Kalin at the top of Silver Star Mountain at sunset.

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Smooth Douglasia

August 11th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

Here some more of the flowers I found backpacking to the top of Silver Star Mountain. I think they are called Smooth Douglasia.

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Ed’s Trail Arch

August 10th, 2010     Tags:, , , , ,

Here is Trista and the Kids at the natural keyhole shaped arch along Ed’s Trail. Ed’s Trail takes you to the top of Silver Star Mountain, which is located near Vancouver, Washington.

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Ed’s Trail

August 9th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

Here is Ed’s Trail that takes you to the top of Silver Star Mountain. Silver Star Mountain is Northeast of Vancouver, Washington.

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Silver Star Close Up

August 8th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

Here is a close up of one of the flowers I found on our backpacking trip to the top of Silver Star Mountain. Let me know in the comments if you know what it is.

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Flowers on Silver Star

August 7th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

During the 4th of July weekend, we went backpacking on Silver Star Mountain. Here are some of the flowers growing along the trail.

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Kalin on Dog Mountain

May 19th, 2010     Tags:, , , ,

After we finished with Hood River Mountain, Kalin and I climbed Dog Mountain. Here you can see Kalin at the top. Dog Mountain is on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge, about 15 minutes West of Hood River. The trail is about 7 miles round trip with 2850 feet of elevation gain.

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More from Iron Horse

February 8th, 2010     Tags:, , ,

One more view along the Iron Horse State Trail. This one is a view of Keechelus Lake looking North.

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Keechelus Lake

February 7th, 2010     Tags:, , ,

The Iron Horse State Trail runs along the Keechelus Lake. Here is the view of the lake while I was skiing South on the trail.

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John Wayne Pioneer Trail

February 6th, 2010     Tags:, , ,

Here is another view of my ski trip along the Iron Horse State Park Trail. The trail is also called the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. It is a 17 mile old railroad bed that you can bike on in the summer. Part of the trail is groomed during the winter.

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Skiing along Iron Horse

February 5th, 2010     Tags:, , ,

During a weekend in January, I headed up to Snoqualmie Pass to do some Nordic Skiing. I stopped at Hyak Sno-park to ski along the Iron Horse State Park Trail.

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Running water

November 20th, 2009     Tags:, , ,

I found this little creek along the East Fork Lewis River while we were hiking. Most of the creek in the area was full due to all the rain we have had over the past couple of days.

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Wet hiking

November 19th, 2009     Tags:, , , ,

In between the rain, I got this picture of Kalin hiking along the East Fork Lewis river. It was a little chilly, but she took her gloves off soon after this picture was taken.

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