In August 2001 Anne and I toured round Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.



I make no apologies for the lack of people in these pictures. Why take pictures of people when you're surrounded by magnificent landscapes such as Mt. St. Helens, Crater Lake and the temperate rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula?

We flew into Portland OR, then headed south to Crater Lake, then north again into Washington heading for the Olympic National Park, and then flew out of Seattle WA.
Bridge
Peter Skene bridge on State Highway 97 in Oregon
Me on bridge
Me on the afore mentioned historic bridge
Columnar basalt
Some great columnar basalt on the side of the gorge that the historic bridge crosses
Lake Billy Rubin
Lake Billy Chinook
Little League sign
A sign on a Little League pitch in Bend
Crater Lake Map
Map of the Crater Lake Nat. Park
Anne
Anne on the Rim Drive
Crater Lake
Crater Lake from Cloud Cap
Mt. Scott
Mt. Scott and Crater Lake, Oregon
Mt. Scott
Mt. Scott
Anne on Mt. Scott
Anne oat the summit of Mt Scott
View from Mt. Scott
The view of Crater Lake from Mt Scott
Pumice desert
The pumice desert
Tree
A white bark pine on the exposed slopes of Mt. Scott.
Lake
A small lake in the Umpqua river above the Clearwater falls.
Waterfall
The Clearwater falls.
Wooden pipe
A huge (leaky) wooden pipe at the base of the Toketee Falls
Umpqua River
The upper reaches of the Umpqua river.
Waterfall
Toketee Falls in the Umpqua river
Me at Banden
Me at the beach at Bandon with the Face Rock and Kittens Rocks in the background
Driftwood
A line of driftwood on Banden beach
Anne at Banden
Anne in front of a huge piece of driftwood
Me on the Dunes
Me in the middle of one of the largest expanses of coastal dunes systems in the world - on the Oregon coast.
Lawrence of Arabia
Me as Lawrence of Arabia
Dunes
We thought we could get to the ocean
Darlingtonia
Darlingtonia californica
Darlingtonia
Darlingtonia californica
Tsunami
Tsunami warnings at Lincoln City
Paddling
Me paddling at Cape Lookout
Lighthouse
Lighthouse at Cape Lookout
Octopus tree
The Octopus Tree at Cape Meares
Krumholtz tree
A tree showing the krumholz effect at Cape Perpetua
Cannon Beach Bay
Cannon Beach from Tilamook Head
Astoria Column
The Astoria Column
Astoria
The view from the top of the Astoria Column
Astoria bridge
The bridge over the Columbia at Astoria
Tanker
A huge tanker
Astoria Buildings
Some of the grand buildings in Astoria
Bates Motel
Astoria even had it's own Bates Motel!
Mt. St. Helens Crater
The crater in Mt. St. Helens formed during the eruption on May 18th 1982
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. St. Helens, Washington
Fallen logs
Fallen logs (those wee white lines!) on the slopes opposite the crater
Coldwater Lake
Coldwater Lake
Anne at Coldwater lake
Anne at Coldwater lake
Flowers
Flowers on the slopes of the old blast zone
Map
Map of the Olympic National Park
Marymere Falls
Marymere Falls
Anne and fungi
Anne and a large bracket fungi
Hotsprings
Anne dipping her foot into the (extremely smelly) hot springs at Olympic Springs.
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Olympus
Red alders
Some red alders
Red alders
Some more red alders
Sitka burls
Large burls on some coastal Sitka spruces
Largest Cedar
The largest red cedar in the world!
Largest Sitka
The largest Sitka spruce in the world
Treestump
Anne in front of a mutant tree stump
Black Beetle
A black beetle gratefully scoffing a lump of avocado we dropped
Hairy tree
A hairy tree above a babbling brook
Forest
The temperate rainforest
Forest
The temperate rainforest
Forest
The temperate rainforest
Nurse log
A nurse log
Nurse log
A new nurse log
Clubmoss
A close up of the club moss that carpets everything
Ho River
The Ho River
Pool
A tranquil pool in the Ho Valley
Fallen tree
A fallen cedar 90 foot long
Anne
Lunchtime
Phonebox
Mossy phone box
Car
Our car - a Mitsubishi Eclipse
Ice cream
Great ice cream - and service! :)
Teva feet
I've always wanted Teva feet!
Locations
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