January 1, 2012 by Katie Kelleher. For four out of the last six years, we have gone to Cape Disappointment. Around this time of the year. Cape Disappointment is a State Park. At the mouth of the mighty Columbia River. 8211; when the wild takes hold.

Ramblings of a northwest free-time hiker. Sunday, December 13, 2015. Four Mount Baker Club members ventured out to Wallace Falls State Park located off Hwy 2 in Snohomish County to check out this incredibly scenic trail. The tall cedar trees, lush moss and high volume of water rushing down Wallace River did not disappoint! The route was easy to follow and offered a wide variety of viewpoints along the way. Saturday, November 22, 2014. Skokomish High Steel Bridge 10-17-2014.

Saturday, April 23, 2011. It will cost the taxpayers money. It will cause damage to the environment in the Cherry Point area - including damage to the marine. It will dramatically increase railroad traffic in this state and numerous bridges, crossings etc. will have to be built, repaired, replaced, upgraded - most at taxpayer expense. It did not make it out of committee - that time. And then there is the whole issue of strategi.

Ski reports and routes in the Chuckanut foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Route maps, weather, gear. Are we having fun yet? Hey friends. There is snow in the Baker-area foothills. Any body been skiing? Any reports on where to go, where NOT to go? April 17, 2014.

Friday, January 19, 2018. Yesterday the Washington coast was hammered by an potent combination of extraordinarily large and powerful waves, which coincided with a reasonably high astronomical tide and some storm surge. And a raft of incredible videos, photos and stories.

Fluid Dynamics, Disasters, Geophysics, and Fieldwork. A Decade Ago, the Space Station Unfurled Its Wings for the First Time. Exactly ten years ago, the International Space Station unfurled its second set of wings for the first time. A decade ago, the beloved space station was just a fledgling in orbit.

not really just gravel, but sand, broken shell, and occasionally a boulder the size of a large truck. Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Pacifica State Beach, or Linda Mar Beach, after this part of Pacifica, was the last stop of my short Pacifica tour. A lot has been written about this beach - largely related to a project in the early 2000s that dealt with at-risk structures, stormwater, dune rehabilitation, and the mouth of San Pedro Creek.

Mount Baker Volcano Research Center subscription website. Guided Geology Field Trip to terminus of Easton Glacier on Mount Baker. More information about Boulder Glacier debris flows. The 2016 flow described in the Bellingham Herald article. Is described with many photos here. Including new information on the date of the flow- 2 PM May 25th.

Trail bound circa 2008, onehikeaweek circa 2010. Middle Fork Pasayten River Valley access restrictions had just been lifted a few days ago. Pup and I arrived at the Phelps Creek Trailhead late Friday night to a lot full of trucks now that the hunting season had begun.

In the next few weeks I will be making some corrections to the blog and changing a few things around and fixing some mistakes that have popped up. Landslide near West Twin River. Photo by Dave Parks, Department of Natural Resources. Photo by Dave Parks, Department of Natural Resources. They can help you find safe and legal locations to collect on.