Pacific NW Sights

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    My New Header Photo and How I Almost Lost my Drone Taking It

    The new header photo of my webpage was taken at a small obscure lake in Enumclaw called Bass Lake. It is not accessible publicly. I found it on Google Earth and noticed a private cul de sac where I could fly my drone and gain access. Of course, the photo shows the lake with the Enumclaw valley and Mt Rainier in the background. The most interesting part of this story is that I almost lost my drone. As I was flying the it back home, I was watching the map on my app instead of the camera view and flew it full speed into a pine tree. It came to…

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    Loowit Falls on Mt St Helens

    Here is something beautiful that was formed on May 18, 1980. It is Loowit Falls on Mt St Helens. The water is coming from the crater of MSH. All the dirt you see here is from the pyroclastic flow and ash cloud the day MSH blew. The area has been left alone to come back naturally. The mountain itself is still pretty destitute but further out in the blast area, which extended north for 7 miles, there are plants, trees and wildlife. By the way, that’s Spirit Lake at the beginning of the video.

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    Mt Saint Helens 37 Years Later

    This video was not made by me but I have been to Mt St Helens a number of times and have posted some of my pictures in my photo album on this blog. The videographer mentioned Harry Truman who had a lodge on the south end of Spirit Lake. He refused to leave when the area was evacuated in 1980. On one of my trips to Windy Ridge on the SE corner of Spirit Lake, a ranger  pointed to a spot out in the middle of present-day Spirit Lake and told me if you went out to that spot, then went down 200 ft under water and then another 100’…

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    Snoqualmie Falls

    An enjoyable trip to the east of Seattle about 30 minutes away is Snoqualmie Falls. I called it a day trip but it’s only 30 minutes away so you will have plenty of time left in your day. The first video below shows some of the beautiful sights around Snoqualmie including the Falls. It is set to the theme music of the TV show “Twin Peaks”. That’s because Snoqualmie Falls was featured in the opening credits of the show and it was filmed in the town of North Bend which is next door to Snoqualmie to the east. Here are instructions to drive to Snoqualmie Falls from Seattle.