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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:30 AM

Climbing Mt. St. Helens

Mt. St. Helens is an amazing National Park. The volcano blew in 1980 and experts thought it would be a complete dead zone for 400 years. Within 3 years, life started reappearing in the desolation. Science has rarely had an opportunity to study a spot...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:30 AM

Kerry Park Sunset

There’s a park up on Queen Anne Hill (where Frasier’s apartment would have been if it really existed!) called Kerry Park and it has a great view of Seattle and Mt. Rainier. If you’ve seen a skyline postcard of Seattle, this is probably...
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Friday, July 27, 2012 12:30 AM

Mt. Rainier Hike

Last weekend Tyla and I headed down to the Sunrise visitor’s center on the east side of Mt. Rainier to do a little hiking. The day started off very cloudy/foggy, but the UW weather models said the clouds would clear so we went for it. We took a roundabout...
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Monday, April 23, 2012 12:30 AM

Grace Lakes Snowshoeing

Mom and Dad came out for Easter. Since they have only been out here once in the winter (two Aprils ago for our wedding), we thought it would be fun to head up to the mountains to see some snow. It seemed like a good opportunity to try snowshoeing so I...
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Thursday, May 05, 2011 12:30 AM

T2i Panorama on PhotoSynth

It was so nice on Sunday that Tyla and I walked down the street to the park so that I could try my first big panorama with our Canon T2i . I set up the tripod, switched to manual focus, switched to aperture priority, set the ISO, and I was off. I used...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:30 AM

NCAA FanCam

At the men’s championship game on Monday, two of my favorite pastimes were combined: panoramic photos and crowd watching. (Also, I didn’t know that pastime only had one t until the spellchecker told me.) They spliced together a 5000 megapixel...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:30 AM

Skiing With Tyla

Last fall we picked up ski equipment for Tyla at the ski expo, but we haven’t had a chance to try it out until last weekend. January and the first half of February saw almost no snow fall in the Cascades, but thankfully that has ended and it is dumping...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:30 AM

Snoqualmie Lake

On Saturday, Tim and I set out to do the longest hike yet. It starts with a 12 mile drive down a dirt road and then you hike 7.5 miles into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness to Snoqualmie Lake. For those of you playing along at home, it’s hike #18 from Beyond...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:30 AM

Thunder Knob

Tyla and I headed up to Concrete, WA to camp with her family for the Fourth of July weekend. Photos from our weekend include shots of a hike to Diablo Lake and Gorge Dam, making fire with flint, mini golf, and blowing my new vuvuzella at the parade. And...
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Friday, July 02, 2010 12:30 AM

Annette Lake

I’ve really had the itch to get some hiking and exploring done. Last Saturday the weather and our calendar finally aligned and we took advantage of it. I had planned to drive back down that dirt road that Tim and I found, but after chatting with a forest...
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Monday, July 27, 2009 12:30 AM

Mowich Lake

Saturday was our one year anniversary. 365 days ago, Tyla and I had our first date, and for some reason, she has put up with me for a whole year. To celebrate, we drove down to Mowich Lake . Mowich Lake is located in the northwest corner of the park,...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:30 AM

Artists Point Panorama

It’s been a while since I’ve done a panoramic stitch, but Saturday’s ride to the top of Artists Point was the perfect opportunity. There are a couple ways to view it. First, you can open the JPG directly but be warned that it’s about 9MB.   I also...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:30 AM

Heybrook Lookout

The Washington Trails Association website is great for discovering the status of various trails (covered in snow? etc) and finding new trails. They have one great site that lists a bunch of mountain fire lookouts that are reachable by day hikes. On Sunday...
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Monday, January 19, 2009 12:30 AM

Crystal Clear Skiing

We have been in a dry spell recently. Strange weather has given us 50 degree temps at the top of the mountain and temps below 40 in Seattle (6000 feet lower.) This has resulted in rock hard conditions on the mountains after they freeze overnight. Sounds...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:47 PM

Rattlesnake Ledge

It is Mom and Dad's last day in town so I took them on a hike up to the top of Rattlesnake Ledge. It was a pretty nice day so we had a great view from the top. I, of course, took another panoramic photo. You can click on it for the full size view...
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