Foo - The Pacific Northwest(pic heavy)

It's been a fine summer so far

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beautiful!

yup, looks like home....great pics...where were ya?

If I could, I'd move out there in a second

Beautiful!

Man, that sure beats Pittsburgh.

Couch

Nice.

beautiful pics, thank you for sharing!:)

Pretty lucky to live here, no doubt

Cohophysh - Kind of all over in these pics :) Enchantments, Broken Top, Mt Ellinor etc :)

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I thought I recognized the Enchantments.

:cry:

I love my home, thank you for sharing
:)

Your shots seem to be mostly from the dry side of the mountains - you ever come to the wet side?

Fake stuffed goats? Haha

Damn. I gotta get out of Vegas.

Nice photos.

Hey! Stop showing others what this place looks like! It's crowded enough here as is.

Excellent pictures, though. I haven't done nearly as much hiking as planned, myself.

That isn't Dog Lake is it?



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Fake stuffed goats? Haha

Ha! Thats exactly what I thought! Looks like a musuem set up! Beautiful country! I hate Philly! :mad: ;) I can hear BAH's SO,"and will you please leave that damned stuff goat home this time!" :lol: ;)

Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

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+1. Thanks for sharing though :)

I know where I'm moving when I get laid off, that's for sure.

Gorgeous. I can't get enough of that area. I love the goat!

Yeah people look at me funny hauling stuffed goats up the mountain, but they make for good photos, so I keep at it :)

Fake, motorized goats are even heavier, but worth it.. This was much steeper than it looks on this vid.

Baby goat in 4WD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6yTWRJEXE

Iamlucky- that's Colchuck Lake in the Enchantments. That was camp -wifey making breakfast:love:

Damn. I gotta get out of Vegas.

Nice photos.

You got some pretty spectacular places around too if you get out of town - we spent a week touring around the outskirts early this summer. Really dig some of the places down there

I won't take up your time with too many photos, but this hike is one of the highlights of that trip

Angels Landing- pure awesome

Up that spine to the top(not for folks afeared of heights) We got a bit of vertigo and are usually fine with that type of thing. People kept falling off and killing themselves I guess, so they put a chain right up the middle. Won't keep you from falling off, but at least it's something to hang onto if you like.

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No gradual descents :)

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I love my home, thank you for sharing
:)

Your shots seem to be mostly from the dry side of the mountains - you ever come to the wet side?

I live here :) Olympia

Sure, here's some shots featuring West of the Cascades..

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ok last ones, sorry a few more from West of Cascades :)

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Bigger Panoramic of this one here (http://www.derekpearson.com/facebook/49/)

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And just because- found this guy hanging out under a pier right downtown Olympia. We were walking in the dark shining flashlights into the water and this dude floated up. I'm pretty sure my wife jumped 15 feet straight in the air haha

the Kraken

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Sure, here's some shots featuring West of the Cascades..


ok last ones, sorry a few more from West of Cascades :)


And just because-

thanks - that is wonderful. I was just two days ago able to get my camera repaired after 1 year of not having it...
Good shots.

I know where I'm moving when I get laid off, that's for sure.

Actually, I quit my job to move here about a year ago... took 9 months to find a new job, but it has been totally worth it.

2nd mtn goat looks 'shopped to me.

BAH,
I grew up in Oly, work in Lacey and live out toward the coast...was the kraken seen down at percival landing, and where is that single track located????? Love the other pics....reminds me why I live here

Yeah people look at me funny hauling stuffed goats up the mountain, but they make for good photos, so I keep at it :)

Fake, motorized goats are even heavier, but worth it.. This was much steeper than it looks on this vid.

Baby goat in 4WD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6yTWRJEXE

Iamlucky- that's Colchuck Lake in the Enchantments. That was camp -wifey making breakfast:love:

Gotcha. It looked kind of like Dog Lake, but considering the rest of the pictures, I figured it was actually somewhere not directly off a state highway.

Those are all really great shots. Many kudos.

BAH,
I grew up in Oly, work in Lacey and live out toward the coast...was the kraken seen down at percival landing, and where is that single track located????? Love the other pics....reminds me why I live here

Yep, right down on the water :) Capitol Forest, right outside Oly ..


A few more shots of scoping out the Olympics for some backcountry trips this am in my friends airplane....


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I think I saw this guy in the Lacey Cabela's

Beautiful Pics, BAH. Where did you take those? Olympia National Park area? I still haven't made it there to see yet. Hope to get out there next summer.

Unbelievably nice pictures. It's like Ansel Adams with color. I don't just toss out compliments, I mean it. Seriously good stuff.

What boggles my mind is that they're making a movie in Michigan right now, and they're going to pretend it's Washington. A rather lame idea, at best. Michigan has absolutely nothing on Washington's natural beauty, as your pictures clearly demonstrate.

I think I saw this guy in the Lacey Cabela's

hahahaha....I think you maybe right.....LOL:roflmao2:

Beautiful Pics, BAH. Where did you take those? Olympia National Park area? I still haven't made it there to see yet. Hope to get out there next summer.

Yep, right over the Olympics :)

Unbelievably nice pictures. It's like Ansel Adams with color. I don't just toss out compliments, I mean it. Seriously good stuff.

What boggles my mind is that they're making a movie in Michigan right now, and they're going to pretend it's Washington. A rather lame idea, at best. Michigan has absolutely nothing on Washington's natural beauty, as your pictures clearly demonstrate.

ha thanks :) What's the movie?

Shameless plug since you liked my pictures- I'm currently up for top wedding photographer in WA and currently sitting in the number 1 spot. If you'd (or anybody) like to help boost my standings, please vote! :D

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Beautiful.

funny, a friend is up against you...
your work is really quite strong - I will abstain 'cause I can't vote for both