Black vulture

Black vulture is a relative to Turkey vulture, but lives only on the south part of North America. I met this company in the Everglades National Park, Florida.

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Osprey

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Washington farms

Washington state is not only Boeing, Microsoft and Amazon. It is also wine, cherries and apples. And stock raisin of some sort…

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Clarno

Finally, the last and smallest part of John Day National Monument, Clarno Unit. Lava rocks and fossils.

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Sheep Rock

Sheep Rock is other part of John Day National Monument.

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Painted Hills

For a long time I though that Oregon is ocean beaches, waterfalls, and volcanoes. In fact Oregon is mainly the prairies with tumbleweeds and wind-mills. You can drive hours by hours and nothing will changes around you. In the middle of this unchangeable landscape there is a . . . → Continue reading Painted Hills

Christmas around

Leavenworth, the pseudo-Bavarian village in east Washington, is a nice place to find Christmas mood.

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Toucans

New climbing season – Mt Baker

Last weekend we opened climbing season. Old chap Mt Backer from south approach. It was not snowy winter this year, and all crevasses are already open. But it was sunny and warm.

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White pelican

Pelican lives in San Diego zoo. More: