Big giraffe company lives in San Diego zoo. More portraits:
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If you drive from eastern part of Washington to western one you would see a sign that carrying of apple maggots is prohibited. It always remand me that apple gardens of eastern Washington not only nicely bloom, but also produce a lot of food for maggots. More . . . → Continue reading Appples
There are three marmot species in Washington state: yellow-belled, hoary and Olympic. First two I saw many times in different places, but the Olympic marmot was elusive for me, even everybody who visited Hurricane ridge met them. Actually it is the place to meet them. . . . → Continue reading Olympic marmots
Climbing permit to Mt Rainier works for calendar year. If you spend money for something, you usually want to get maximum. So, although we climbed Mt Rainier in July, we decided to do it another time in August. Well, it was joke, at least partly. . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier, August 2013
Then I climbed Mt Rainier in July 2013 I saw marvelous thing on the summit. Mt Rainier is huge volcano (4392 meter), covered by thick glacier. It is cold and windy on the top. We climbed to crater and rested, when saw that the woman . . . → Continue reading Marvelous
First time I reached top of Mt Rainier in 2011, but success should be nailed down, so in July 2013 I repeated the climbing by same rout, but in other company. . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier, July 2013
– What is the first sunny day after heavy rainy ones? – Monday North Coast folklore Spring and fall are very rainy seasons in Seattle, but even at this time you can find some sun. Only two hours drive from Seattle by road # 2 and . . . → Continue reading Sun gleam among overcast
In July my fried, that doesn’t share my passion to climb mountain, visited me. So all our beautiful places were visited in lazy way – no hiking, no climbing, just impression. Rainier from Paradise. . . . → Continue reading Rainier from Paradise
First time I tried to climb Mt Rainier in 2009, but nasty snow conditions didn’t allow it. I recommend to check my post about that climb to compare how different mountain can looks in different years. This time i was three of as. Friday night . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier – 2011 |
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