Category: Pacific Northwest
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Fall Colors Around Paradise (Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2022)
Visit to Paradise, WA in the Mt. Rainier National Park to photograph fall foliage
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Northern Olympic Peninsula
Two-day (May 16-17, 2022) trip to the Northen Olympic Peninsula in Washington State to experience and photograph Sol Duc Falls, Madison Creek Falls, Ludlow Falls and Point Wilson Lighthouse.
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Fall colors in Mt. Rainier National Park
Late September to late October is a great time to experience fall colors in the Mt. Rainier National Park. Vine Maple, high elevation huckleberry bushes, and Larch are the primary sources of fall colors. Two areas I like to visit and photograph in the fall are the area around Paradise and along Natches Peak Loop […]
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Quinault Rainforest
It was a cloudy day on Thursday and Mythili and I decided to drive to the Quinault rainforest and check out our favorite waterfalls. I find mid to late April to be a very good time to visit as the waterflow of the creeks is quite good. It is not as popular or crowded as […]
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Waterfalls & Streams of the Quinault Rain Forest
The Quinault Rain Forest, a temperate rain forest, is part of the Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington. The forest receives an average of 12 feet of rain per year. There are 4 small but beautiful waterfalls along the creeks flowing from the Olympic mountain snow melts. Between mid […]
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Alaska (Aug 21-Aug 28, 2016)
Highlights Mount Denali & Denali National Park Seward & Exit Glacier Fjords around Whittier Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage From August 21 thru 28 of 2016, 2 of my cousins, Ganesh and Ramu, and I spent a week in Alaska driving between Seward in the South and the Denali National Park in North and […]
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Mt. Baker & Mt. Shuksan (Oct 2012)
Highlights Artist Point Hike Mt. Shuksan reflections @ Picture Lake Fall colors Although the area is renowned for winter activities such as skiing and snowshoeing, I consider early to mid October to be one of the best times to visit the Mt. Baker Ski area which is about 135 miles (3 hrs by car) north […]
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Oregon Coast & Crater Lake (Jun 2014)
Highlights Oregon Coast Lighthouses & Sea Stacks Crater National Park South Falls in Silver Falls State Park In June 2014, I took a 4-day trip to the Oregon Coast and Crater Lake National Park and stopped at the Silver Falls State Park on the way back home. I covered about 1200 miles as shown in […]