Seattle, Early Fall 2009

It is a Saturday in September 2009. This is Seattle from the I-5 freeway heading north. No accidents so the traffic is moving at a good clip.

In about 5 years the US 99 tunnel will have been built taking north south traffic parallel and west of I-5 along the Puget Sound shore. It will reduce some of the traffic delays on I-5. One never really knows whether a new highway is a solution -- if you build it it will fill to capacity very soon and will probably go over capacity because of the influx of people to the Eastern Puget Sound Region. In the future there will be a solid residential metropolitan area from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia.

I See You Too

The grain has been harvested. The deer are welcome in the fields. This beautiful doe felt safe. She was over 300 feet away from me, and I like to think she knows me from my numerous travels through her home fields and forest.

Supper Time

Deer and Canadian geese (locals) picking up the left over wheat on a September Evening at Eastern State Hospital.

An Old Road

This road is the roadbed of an old railroad line just west of Spokane. This road ran west from the high bridge across the Spokane River. At least, so I think.

Ione - Metaline Road Circa 1920

An old picture of travel north of Metalene Falls on the way to Canada. Boundary Dam is nearby. It is owned by Seattle-City Light. It is on the Pond Oreille River. The river flows north into British Columbia and then, flowing west, connects with the Columbia River.

Afternoon Clouds Forming

The clouds you see were forming over the mountains just east of Highway 395 north of Spokane, Washington during the last week in August 2009.