Northbound on the rainy side of the Cascade Mountains: This Union Pacific Train is crossing the Cowlitz River just a few miles north of us. According to the UP roster, 1662 just turned 44 years old!

 

High desert dreams, fading away...

 

Gee, do you think they hear us?

 

Westbound # 5; Tradition!

 

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Westbound, Part 4: Dreams

 

Westbound, Part 3: Look closely...

 

Westbound, part 2: 2 engines pulling, 2 engines pushing as it heads away from us.

 

Westbound on the Washington side of the Columbia River...

 

Summer evening in the wetlands...

 

Holding back the darkness...

 

The little city on the hill...

 

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Catching the forest light...

 

A wonderful setting-- a large dairy farm in a quiet valley north of us.

 

On a different path...

 

The sun is breaking through in the late afternoon-- it's been raining all day.

 

By any other name...

 

Looking East across the wetlands and the fir forests to Mt. St. Helens-- Still lots of snow.

 

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It's good here. It's quiet here.

 

Everything grows here-- a wetlands tapestry!

 

Just a little berry of some kind-- The birds don't seem to eat them

 

Looking through the back window at these kids looking through the front door of the Jackson cabin--- They're intrigued by the spinning wheel.

 

The Jackson Cabin, built in 1850, rebuilt in 1915 and became one of Washington's first two state parks. John R. Jackson was one of the first Euro-Americans to settle north of the Columbia River.

 

A wonderful old split rail fence, north on the Jackson Highway...

 

The rhododendrons are blooming, the skies are bumpy, and the wetlands are inviting.

 

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Greener than green! We're just a couple of weeks away from the first day of Summer, and the colors will shift slightly-- just a bit more yellow.

 

Lots of Iris in the wetlands, and still lots of rain showers too...

 

What a show!

 

Discovering...