Gateway...

His favorite spot...

Spring showers...

Follow me...

Ride like the wind...

Like a temple...

One last direct beam of afternoon sun on Coldwater Ridge

...about to disappear in railroad blues

Goodbye, log train.

Stalking clams...

Still grand...

Even with the North side and the top blown off, Mt. St. Helens is still regal at the end of the day.

Day is done...

Electro-Motive...

 

Problem solved:  The Astoria Waterfront Trolley pulls its own source of electricity, a generator, up and down the line!  Pretty clever, these  Astorians!  The trolley runs on unused railroad right of way, and installing overhead lines would have made the project impossible.

The first wild roses of the spring

Spring is popping out!

The new green shoots are popping out of the water in the wetlands.

Surrounded...

Spring dances

There was much squawking, bobbing of heads and stylized movements as these two were deciding to be together.  Ah, Springtime!

Quiet footsteps

Deep in the forest..

...her camera is always ready

Come in...

Into the wind...

A lone windsurfer navigates a cove on the Washington side of the Columbia River many miles east of Hood River where they're normally seen.  BNSF tracks hug the basalt cliff.

Still hanging around...

This apple from last year refuses to fall!  It's a bit petrified.

Abandoned, but beautiful..

Hazy memories

What a perfect day!

Upper 60's and absolutely beautiful at Coldwater Lake yesterday.

You can't see me...

You can't see me.  I'm just a tree.  
It's perfectly clear, I'm just not here.

Sunset on the Chehalis River

It's still there...

It's nice to be in the sun...

Run away! Run away!

Soaring in the sunset...

Like little toy trains...

Five engines in front (and one pushing), a UP unit train rounds the bend.

One more from the Gorge...

East of Hood River, Oregon, as the lush fir, cedar, and hemlock give way to sparse pines and sagebrush.  This is looking west, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River.