Time flies...

A big and heartfelt Happy New Year!

That's what beaches are for...

Watching the wild surf...

In the sun...

Sharing today with Mersad's Through My Lens

Most of me is down below...

A Pelagic Cormorant rises like a submarine...

Landing at the beach...

Calm... Peace on Earth

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

It is with gratitude that I wish bloggers and visitors the best of the Holiday Season--- and wishes for a peaceful, happy new year.

Together...

Glorious...

Mt. Adams...

The heron and the crane...

Sharing with Mersad's Through My Lens

Snow line...

And then a shower moves across the valley...

Well! Just who does she think she is!!!

No place to go...

A December evening at the wetlands...

The clouds clear-- for just a moment.

The Toutle River is nearly 2000 feet below.

Softly...

Keeping watch...

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Winter in the wetlands...

Cold, wet, but still beautiful...

It's going to be alright...

Looking right into the crater...

Mt. St. Helens--- looking southeast.

The Eagle, heading home...

Flying free...

A Bald Eagle soars over the wetlands in the last light of day...

As the sun goes down...

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Sunday morning...

Heading home...

This westbound BNSF freight is dwarfed by the quickly rising hills on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.   Our "dry side" trip this year was very rewarding.

Still doing the job...

Surprise!

No, not the train, but the surprising thing is that a very good winery is located in the building on the far right, just above the train. 

Amazing view...

...and an amazing place to see it.  Vista House at Crown Point has been beautiful for nearly a hundred years.

Heading downriver...