Posts Tagged as: Washington State Recreational Scenic Activities

February 20, 2008 marked a special day for Washington residents. It was a cool and clear night with the stars and other celestial objects visible to looked at with wonder and amazement.
After getting off work I made it the evening plan to pull out the telescope and binocular to gaze at a wild wonder […]

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Leavenworth Washington is one of the most unique towns in the whole State. Why? Because of its Bavarian design but the city was not always this way. In Leavenworth’s early years the area was home to three native tribes: Yakima, Chinook and Wenatchi. But then in the later part of the 19 century it started […]

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Snohomish County is not known for its paranormal experiences but that is not to stay it is devoid of strange apparitions and phenomena.
If you are a regular at the Everett Theatre then you may have heard a strange fumbling back stage or through the hallways. Legend has it that there is an old stage still […]

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Traveling east on Highway 20, to the north Okanogan, and then north on County Road 9495 (Toroda Creek Rd) you will find the remains of Bodie. Established in the early 1900s, Bodie was a small mill town that processed ore that was taken from the surrounding mountains. Like the many of the ghost towns in […]

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Snoqualmie Falls is one the great natural treasures of Washington and receives 15 million visitors annually that come to witness its beauty. Through the season the falls takes on many different looks depending on recent rainfall. During heavy rain falls it is fun to take the short drive on I-90, east of Seattle, and view […]

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Deception Pass is located in Island County and are the two channels separating main land Washington and Whidbey Island. It is a water way that has gained a reputation as being “Washington’s most active water way because of the volume of water that travels through the channels during the Puget Sound’s tidal changes.

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With the weather getting dreary and dark it is time to start thinking about you are going to do all winter long. It has been my experience that to live in Washington and to enjoy it all year without getting depressed, a person must get out of the house and into the great outdoors. But […]

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The Cascade Mountain Range is breath taking on a clear, sunny or snowy Washington day. Standing 14,411 feet, Mount Rainer is the tallest of all the peaks in Washington and is one of many active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountain Range.
Pictures of Mount Rainer have been taken from many vantage points (this is from the […]

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The Strait of Juan de Fuca connects the Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean making it one of the largest salt water inlets in the United States. Its official border starts at the northern tip of Whidbey Island all the way to Olympia in the south.

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Nestled in the North Cascade Mountains, just west of Concrete Washington, sits two of Washington’s most photographed wonders, Mt. Baker (10,775 ft) and Mount Shuksan (9,127 ft). Rising skyward, nearly side-by-side, these two mountains show off their natural brilliance with flowing glaciers and rocky faces.

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