Hiking

Mt. Rainier National Park

Just the girls and me this weekend… First stop was desserts at the Ukrainian bakery in Ashford (cheesecake for Anya, tiramisu for Nadia, and...

Penrose Point State Park

Day trip to a nearby state park. Nothing special photographically today, but had a nice hike anyways. Sony a7R IV and Zeiss Loxia 21mm...

High Rock Lookout

While a fairly short trail at 3.1 miles (round trip), it’s a bit steep at 1,300 feet in elevation gain. Eric, has done this...

Crystal Mountain Trail

This was the first time that we’ve been up to Crystal Mountain. It was a bit expensive to ride the gondola up, but worth...

Roslyn, WA with the Viltrox 33mm f/1.4

We just returned from a couple of days in historic Roslyn. It’s a place where they filmed Northern Exposure – a television show that...

Fort Casey and Coupeville

This was our last day on Whidbey Island, so of course we had to check out the Fort. The kids haven’t been there before...

East Moscow Mountain

We tried something new as a family today, we got up and out early. We, headed to the East Moscow Mountain Trail. It’s an...

Hoh National Rain Forest

After lugging around a full frame beast and tripod all morning, for this outing, I only used the Fuji X100V. One advantage this camera...

Ruby Beach

This beach was so much fun! Easily the highlight of the vacation. The scenery was incredible! The tide was going out, so we were...

Marymere Falls at Lake Crescent

This was our first time to Marymere falls, and it was quite a popular destination. We went midday and there were a lot of...