Author Archives: Trail Rocker

Yesterday Barbara and I traveled east along the Mount Baker Scenic Highway to Mount Baker at Artist Point. This is a 70 mile very scenic drive and the vistas at the end of the road are awesome. Also here is 9,127 foot tall Mount Shuksan to the east. Mount Shuksan is not a Cascade volcanoContinue reading “Mount Baker”

Last evening I drove down to the water in hopes of catching a colorful sunset. Birch Bay in the evening is an amazing place. People come out to enjoy the sunset, the water, live music and fires on the beach. There were several fires on the beach, I could hear music behind me while IContinue reading “Birch Bay Sunset”

On August 11th, Barbara and I moved north to Birch Bay, Washington. Currently, we are only about five miles from the Canadian border. In fact a lot of the over the air TV stations we get are from Canada. Until yesterday I haven’t been able to get out and take any photos. We have hadContinue reading “Birch Bay”

Last evening I hiked down to the shoreline in hopes of catching another colorful sunset. However, last evenings sunset didn’t live up to expectations. I did however have an enjoyable evening with the local wildlife. While I was taking photos of the sunset I noticed just off shore there was a sealion closely watching me.Continue reading “Creating Composition”

This morning I took a walk along the shoreline during low tide. As I walked I was enjoying watching crabs walking along the sea floor looking for their next meal. I explored the tide pools with their abundant sea life. I watched a couple paddle their kayaks across the quiet bay. Afterwards I took aContinue reading “Connecting with Nature”

This morning Barbara and I headed east to North Cascades National Park. Even though the park is named North Cascades National Park none of the many peaks within the park are Cascade volcanoes. This is a beautiful park with its jagged peaks, forest land, and many lakes and rivers. The geologic story of the parkContinue reading “North Cascades National Park”

Last night it rained and so as the skies began to clear this morning I wandered down to the water to see if there were any changes. Today the tide was way up so the small island, just off shore was submerged. This made it so the birds that like to inhabit the island hadContinue reading “Flying Friends”

Today Barbara and I decided to stay in camp and just relax. Our campsite is surrounded by blackberry bushes and right now there are bees all over them doing what bees do best. So I decided to try and get some photos of them in action. Now since I am highly allergic to bee stingsContinue reading “Bee Watching”

Yesterday Barbara and I headed north to an RV park near the small fishing village of La Conner, Washington. We’ll be here for two weeks. This morning while Barbara was catching up on her soaps, I took a hike along the waters edge. La Conner is located on Skagit Bay in Puget Sound, north ofContinue reading “La Conner”

This past Thursday Barbara and I visited the Oregon Coastal Aquarium in nearby Newport. This is a nice aquarium. They have managed to put a lot in a small space. Barbara and I always enjoy going to places like this where we can learn more about the world around us. Most of what man hasContinue reading “Oregon Coast Aquarium”