John & Anne Wiley

2014/11/04

PNW, Continued…

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,PNW Adventure,Random,Relationships — John @ 20:15

I’m finally reviewing pix from our Pacific NorthWest (PNW) Adventure, and decided to share a few more memories. So as I was saying, we reached Seattle nearly 24 hours after climbing through a hole in the SB clouds  to begin our moonlight flight. Mount Rainier welcomed us to this rainier climate.

6468 Rainy Welcome

6468 Rainy Welcome

Among the many iconic places we visited with friends and relatives, was Snoqualmie Falls near where we once had a cottage in the woods.

6560 Water World

6560 Water World

In this climate there’s water everywhere. Even when they had an extreme drought several years ago, to us it was a land of water. Once familiar sights, smells and sounds permeate the coastal region. Lichen adds a lush cushion to the trees.

6571 Rain Forest

6571 Rain Forest

We also braved the legendary traffic for a visit to the city, and found ourselves going in the same direction as the majority jammed to a stop on this bridge. Looking across empty lanes the other direction, I snapped the skyline.

100207 Seattle Sky

100207 Seattle Sky

Of course, a stop at Pike Place was required to pick up fresh salmon, snacks, and a few souvenirs for friends.

6621 Pike Place

6621 Pike Place

I’ll keep reviewing, and probably post more memories in coming days…

2014/11/02

First Storm

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,Random,SB Region — John @ 08:02

Santa Barbarians are celebrating. Not just a great Halloween, but just after the first wave of young families with small kids went home after sunset shadowy clouds crept silently down the mountains.

7695 First Wave

7695 First Wave

Before long the rain started, and dampened the later waves of teens and college kids who mostly went indoors for their fun. It rained so hard overnight and Saturday it set a new rainfall record. But before friends came in the evening we dashed out to the airport for a quick sunset flight, and were rewarded with scenes like this.

7800 Mock Volcano

7800 Mock Volcano

Clouds clinging to Broadcast Peak were lit so brightly it looked like a small eruption. Out over the Channel rain squalls were skittering and one tall cloud lit the water.

7806 Cloud Islands

7806 Cloud Islands

Our familiar Tooth Rock and La Cumbre Peak were dancing with the last shreds of mist rushing in the fleeting wind.

7831 Peak Experience

7831 Peak Experience

To the East some clouds clumped together making one last blustery show before the mountains shooed them away into the clearing dusk.

7845 Last Puffs

7845 Last Puffs

As we returned to land from this few minutes of heaven, puddle rings in the drive-in theater mingled with parked vehicles.

7849 Reflections

7849 Reflections

Water shining where dust had been only a day before, and everyone smiling in the moist evening air.

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