Category: Washington

Mount Adams and Bird Creek Meadows

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_225" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mount Adams and wildflower meadow."][/caption] I'm back up in Washington state this week, photographing the summer wildflower bloom in subalpine meadows. First destination was Bird Creek Meadows on the southeast slope of Mount Adams. With all...Read More

High Divide Trail, Olympic National Park

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_213" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Backpacking the High Divide Trail in Olympic National Park"][/caption] I just returned from a week-long trip to Washington's Olympic Peninsula, during which I visited the Quinault Rainforest area, hiked the Lake Ozette-Cape Alava Triangle on the...Read More

Quinault Rainforest, Olympic National Park

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_208" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Bunch Falls, Olympic National Park."][/caption] I'm back on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington this week, making a circuit of the coast, rainforest and mountain areas. Started in the incredibly lush temperate rainforests of the Lake Quinault...Read More

Shi Shi Beach and Point of Arches

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_200" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Point of Arches and Shi Shi Beach at dusk."][/caption] Olympic National Park in Washington state is a wondrous place, with environments ranging from snow-covered volcanic peaks to lush temperate rainforest to wild and remote Pacific coast....Read More

Faded Glory

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_189" align="aligncenter" width="399" caption="A fading arrowleaf balsamroot flower"][/caption] Like many nature photographers, I've been chasing wildflowers this Spring. Many miles on the truck and quite a few on foot looking for splashes and carpets of color in meadows and...Read More

Dalles Mountain Road, Washington

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_186" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Balsamroot and lupine flowering on slopes of Columbia Hills State Park, Washington."][/caption] Dalles Mountain Road is one of the premier wildflower spots in the Pacific Northwest. Each Spring, these slopes overlooking the Columbia River Gorge in...Read More

Wallace Falls, Washington

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_182" align="aligncenter" width="346" caption="Wallace Falls, Cascade Mountains, Washington"][/caption] Continuing my Washington travels, after photographing the Skagit Valley tulip fields I headed into the Cascade Mountains via US 2, the Stevens Pass Highway. At Wallace Falls State Park I hiked...Read More

Skagit Valley tulip fields

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_176" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Roozengaarde tulip field, Skagit Valley, Washington"][/caption] For the next several days I'll be traveling around Washington state, aiming to capture some of the spring flower bloom. This morning I visited the Roozengaarde fields, part of Washington...Read More

Mount Rainier

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_96" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mount Rainier from Longmire "][/caption] Went up to Washington last week to visit Mount Rainier National Park to get some stock photos of The Mountain in winter and do some snowshoeing in the Paradise area. The...Read More