Category: Photography

National Park Rangers

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_238" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Ranger Chuck Smith at Rainbow Bridge National Monument"][/caption] When I was a kid, the Rangers at National Parks we visited on family vacations were among my favorite heroes. Always friendly, they knew everything about the outdoors...Read More

Mount Rainier Wildflowers

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_235" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Wildflowers and Tatoosh Range, from the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park."][/caption] By several accounts, this year has been among the best in recent times for the wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park. After hearing...Read More

Mount Rainier and Reflection Lake

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_231" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mt. Rainier with lenticular cloud, from Reflection Lake."][/caption] They say that when a lenticular cloud appears on Mount Rainier rain will be arriving within 24 hours, and that's exactly what happened last week. The first morning...Read More

Mount Adams and Bird Creek Meadows

Posted on August 10, 2009 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 July 24, 2009 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 July 15, 2009 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 July 10, 2009 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 June 7, 2009 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 May 8, 2009 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 May 3, 2009 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