With a car, Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano, Wash., is basically the backyard of my apartment in Hoquiam, Wash.: it would take about a half hour to drive from my front door to the lake. By bus, it's

Walking along the bay in Hoquiam, Wash., this week, on an unseasonably warm yet overcast afternoon and evening, I came across a barge being loaded at Terminal 3 of the Port of Grays Harbor. I was photographing

The clouds are often one of the most dramatic features on my photowalks along the bay of Grays Harbor in Hoquiam, Wash. Of course, I don't use all of the images from the walks in my full-length Photography

Lining up for the start beneath Simpson Avenue Bridge Facing the camera is race winner Todd Pickernell. And they're off in the third heat! Winner Todd Pickernell racing second around the turn Saturday

A couple weekends ago in Hoquiaum, Wash., I took a nice evening photowalk in Dog Marsh along the Grays Harbor bay. Hoquiam is located about 25 miles off the Pacific coast. Our Mediterranean climate has

Saturday evening in Hoquiam, Wash., I visited my haunt beneath Simpson Avenue Bridge. I've been there quite frequently over the past few weeks, as the weather has been turning nice, and shared a couple

Memorial Day flag with Beacon Hill as a backdrop. Polsen Museum, center, the former home of one of Hoquiam's early timber barons. The view from Simpson Avenue Bridge. Karr Hill serves as a backdrop. The

This week's photo outing in Hoquiam, Wash., took me to the tidal inlet bordering Dog Marsh, Hoquiam's unofficial dog park. It was a blustery, mostly overcast day, but the sun came through the clouds on

In last week's post, The Family, I shared photos of a family of Canada geese with two goslings on the river in Hoquiam, Wash. The photos came from my first photography outing in many months. This week

You know it's spring in my hometown Hoquiam, Wash., when you see goslings on the river. The geese have been paired up and squabbling over spots on the river for about a month now, but I just started seeing

In November, I tracked the Hoquiam, Wash., tugboats out to the Grays Harbor Public Viewpoint Tower. I saw the tugboats bringing a vessel into the Port of Grays Harbor while taking my morning walk, rushed

HOQUIAM, Wash. -- Late Thursday afternoon. Playing with my 75-300mm zoom on the riverbank next to Simpson Avenue Bridge, exploring the new perspectives offered by the forced closeup range, I was perfectly

... perfect composition for this view of the fog lifting. Which one do you like best? #photography #pnw #creativecoin

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... it out: #photography #creativecoin

... breaks the horizon, and then, if you change vantage points, another when it breaks over Beacon Hill. #photography #pnw #creativecoin

... are following along to hunt. I caught this one taking a break last night in the Grays Harbor bay, seemingly to stretch its back. #photography #pnw #creativecoin

... in my latest Feathered Friends post. #photography #creativecoin #pnw

... Brusco tugging a barge through the Grays Harbor bay in Hoquiam, Wash. One of my favorites; the link is to the original post about the shoot from two years ago. #photography #creativecoin #pnw

... was privately constructed by an old guy I worked with one summer, using the crane you see in the photo. He built it with his dad as a kid; he's in his sixties now. #photography #creativecoin