Artists Point in the North Cascade Mountains

Chimney Rock reflects in a snow melt pond at Artist Point on a sunny summer day in the North Cascades National Park

Puget Sound Barges

Oil tanker traffic in the Puget Sound of Northwest Washington State seen from Fort Casey on Whidbey Island on a winter morning

Twin Sisters of the North Cascade Mountain Range

Twin Sisters of the North Cascade Mountains in Northwest Washington

Black and White view of the Twin Sisters mountains in the North Cascade Range.  Seen from along the Elbow lake trail

Scenic, Lifestyle and Nature Photos from Idaho

2013 Sun Valley Bike Festival Super Enduro Mt Bike Race

New Slideshow of Images from recent travels to Idaho for the Sun Valley Bike Festival and the 2012 Spokane to Sandpoint Relay Race.

* New - Idaho - Images by Timothy Chandonnet

A boat, plane and a truck! The transportation industry traveling through our landscape

At sunset an oil tanker comes into the Cherry Point Refinery in Northwest Washington State

A small Ward Air Cessna flies over the Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska on its way back to the capital city of Juneau

A truck whips through the farm lands of the Skagit Valley in Northwest Washington State

Central Oregon

A colorful mountain side in the Deschutes River recreational area in North Central Oregon on a summer day

Lava flow at Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Bend Oregon

Cascade Creek Falls

Cascade Creek Falls in North West Washington near the town of Glacier.  Cascade creek flows directly into the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker Snoqualmie National Forest of Northwest Washington State.

One of the most wonderful things associated with the heavy rainfall we receive in the Pacific Northwest are the numerous waterfalls.  Add in the North Cascade Mountains and the lush Temperate Rainforest and you have a combination to cherish.  The Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest of North America extends 2,500 miles in a narrow coastal corridor.  The Pacific coastal temperate rainforest of North America represents the largest area of coastal

temperate rainforest in the world.

A coastal temperate rainforest is defined by the following characteristics:

•Located within 93 miles of the coast

•High annual precipitation ( 33 inches - 105 )

•Over 100 days of precipitation seasonally, with 10% during the summer months

•Dominance by numerous coniferous species

•Some of the greatest biomass accumulation and highest productivity levels of any rainforest in the

world--temperate, tropical, or boreal

Meteor and stars at Sunrise in The North Cascade Mountains

At the Heather Meadows visitor center a meteor streak seen just before sunrise in the North Cascade Mountains of northwest Washington.

Stone Bridges and Scenic Vistas

Image of trail runner competing in this years Run 542 crossing the stone bridge at Bagley Lakes chosen for the cover of the current issue of the foothills Gazette.  Pick up the print version locally in Northwest Washington or check out the online version by clicking anywhere.