RHH's photos with the keyword: olympic mountains

The photo was taken from Oyster Dome in the Chuckanut Mountains and looks to the southwest over Padilla Bay, Samish Island and Hat Island, the refinery on Fidalgo Island, the town of Anacortes (also on Fidalgo Island) to Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the background.

On the morning of day two of our Mount Baker climb we arrived at the top of Coleman Glacier at the Coleman-Deming Saddle, visible in the lower center of the picture. From the perspective of the photo, Coleman Glacier falls away to the right and Deming Glacier is visible on the lower left. The peak is Mount Colfax and Puget Sound with the Olympic Mountains is visible in the distance behind the peak. We had just come up the rocky ridge in the lower center of the picture, part of the Roman Slope. We were putting our crampons back on for the last climb to the top when this photo was taken.

This sunset photo was taken late last spring from Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island and looks across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains. At one point while the sun was setting there was a golden glow on the horizon. I do not know the explanation, other than perhaps there was a break in the cloud cover, but the sunset that evening was extraordinarily beautiful.

We had to ford this river on foot to do our days hiking (it's swifter than it looks) and while coming back, one of the boys with whom we were hiking found a loaded Colt .45 at the bottom of the river, which we turned in at the Ranger Station.

The Olympic Peninsula is known not only for its mountains and rain forests, but also for its incredible beaches.

Taken on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Washington.

This photo was taken from Goose Rock, a prominent feature on the north end of Whidbey Island and shows the island stretching off to the south with the Olypics across the straits. The open area on Whidbey Island is the Oak Harbor Naval Air Station. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/05/orchid-hunting-on-fidalgo-and-whidbey.html

Not the greatest shot. It was taken later in the day when the light was not very good, but I wanted to post it for two reasons. It shows the Olympic Mountains half-hidden in the clouds, and it shows a jet fighter coming in to the Naval Air Station just above the water. The view is of the west coast of Whidbey Island stretching away to the south with the Naval Air Station in the open area in the curve of the coastline. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/02/pass-island...