near Toutle, Wash.
Visited: July 30, 2005
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
NF Website; VolcanoCam
WHAT IS IT?
Site of, in May 1980, the continental United States’ most recent major volcanic eruption.
BEAUTY (6/10)
It is clear that a volcanic eruption happened here. The land is a dusty tan. Downed trees still stand where they collapsed in 1980. They now [...]
Archive for July, 2005
Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged National Forest, Volcano on July 30, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Mount Rainier National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Hiking, Volcano, Washington State, Wildflowers on July 26, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Enumclaw, Wash.
Visited: July 26, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 223 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Standing 14,410 feet, Mount Rainier is the tallest and most imposing of the Cascade Range’s volcanic peaks.
BEAUTY (10/10)
On a clear Seattle day, she hovers omnipresent in the background like a lurking flying saucer. Her base is broad, her dome a [...]
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
San Juan Island, Wash.
Visited: July 18, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 218 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of a prolonged bloodless border conflict, 1853-72, between the United States and Great Britain.
BEAUTY (9/10)
The deep blue waters of the Haro Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca surround the Island with a glorious shimmer, Canada’s Vancouver [...]
Olympic National Park
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Olympic Peninsula, Wash.
Visited: July 14, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 216 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Nearly 1 million acres of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. The Park boasts a tremendous ecological diversity that includes the United States’ only temperate rain forest, over 60 miles of Pacific coastline and the towering peaks of the Olympic Mountains.
BEAUTY (9/10)
Within [...]
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Astoria, Ore.
Visited: July 13, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 215 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The Site formerly known as Fort Clatsop N MEM. Fort Clatsop was the makeshift fort where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the wet 1805-1806 winter, the western-most and halfway point of their legendary journey.
In November 2004, President Bush signed into law a [...]
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Vancouver, Wash.
Visited: July 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 214 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A reconstructed Hudson Bay Company Trading Fort. This British frontier outpost was the center of the Northwestern fur trade in the early 19th century and was, in that time, arguably the most important city in the modern-day western United States.
BEAUTY (4/10)
Visitors [...]
McLoughlin House National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Part of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Oregon City, Ore.
Visited: July 10, 2005
NPS Site Visited: Not an Official Site
NPS Affiliate Site Visited: 11 of 26
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The final home of Hudson Bay Company fur trader John McLoughlin who the 1957 Oregon Legislature honored officially, 100 years after his death, as the “Father of [...]
Redwood State and National Parks
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Crescent City, Calif.
Visited: July 6, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 212 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website; Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park; Del Norte State Park; Jedediah Smith State Park
WHAT IS IT?
A narrow 40-mile stretch of coastal redwood forest located in the northwestern corner of California.
BEAUTY (10/10)
Redwoods are amazing living things. They rise to unattainable heights, some [...]
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged California, Glacial Lakes, Sierra Nevadas, Volcano on July 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Mineral, Calif.
Visited: July 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 210 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Mount Lassen erupted in 1921, making it the site of the second most recent volcanic eruption in the continental United States.
BEAUTY (8/10)
Lassen Volcanic NP is a pristine Sierra Nevada alpine wilderness. Glacial lakes, snowy mountain peaks and glimmering blue skies. [...]
