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Mount Rainier from Hanaford Lake
Noble Fir snags after 1980 Mt. St. Helens thermal blast (photo - 2003)
Elk Lake from edge of Hanaford Lake
Avalanche Lilies in Early Spring, Hanaford Lake
Hanaford Lake in the Fall
Fall Colors near Hanaford Lake in the blast zone of Mt. St. Helens' 1980 eruption.
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Mount St. Helens from Elk Prairie.  Elk Prairie, completely devoid of trees prior to the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, witnesses an earlier eruption that had leveled the surrounding the area and creating a prairie.  This photo was taken in 2006.
Brake Falls on Dumpling Run, Hardy County, WV (in the fall)
Mallards on American Lake - Photo by Curtis Brake
1898 Log House, Knab, WA

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Early Spring, Eastern Washington
Dumpling Run Springs, Hardy County, WV.  This is the spring that feeds Brake Falls, site of the Brake farm as seen elsewhere on this page.
Sunset, Manchester, WA.  This photo is looking west...the sun was setting behind the photographer.
Vashon Island from Owens Beach
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Nature Recovering from Mount Saint Helen's eruption in 1980.  Photo taken in 2003
Storm rising over the Oregon Coast

Brake Falls, Hardy County, WV  (in the spring)
Green River (Cowlitz County, WA) in the early Fall
I am a rank ameteur compared to my friend, Larry Smith, of Rhode Island.  Check out his gallery of prize winning photos here.  In his gallery, you'll find his version of the "fixer upper" shown directly below.
Mineral Lake, Washington, in the spring
Abandoned Farm, Cle Elum, WA
Pampas grass and ferry, Steilacoom, WA
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Sunset over Puget Sound and Steilacoom, WA