Rewards of my passion

Recently, my love and I went to the Northwest... Portland, Seattle... and areas around.

Of course, my love has painstakingly selected the nicer looking photos (only about 400 of them.... it speaks volume of what she thought of my photography skill... or is it the nice scenery... I choose to think it's the former)

You can see them in the link here:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2091454865&code=28289230&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite


Nevertheless, being less deligent, I selected some that i like more... and have them posted here on my blog.

This is Seattle.... not as romantic as it was made out to be... a city like we know.. it did leave me with a positive feeling.

Behind the ball park and the stadium, you get to see Mount Rainer... one of the amazing thing about being here... being in the city... yet being so near this majestic moutain.Mount Rainer.... isnt it so bloody cool?

A yatch club in the middle of downtown Seattle... this is what we call the "high life"

Who is stupid not to exploit the waterfront.... shops and restaurants... not overly congested... i think it was sufficiently busy."Stop looking at me!" Shouts the sea lion... I forgot to mention that topless sunbathing is prohibited on mainland USA... hence this sea lion had to be on the float. Poor thing.

One of the things being sold at the Pike fish market... fishes... Apparantly... there were about 70% of the people here to see some fish throwing...than fish selling

Yes, they did throw some fishes, when on rare ocassion, people buy fishes from them. And I caught one of those moments (pun not intended)

We also went to Mount St Helen. It was one of those days that the weather was not perfect... it was just cold and cloudy, nothing that is not typical of the northwest. We did have some wonderful views of the place though.

This is one of the lakes created after the volcanic eruption happened lately. Nice place to chill out... and..

Catch some fishes..

It's a huge place... as you can see.

We were at the elevation of about 2000 meters... obviously, some didnt think it's high enough.

We drove the scenic highway 101... and here are two pretty pictures i like.

I am never a big fan of phone cameras. In one of the 28days that I owned the treo 750, it did give me some fantastic shots. Below is one of them... of Mount Hood.

Guess the name of the lake below... Mirror lake? Good guess, that is correct.

Ok, it's 5am, and almost time to hit the deck. God keep me awake tomorrow... please.