Visit at the Geocaching headquarters in Seattle
Snoqualmie (Iron Horse) tunnel, 4 km walk in darkness (old railway from 1914, connecting Chicago and Seattle, abandoned 1980)
The light in the tunnel, seen 4 km in front
The other side, where some famous geocaches are found
Seattle tower, 184 m. Built to the World's Fair in 1962.
Good view
Glass bottom to get a deep view
Sound Garden in Seattle (the wind makes different sounds)
Going towards Mt Rainier
Mt Rainer, 4027 m
Mt Rainier
Talking to a friendly volunteer in the national park
Our lodge at Mt Rainier
Inside the lodge
Narada Falls
Former glacier, disappeared during the last 200 years
Mt St Helens Volcanic Monument, from the northeast (Windy Ridge)
Mt Saint Helens distance view from the northeast
Dead trees since the eruption 1980
Dead trees since the eruption 1980, from northeastern side
Lives lost at the predicted eruption, taking the "wrong" direction (north instead of south)
Spirit Lake, north of Mt St Helens
Timber in the bay from the eruption
The top of the volcano blown away
Camilla and Mt St Helens, from the Johnston Ridge Observatory, north of the volcano
Mt St Helens from Johnston Ridge Observatory
Ash layer
Guide telling about the eruption
Mt St Helens
Meeting an old geoaching friend from Olympia, well familiar with the volcano
Meeting our geocaching friend at the Coldwater Lake
At the APE volcanic area south of Mt Helens
APE lava tube
Holes from former trees
The Crawl (small lava tube you could crawl in)
CITO geocaching event in Portland (cleaning a park)
Portland fountain
Enjoying a Margarita drink
Oregon woods, holding the original caches from year 2000
People were shooting along this path, make yourself visible
View in not so good weather
Finding one of the old geoacaches, GC17, in the remote Oregon woods
Plaque celebrating the original geocache from 2000, May 3
New plants (for us) to be aware of
Poison oak (leaves of three, let them be)
Basalt pillows at Motalla River
Coffee break at the river
Finding an old geoache at the top of a hill in western Oregon
Stacks at the Oregon coast (have been a part of the mainland)
Measurement of the stacks (geocaching task)
Oregon coast
Fishing harbour
Fishing
Coffee break at a nice coastal area
Aunt Helen (one of many, formerly important, ligth houses along the coast)
Mighty Oregon coast
Octopus tree
Heceta Head
Sunset at the Pacific ocean
Newport bridge
Yaquina Bay
Sea lions
Yaquina Head
Watching the waves
Meeting old friends in Eugene
Old friends to the left, having been in Sweden several times
Pumice desert at Crater Lake
Crater lake national park, southern Oregon, Wizard Island in the lake
Camilla at Crater Lake, performing measurements for geocaching tasks
Pumice Castle geological formation (orange to the right of the middle)
Pumice Castle
Redwood at the coast, Giant Sequoia in the mountains
Redwood national park (northern California)
Impressive trees
Road in Redwood national park
Be aware
One of our overnight stays
Visiting a sandy part of the Californian coast, close to Eureka
Coffee break in the dunes at the coast
Flowers in the sand
Route 1 coast road, many curves but a beautiful road along the coast
Wild California coast
Arches (Archway Cliffs, Mendo Coast)
Point Arena lighthouse
Sea lion
Sonoma valley (wine district), old hotel at the square
Meeting with a statue, Sonoma square
Area from the fires the last years
Wine country
Grapes
Visiting a vineyard
Wine tasting
Entrance to Yosemite
Visiting Yosemitr national park in the morning
Leaping water falls (Upper and Lower Falls)
Upper Fall
Of course
Vernal Fall along Mist trail
Vernal Fall
Good system with buses in the park
Yosemite
Yosemite lodge, just outside the park
View from Glacier Point, Half Dome to the left and Nevada and Vernal Falls in the middle
View from Glacier Point (Nevada Fall in the middle)
Half Dome
Coffe break at Glacier Point, Half Dome at the back
Dinosaur looking down 1000 m (from Glacier Point)
View from Glacier Point over the valley, 1000 m below
The Bachelor and Three Graces (Giant Sequoias at the southern part of Yosemite)
Giant Sequoia tree
Results from a fire
Old passage (not allowed any more to violate the trees)
Impressive tree
Leaves of Giant Sequoia
Rest before going home after a 3.5 week, fantastic, road trip
