J.W. Donley

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  • By Golly, The PNW is Awesome! And Here’s Why – Part 2: The Olympic Peninsula

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    I think it is time for another post on why it is so awesome to live in the Pacific Northwest. In my other post I filled you all in on the stupendous weather of the region. This time I want to talk about a personal obsession: The Olympic Peninsula.I’ve talked about the Olympic Peninsula a…

  • By Golly, The PNW is Awesome! And Here’s Why – Part 1: Weather

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    I’m a bit of an odd duck. My family is from central Michigan, I was born in Massachusetts, then raised a bit back in small town Michigan. But my hometown is Chickasha, OK, where I truly grew up from 2nd grade on. Since graduating from college my wife and I have moved out to Seattle…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Sunglasses Lakes!

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    Here is another shot from that hike up Winchester Mountain. These are the Twin Lakes. From the top of Winchester they look like a pair of sunglasses. My car is parked in the lot between those two lakes.

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Mt. Larrabee

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    Here is another hiking shot from the end of the fall hiking season up hear in Washington State. It was only a few weeks after this shot was taken when the snow rolled in, making many hikes in my area unreachable with my vehicle. I do not have 4 wheel drive.This is Mt Larrabee as…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – You Schmuck

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    This week I figured I’d share something a little different for my Photo of the Week. Living in the Pacific North West as many perks; and one of them is only being hours away from where The Goonies was filmed!Name that scene!Here are my wife and son standing outside of the jail, which a film…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Happy New Year!

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    Happy New Year! I wanted to start this year off with a bang and share my very favorite recent shot. This was taken a couple months back at a night photography workshop I attended.The white light is a fellow photographer’s headlamp. All of the red light is also from the other photographer’s head lamps. I…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Big Mushroom!

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    How is everybody doing out there in the world?I hope well. If not, this should cheer you up. Here’s this week’s Photo of the Week! This time I bring you a shot I took on a little mushroom photo tour with a local photography group. It was tons of fun, even though it was raining…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Lake Diablo

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    Are you dreaming of warmer, more sunny days?Good! Because today’s Joe’s Photo of the Week is from back in sunny summertime.The family and I took a little road trip out east on I-20 just to see what was out there. This is one of the many stops we checked out that day.Lake Diablo! 

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Samish Overlook South

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    This week’s photo is from a spot fairly close to Bham. If you drive south on I-5 about 15 minutes than head west you’ll find the Samish Overlook. From here you can hike on up to the popular Oysterdome viewpoint, which I’ve yet to do. But the view from the parking area is amazing.This photo…

  • Hiking the Heliotrope Ridge Trail

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    A Hike up for Glacial Views Hiking the Heliotrope Ridge Trail in the North Cascades. As an Okie, seeing a glacier was not something I was likely to see without traveling very very far. Even seeing substantial mountains in Oklahoma was not a real possibility. There were the Wichita Mountains down near Lawton but they…