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Jeff in SEA

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🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 🏞️☸️ - Issaquah, WA "Two and two make four", Marcel Camus (mostly pics for my friends, #hiking the #pnw)

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 23h

I love these landscapes of Eastern WA, the Columbia River and Grand Coulee.

This time I learned how it was formed only very recently, during massive floods. Fascinating.

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#pnw #wastate #roadtrip #columbiariver #grandcoulee

The Columbia River landscape, from the Scenic Overview

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 23h

2 days later, a completely different light and color.

#pnw #wastate #roadtrip #grandcouleedam

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 1d

Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!

#doublerainbow #grandcouleedam

A very visible double rainbow over Grand Coulee Dam.

A vividly bright end of a rainbow falling on an electric pole.

A vividly bright end of a rainbow falling on electric poles of the Grand Coulee Dam.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise over Grand Coulee.

Back to eastern WA for the weekend.

#pnw #wastate #roadtrip #grandcouleedam

Sunrise over the lake and canyons near Grand Coulee Dam. The dam can be seen in the middle of the picture, from afar.

Sunrise over the lakes and canyons near Grand Coulee Dam. The sun is rising on the right of the picture. The sky is blue with high altitude waves of sparse small clouds.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 8d

But I saw my first snow of this end of year. I just wasn't prepared for it.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 8d

Had a bad day. One of those when you're soaking wet only 15 mins in, you're cold, you're angry, then you slip 7 times on the way back and curse out loud in French where nobody can hear you scream.

Cold Creek Trail, it's in the name.

#hiking #pnw #traillife #hikingtrails #mtbakernationalforest

Selfie during the hike of Cold Creek Trail. Viewpoint on Mirror Lake in the background.

View of the range surrounding Mirror Lake, already has snow on it.

Mirror Lake and Cottonwood Lake seen from the viewpoint of Cold Creek Trail.

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 12d

Fall.

#pnw #wastate #issaquah

Pink, red, light pink leaves fallen on the floor. It is fully covered with eaves.

Trees in the neighborhood, showing fall colors, red and orange.

Neighborhood photo showing green trees and plants, and in the middle one orange and red tree.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 29d

Oui!

J'ai hésité avec Contingency's Child.

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · 29d

Subtly downgrade a band :

Destiny's Relative

Colin Ducasse @colinducasse.bsky.social · Sep 25

Subtly downgrade a band :

Mickey 2D

Ad @dhriss.bsky.social · Sep 25

Subtly downgrade a band :

KO

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 26

Thursday nights. I drive downtown, on Front Street, past the kind of places that close early. At the dive bar the jukebox hums low, the pool table waits. I drink beer. I sit still. I absorb the room, the quiet choreography of strangers. It feels good disappearing into something else.

#issaquah

The pool tables of the H&H Saloon in Issaquah

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 15

Woohoo! France! Where do you plan to go next?

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 15

Snow Lake has water that is just crystal clear, and deep blue, almost bronze.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #mtbakernationalforest

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 14

Snow Lake Trail is rocky and a little steep, but the view on the lake is very rewarding. A cloud was partially landing on the lake, which added a gorgeous dynamic to the views.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #mtbakernationalforest

Snow Lake seen from a remote viewpoint above. This mountain lake is partially covered by a cloud jumping over the lake.

Snow Lake from its river. The water is a crystal clear bronze color. The fog on the other side of the lake gently lands on its surface.

Another view of Snow Lake, with fog covering the other side.

A selfie taken from the viewpoint above Snow Lake, with the lake in the background.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 12

When the world feels too dark to bear - it did this week - I listen to The Body Electric (Fame, 1980).

Not for nostalgia - those years were no kinder - but for the hope it held. The young faces on screen believed in something. And for a moment, I do too.

#sigh

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just wanted to go to Snow Lake near Snoqualmie Pass, but the index was over 50/60 there on Sunday.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 9

So excited to hear this coming episode, because I trust it'll be rooted in solid research and thoughtful analysis. Always appreciate the rigor behind the storytelling!

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 8

A little "Man vs Wild" section.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Sep 8

Not great air quality index to the east forced me to stay near Issaquah for my Sunday trail. Went to West Tiger for my usual 1, 2, 3 routine.

It was so wet, and foggy, and I got into so many spider webs along the way. Felt like the rain forest a bit.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps

The West Tiger #3 trail under the fog. The path is clear, between trees and lush green herbs.

The rooftop of the forest, covered in fog and gray light.

Vegetal life is so lush and green, everywhere feels like a primordial forest.

Selfie from the inside of the Hiker's Hut on top of West Tiger Mountain (yes, I was tired).

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 31

Also had fun recording a hyperlapse during my break on the summit.

Looks like a river flowing.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps #northbendwa #mountsi

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 31

Did a panoramic video. It's always frustrating how much cameras fail to capture the openness of a landscape.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps #northbendwa #mountsi

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 31

Back to trail day.

I went up Mount Si, thinking it could be a cloudy hike. But half up way there the sun showed up, and had a gorgeous view over a sea of white clouds covering the land as far as eye could see.

#pnw #wastate #hikingtrails #issaquahalps #northbendwa #mountsi

Myself sitting on a rock near the top of Mount Si. The sky behind was so blue, and the valley below covered by a sea of clouds.

The sea of clouds covering Issaquah, Bellevue, Seattle, as seen from Mount Si. Patches of clouds are illuminated by rays of sun.

The clouds covering the ground below Mount Si, with rays of sun spreading through a thin layer of clouds up above the sky.

I think this is Queen Anne's radio towers, seen from Mount Si. The only island of land visible from Seattle from afar, above the clouds covering the ground.

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 24

On the other side of that string.

Myself, holding on the string to a flying kite.

Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 24

Whidbey Island, Fort Casey is a windy spot. Perfect for keeping it cool.

A dragon-shaped kite with yellow and red geometric pattern flies in a blue sky with scattered white clouds. The kite has two pink tails and is positioned slightly off-center beneath the sun, which appears in the upper left corner.

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ah ! Well, I still think it's pretty rare 😅

(I particularly look at them in posts/tweets from political figures, and I think no way those folks use this combo)

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Jeff in SEA @jeffinsea.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hint on how to detect use of AI in writing a post.

If there's an "em dash", you can be pretty sure AI in involved.

Cause... Who knows how to find an em dash on a keyboard? Also, auto correct doesn't add them on its own.