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Great pictures!

I spot Doug-fir, Madrone, Redwood, plenty of sword fern, possibly some sugar pine cones, and then the top photo with the native..I can't remember the name of that plant!

Keep em coming!

New Pics!

One of my newest spyders.


A couple micarta pals.


I thought that this was some kind of blackberry bush, but on closer inspection it looks like a kiwi vine. :D


PPT.


Hiking companions.


Another new one: Zowada. Thank you Mr. Schempp.


And now for the non-knife pics:

Mt. Adams


Camp Creek.


Camp Creek Falls.

Beautiful! Love the scenery.
Micarta Jester looks like a warm handle. :)

...so you got a Tim Zowada from Mr. Schempp?

SpeedHoles wrote:Beautiful! Love the scenery.
Micarta Jester looks like a warm handle. :)

...so you got a Tim Zowada from Mr. Schempp?

Yes, the Zowada I purchased from Mr. Schempp at the Oregon knife show. He had a table with a few spydies along with some custom work. He was very friendly and it was cool to have met him.

That's pretty neat! :spyder:

Sorry if you have mentioned it before, but what part of the NW are you in? Beautiful scenery, and of course, awesome knives!

I wish i could live in a place like that. I would be so much happyer then in this **** hole of a country.

GoldenSpydie wrote:Sorry if you have mentioned it before, but what part of the NW are you in? Beautiful scenery, and of course, awesome knives!

GS, I'm in Washington State on the West side of the cascade mountains. I'm located just about in the middle of the three volcanoes: Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, and Mt. St. Helens. Pictures of Rainier and St. Helens should show up in this thread at some point. In the picture at Ryan Lake, where the geese are landing, you can see a lot of dead snags and logs. Those were in the blast zone of Mt. St Helens when it blew on May 18th, 1980, and were killed by the super heated blast of gas.

Went on a couple short hikes with my son this weekend.


Leafstorm




Gayle Bradley Air




Sage 1
The old wire was at one of the trail head turnouts.




How about some scenery?

Snapped a few shots after work today.

Byrd Hawkbill


Delica with wildlife.


Delica and Byrd.


PPT




Silhouettes




Mt. Rainier

The silhouette shots are awesome! Amazing backdrop. But it also kinda reminds me of those two old cartoon crows sitting in a tree, haha. :D

SpeedHoles wrote:The silhouette shots are awesome! Amazing backdrop. But it also kinda reminds me of those two old cartoon crows sitting in a tree, haha. :D

Ah yes, Heckle and Jeckle, but only one of the silhouettes in my pic is a byrd. :D

Thanks for the kind comments. :)

remnar.. You have a great playground there!! Is it close?? Super pics and thanks for sharing!! And DONT stop!! :D Where are these taken??? John :)

jmh58 wrote:remnar.. You have a great playground there!! Is it close?? Super pics and thanks for sharing!! And DONT stop!! :D Where are these taken??? John :)

Hello John,

I live in a small town surrounded by national forest. All of the photos were taken within an hours drive of my house and most of them were taken a lot closer than that. The last set of pictures with the silhouettes were taken about 12 miles from my house. The previous set that features my son were taken in Mt. Rainier National Park which is about a 35 minute drive from my house. I'm still waiting for some of the forest service roads to open so that I can get to some of the best views. Stay tuned.

Feeling blue today :D



Lava and Sage 3


Lava


Techno


And one that is not so blue...




More scenery...

Iron Creek Falls




Elk crossing...

This one was up in the woods.




These were down in the valley near my house.

remnar wrote:Delica with wildlife.

Cool fob on the Delica. Can you tell me the pattern, or point me to a tutorial?

Jazz wrote:

remnar wrote:
Cool fob on the Delica. Can you tell me the pattern, or point me to a tutorial?

Sorry Jazz, I was just messing around one day and came up with the design. I think that I combined a couple of patterns from somewhere on the internet, but it was a long time ago and I don't remember any of the details. :)

Thanks anyway. Looks cool. Nice scenery, by the way. Good backdrops for knives, in case you didn't notice. :cool:

Awesome pictures! I think my favorite so far was the Snap Its hanging with the pine cones...and anything with a mountain. I love your part of the country. I just went out today and the woods of CT are nowhere near as photogenic.

Today I wandered about above the forest. The hike is only 1.6 miles to the top but the elevation gain is about 1370 feet.





I can see the top!


Almost there.


Made it!


Taking a rest.


The Yo2 perched on a cliff.


Looking down at Cora Lake 1800 feet below.


Brian brought refreshments. Yum!


The mountain views are spectacular.

Besides Mt. Rainier, you can also see...

Mt. Adams


and Mt. St. Helens.