Ebey Prairie

The Cascade Mountains and the Ebey Prairie farmland January 23.

Oak Harbor Marina

Mt. Baker with a winter coat of snow and the Oak Harbor Marina as seen from the east side of Oak Harbor Bay on January 12.

Mt. Rainier Dawn

Mt. Rainier at dawn from Flintstone Park on Oak Harbor Bay, January 27.

January Dawn

The Oak Harbor Marina and the North Cascades at dawn on January 27. I was at Flintstone Park on Oak Harbor Bay, Whidbey Island.

Fir Island

The fog shrouded Olympics yesterday afternoon from Fir Island, Skagit Valley.

This view is from Talking Field 3 and the location of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fir Island Goose Reserve. 225 acres on the south side of Fir Island Road are owned by the state and leased to farmers to plant, providing crops for winter snow goose forage. The area is part of the Skagit River delta with Dry Slough at the east and Brown's Slough on the west. In the late 1800's, following human settlement, dikes were built and the land was converted to farm use.

Mt. Rainier

Mt. Rainier from Oak Harbor January 12. The mountain is over 90 miles away and is not always clearly visible, even on sunny days.

Oak Harbor

Mt. Baker is to the northeast of Oak Harbor.

These views are from a hill on the east side of Oak Harbor Bay aptly names Scenic Heights.