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As a ponder that question, I give you the last in this series. I got out of the car and hiked up the mountainside to get this view. I was amazed at all the roads circling the hills in the distance.
The road up mount Spokane contains several sharp turns. I find it very fitting that that the sign(meant for the ski park) has a black diamond for most difficult.
Although nobody lives there this house shares the same view that a showed you yesterday. The vista house was built at the summit in 1934.
On top of Mt. Spokane there was this field of rocks. Today though they are completely covered, because of the 128 inches of snow at the summit.
As I mentioned earlier Mt. Spokane has an elaborate ski park. Although I have not been up to ski yet this year, the mountain is experiencing a great season, probably busy with skiers and boarders.
This marker was embedded at the summit of Mt. Spokane. it reads U.S. geological survey, 250 dollars fine for disturbing this mark, elevation above sea level-5881. There is a sport involving the finding and documenting of these marks. Its called benchmarking or geolocating.
A great thing about Mount Spokane is not only the view from the top, It's the drive up there. On this trip, steam was rising off the road as we ascended the Mountain. I thought this would look better in black and white. What do you think?
With the winter lingering on, and the weather showing no sign of change, I'm going to continue with another series from my photo archive. This is my lead into a series of Mount Spokane. Right now the mountain is busy with skiers, But in the summer we take a yearly drive up there. This is the view I'm blessed with when the morning fog burns off.
Have a nice weekend!
This was the scene outside my window this morning. Our table collapsed under the weight of the snow. The rest of the patio furniture appeared unharmed. The furthest tree to the left is one of our willow trees we planted a couple of years ago.
Holland lake, Montana is one of the more picturesque places that we visited on our road trip.
I continue from my road trip July 07 series.This is the elk summit guard station, where a volunteer host stays, this area is called the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
One night we camped at the owl creek packer camp. This place was filled with campers and horse trailers. These men were riding into the Montana wilderness to meet up with another Group.
I shot this on our journey through Idaho. This area seemed out of place because of the surrounding hot and dry wilderness.
I continue from my series from last July. The bridge gave me a unique vantage point of the river and the surrounding landscape. Have a nice weekend everybody!
This is another view of the same bridge from yesterday. For the first couple nights on our trip we camped at campgrounds located right on this river.
This is a pedestrian bridge over the Lochsa river in Idaho, it also serves as the starting place for many hiking and riding trails.
We did do some fishing on this road trip. Here is my dad fishing out of the Lochsa River. Today is actually his birthday, Happy birthday Dad!
The Selway River is a tributary of the Lochsa river. It flows through the 1.2 million acre Selway-Bitteroot wilderness area, and is known for great white water rafting. I just noticed that yesterday was my 200th post, thank you for visiting my Wiley Willows photoblog!
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Our path took us along Lochsa River. Lochsa means, "rough water" in the Nez Perce Indian language. 
It's time to start a new series from my photo archive. Back is July, 2007, my Mom and Dad, our dog Abby and I went on a camping trip through the Idaho and Montana wildernesses. Here is a shot of the countryside from our first day drive.
This was taken on a road trip last July. I'm not sure what kind of flower this is, of if it's a flower at all. But it reminds me of spring, and all the photo opportunities that come with it. I hope you all have a relaxing weekend!
We took a pleasure cruise departing from port Townsend. We were blessed with gorgeous weather that day. This concludes my series in Port Townsend.
Another picture of the lighthouse, this time from a distance. Thanks for all the kind comments this week!
The shooter is my inspiration for photoblogging, my grandpa, Don Wiley from slackwater.
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This door greeted me at the top of the lighthouse. This is the view from the top.
we were granted special access to this lighthouse, I also have a shot from the view on top.
Originally activated on December 15, 1879, the original light was located atop the light keepers house. It was moved to its current position when this structure was built in 1913. the lighthouse has been closed to the public since its automation on november 1976.
Before the big storm hit I was doing a series on Port Townsend. I am continuing that today.
Here is one more snow picture, thanks for all the nice comments on yesterday's post!
I did have another snow day, one whole week of of school was canceled.
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