Continuing my photographs from the Autumn Leaf Slide Show weekend…
Sunday 12:20PM – Ask anyone from outside the Northwest what the weather is like here and they will say it rains all the time. Those of us that live here long term know better though we don’t go out of our way to correct the error. When it comes to the rainy season it does rain here and that fabulous rain fuels rampant tree and vegetation growth. The result is the Northwest is lush with vegetation and most of the rail lines west of the Cascades are overgrown. Thanks to environmental and cost concerns the railroads do little to fight the growth thus scenes like this at Rocky Point, Wa. are prevalent.
Sunday 3:15PM – Quite frequently the Northwest experiences showers. Showers are nothing more than pockets of rain that move across the landscape. In the Northwest these are not as strong as a mid-west thunderstorm but during a rain shower it can be dark and very wet for a brief period. In between the showers is when there’s magic. Often in this in between time the sun will appear and objects will glisten with the freshly fallen rain water. Watch out though because the next shower can catch you unaware while you are admiring the results of the previous one.
