On January 14th I left Sydney (and entirely by chance, the same day, and an hour or so before, Keiran and Natalie left for Thailand!) to return to Seattle. Well, there's nothing much to report about a long flight over the Pacific Ocean. But, fortunately or unfortunately, El Nino has resulted in many sunny days in the Northwest, and it turned out I had an excellent view of the Cascade Mountains volcanic peaks from about the middle of Oregon all the way to Seattle. The southern half of the journey was obscured by clouds, but it was sunny up north.
From top to bottom, Mt. Rainier (just visible in the haze), Mt. Hood and Mt. Jefferson.
Mt. Adams (left), Washington and Mt. Hood, Oregon, just south of the Columbia River, which is perhaps covered by low clouds in this photo.
Mt. Hood, and what might be the Columbia River behind it, although it looks to be too wide for that.
Moon over Mt. Hood.
Mt. Rainier (top) and Mt. St. Helens.
Mt. Adams.
Mt. St. Helens, with the crater clearly visible, and also the new Spirit Lake to the left.
Mt. St. Helens, foreground, and Mt. Adams.
Mt. Rainier, showing the distinctive double hump of the peak.
Mt. Rainier (left), and Mt. Hood to the far right.
Lunch Nead Darling Harbour
2003