Day 1
Saturday • 6/27/2026
Stayed in Yacolt today.
Took my first photos (that I can remember) of a hummingbird.
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Day 2
Sunday • 6/28/2026 • Afternoon
Hiking along the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad tracks
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Sunday • 6/28/2026 • Evening
Drone view of the sunset in Yacolt, WA
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Day 3
Monday • 6/29/2026
Moulton Falls & Bridge
Hiking along the East Fork Lewis River, near Yacolt, WA
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Day 4
Tuesday • 6/30/2026
Drove to Multnomah Falls in Oregon
Along I-84 in the Columbia River Gorge
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Day 5
Wednesday • 7/01/2026
Just stayed at the house and relaxed
No pics today.
Day 6
Thursday • 7/02/2026
While the rest of the family was out shopping,
I took a solo road trip and made up for no photos yesterday.
1st stop • Chelatchie Prairie Railroad bridge over East Fork Lewis River
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2nd stop • Lucia Falls
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3rd stop • Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6, Vancouver, WA
This bridge spans the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon
The tallest section rotates to allow ship traffic to pass down or up river.
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4th stop • Totally unplanned
An accident on I-5 stopped traffic completely for 35 minutes
I shot a video of some trains passing by while I was waiting to move.
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5th stop • Mt. St. Helens
Made it to the mountain, but had to change plans twice once there.
The vista point Google Maps told me I could drive to was actually 4 miles past the locked gate.
Picked a secondary vista point, and was hustled off by the Forest Ranger
as they were preparing to close that location.
Picked a third vista point, but this one required a 30 minute hike, which added an hour to my day.
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Day 7
Friday • 7/03/2026
Family day at Yale Lake
We got to watch a float plane land of the lake!
Started out overcast, but the sun came out later.
We got to see the top of Mt. St. Helens once the clouds lifted.
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Day 8
Saturday • 7/04/2026
4th of July events in Yacolt, WA
Parade!
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Hummingbirds & Sparrow
Mid-afternoon relaxing in the backyard watching birds
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Sunset
Got to a place I thought would be good for fireworks.
Shot the sunset while I waited for it to get dark.
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Fireworks
While some early-birds started while it was still daylight,
the bulk of the fireworks started after sunset.
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Day 9
Sunday • 7/05/2026
Spent the day at the house recovering from all of our activities yesterday!
No pics today.
Flight from Washington to Oklahoma
Monday • 7/06/2026
We arrived safely at home!
► I missed a great opportunity to shoot Mt. Hood from the airplane. We took off to the west, and then turned south for what felt like a long time, so I assumed we'd be too far from Mt. Hood. Started watching a movie on my cell phone, and at one point I looked up just quickly enough to see the mountain, but not to get any photos of it before it was too far behind us!
► Fortunately for me, we arrived in Tulsa exactly at sunset and I was able to shoot a few pics of it. Although, there are a lot of reflections from inside the terminal, as that was my only opportunity to do so.
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