Washington

Floris van Breugel on September 17th, 2012

First a quick announcement – In a week or so I will be launching a Kickstarter project to fund a print run of 2013 Calendars featuring California and Washington images, as well as Seasonal information. These are not your ordinary calendars, they are custom designed to include Sun, Moon, and Tidal information, in addition to …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Serenity in the San Juan Islands

Floris van Breugel on August 27th, 2012

Last week I was finally able to get out and enjoy the mountains for the first time since my trip to the Goat Rocks in July. For this trip Aubrey and I decided to do part of the Alpine Lakes Traverse, which took us past at least 17 named lakes, and countless un-named tarns during …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Cascade Paradise – 17 Alpine Lakes in 4 Days

Floris van Breugel on July 15th, 2012

Now that summer has officially arrived in the Northwest, it’s finally time to start backpacking in the mountains! Unlike the rest of the US, where it seems summer has been in full swing for many months, the unofficial but first recognized real day of summer up here is the day after the 4th of July. …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about In Search of Goats – The Goat Rocks Wilderness

Floris van Breugel on May 21st, 2012

A few weeks ago I visited the fields of blooming Balsamroot and Lupine in Columbia Hills State Park. While listening to a symphony of Western Meadowlarks greeting the morning sun, Adam Gibbs (a friend and photographer from Vancouver) said to me, “You don’t realize how much you miss those sounds when you’re in the city.” …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Meadow Song – Columbia Hills Flowers

Floris van Breugel on May 5th, 2012

One week left to order prints at a 20% discount – see my previous post! A few weeks ago my girlfriend, Aubrey, and I drove out to eastern Washington to bask in the warm sun, and explore various geological relics. Starting about 17 million years ago most of Washington (and bits of Oregon) were periodically …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Ancient Basalt & Ancient Floods – Eastern Washington

Floris van Breugel on March 27th, 2012

With backpacks loaded with goodies including freshly smoked Halibut and Black Cod from a friendly man we met in Neah Bay, fresh veggies, a bottle of wine, french cheese, whiskey, four logs of treated firewood, and other necessities, I headed down the muddy path to Shi Shi beach in Olympic National Park last weekend with …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Sea of Dreams – Olympic National Park

Floris van Breugel on February 28th, 2012

After sitting idle for a week or two my creative (photographic) soul gets restless, and I need to let it out for a walk in the wilderness. Although these trips are often short (due to other obligations), I can live off of the experience for quite some time to keep myself healthy. Being outside also …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Flurries : Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park

Floris van Breugel on January 2nd, 2012

Happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a great last few days of 2011, and wish you the very best for this coming year. I spent my new year’s in the Mount Baker area with Aubrey and some other friends. We were out on the 31st doing a backcountry tour in fresh powder …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Snow Therapy : Mt Baker’s Backcountry

Floris van Breugel on December 20th, 2011

I had hoped to be out skiing this past weekend, however, this has been the driest December in the Northwest on record! So, rather than spend two days skiing on alternating slush and ice, I headed out to the coast with Aubrey and our friend Jared. At just a few days before the winter solstice, …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Silent Seas on the Olympic Coastline

Floris van Breugel on December 11th, 2011

Yesterday evening, at around 6pm, the weather forecast for early this morning shifted, suggesting that the skies would be crisp and clear for just long enough to see today’s dawn lunar eclipse (the last lunar eclipse until 2014). Accordingly, I changed my plans to try and see it and headed out to the Olympic Peninsula …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Frosty Fingers : Hoary Winter Crystals