Notes on the Geography of The Western United States: The NorthwestAn open loop from northern California through Oregon, Washington, coastal British Columbia, and back through Idaho and Wyoming. Make default image size smaller ![]() Mt. Shasta rises behind side-roll sprinklers marching across a field northeast of Weed, California. ![]() The fast line north from California, here somewhere between Klamath Falls and Bend, Oregon. ![]() At Sisters, northeast of Bend, a Genuine Wild West town has been whipped up, proof that California is on the move. ![]() Even the ATM wears spurs. ![]() Up in the mountains themselves, the old economy struggles to survive. ![]() The Columbia River at The Dalles, end of the Oregon Trail and an important cherry-growing region today. ![]() Headland at the mouth of the Columbia, with World War II fortifications. ![]() Unintended but high irony: east of Queets, on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. ![]() The islands of southwestern British Columbia have attracted visitors for more than a century. Many fine estates were built. Here, the house of a working farm on Saltspring Island. ![]() Low tide along a creek on the east coast of Vancouver Island, near Parksville. ![]() Same place, 20 years later. High tide on an overcast day. ![]() Calling it a salt marsh doesn't seem very kind, but that's what it is, and it's enough to make you reconsider your nomenclatural prejudices. ![]() The coast here is growing fast, with many second homes. ![]() A neighbor. ![]() Back in the states, this time in Idaho, a center pivot swings across a field of potatoes. A long way from second homes. Note the tiny discharge at this end; discharge increases progressively toward the far end, which rolls more quickly across the field. ![]() Here's the far end, where an impact sprinkler throws a heavy arc of water. ![]() The north side of Yellowstone, coming in from Gardiner during the great fire of 1989. ![]() South of Yellowstone, an irrigation ditch along the Snake River north of Jackson. |
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