Looking West from the top of Alger Alp. The sound, the valley, a bird, the freeway.
04/07/2012 @ 12:09
Camera: iPhone 4

Some tall trees mark the beginning of the really steep stuff about 2 miles up Mt. Si.
05/19/2012 @ 12:39
Camera: iPhone 4

Pilchuck is one of my favorites when it is not crowded.
05/26/2012 @ 13:00
Camera: iPhone 4

Nice trick, buddy! I think I'll name you Travis.
06/03/2012 @ 12:21
Camera: iPhone 4

A rainy trek on a Mt. Higgins. I probably won't go back to this one as it is more for gun owners than hikers.
06/16/2012 @ 11:36
Camera: iPhone 4

Mt. St. Helens from the Climber's Bivouac.
07/11/2012 @ 18:45
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED

Tremendous view from the top of the second most dangerous volcano in the US!
07/12/2012 @ 12:44
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (A09)

All the kids visit the mailbox, but only the cool kids take the old trail these days.
07/19/2012 @ 13:37
Camera: iPhone 4

The Lookout after the long haul of Granite Mountain.
07/24/2012 @ 15:25
Camera: iPhone 4

On the descent from my first Camp Muir trip, I found this.
08/13/2012 @ 18:34
Camera: iPhone 4

Mt. Rainier, a marmot, a blooming wildflower meadow.... Don't move here, please.
08/13/2012 @ 18:52
Camera: iPhone 4

I tried Rainier in 2012 and the weather defeated me.
08/24/2012 @ 01:31
Camera: iPhone 4

This is Rattlesnake in the winter. Less people come up here then, I think.
03/03/2013 @ 10:25

A serene lake in the winter.
04/08/2013 @ 13:24

Wintry Mt. Si is the best Mt. Si.
04/14/2013 @ 11:10
Camera: iPhone 4

Rocks to the NW of the lookout on Pilchuck.
06/16/2013 @ 12:13
Camera: iPhone 4

I might go camp by this lake someday.
07/10/2013 @ 12:27
Camera: iPhone 4

Revisited St. Helens in 2013 and went to the very top, not just the edge of the crater.
07/17/2013 @ 13:05
Camera: iPhone 4

Ridiculous. That's Mt. St. Helens again. My camp is above the summit of that volcano at Lunch Counter on Mt. Adams.
08/07/2013 @ 20:19
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (A09)

This is the summit of Mt. Adams. There's an old lookout that I'm sort of sitting on. That bandana pole sticks out of the top of it.
08/08/2013 @ 11:17
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (A09)

They call this Little Mt. St. Helens.
11/23/2013 @ 13:15
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G

Rattlesnake Ridge with a clear snow level.
02/02/2014 @ 13:48
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (A09)

This is the mountain closest to my mom's house by Big Lake. It's called Little Mountain.
05/11/2014 @ 09:25
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

A crowd on Little Bandera.
06/08/2014 @ 12:36
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Look at Lil' Travis go!
06/14/2014 @ 10:23
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Tiger Mountain is not my favorite hike. It was sunny above the trees, but only blasts of it filtered through like lasers.
07/14/2014 @ 09:49
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Granite Mountain lookouts.
07/15/2014 @ 10:07
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Lake 22 in plenty of cloud cover.
07/24/2014 @ 10:35
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Vesper Peak might be my favorite hike for every reason.
07/25/2014 @ 08:32
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G

I don't know what this valley is called, but I absolutely adore it.
07/25/2014 @ 09:39
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G

View from Vesper Peak of Copper Lake.
07/25/2014 @ 12:46
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G

You know, this isn't a bad place.
07/30/2014 @ 12:47
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

The view of Rainier from 2nd Burroughs. This is where most people stop.
07/30/2014 @ 13:28
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

I know it's cheesy, but come on. When I climb this thing, I might get this tattooed.
07/31/2014 @ 08:31
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

A couple clouds drifted in as I got closer to Camp Muir.
07/31/2014 @ 13:28
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

One last look back before I powered down to the visitor's center for a post-climb snack. And it's the best one.
07/31/2014 @ 15:52
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

The view from the middle ledge of Rattlesnake Ridge.
08/05/2014 @ 10:15
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Yet another beautiful Lunch Counter campsite.
08/06/2014 @ 19:35
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Mt. Adams' shadow.
08/07/2014 @ 06:00
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Mt. Adams summit (Mt. Hood in the background).
08/07/2014 @ 09:44
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Mt. Adams view of Mt. St. Helens
08/07/2014 @ 09:46
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Mt. Adams view of Mt. Rainier.
08/07/2014 @ 09:49
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

The earliest morning I've probably ever had. Getting suited up to climb Mt. Rainier
08/21/2014 @ 00:40
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Is it several degrees below freezing? Let's take off our gloves and do a thumbs up! We're not allowed to turn around at this point, so why not?
08/21/2014 @ 06:09
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

I started training for my first attempt at Mt. Rainier just before we learned my dad had terminal cancer. Just over two years later I was able to carry a small vial of his ashes to the top of the tallest mountain in the state he loved and give him this view looking northwest over his kids and his wife and his mom. If there is an afterlife, I think that's the one he'd have wanted. For all of us, I hope we we'll have yet one more reminder of the huge part he played in all of our lives.
08/21/2014 @ 07:41
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2

Lake 22 descent with friends.
12/13/2014 @ 13:53
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

As I climbed Pilchuck in December it got icier, as promised. I tried to capture some of the formations on dormant plants.
12/22/2014 @ 09:59
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 28.0-75.0 mm f/2.8

Icy Pilchuck lookout.
12/22/2014 @ 11:09
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 28.0-75.0 mm f/2.8

I keep trying this shot and finally got it to work. With my phone camera...
12/22/2014 @ 12:44
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Do not feed Travis!
04/09/2015 @ 12:20
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 28.0-75.0 mm f/2.8

Blanca Lake is for teens to swim in, apparently.
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Silver Peak and a bird friend.
07/01/2016 @ 11:03
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Looking Northwest from Pilhuck, I could ignore the impending cloud cover rolling up both sides of the western mountain.
07/06/2016 @ 10:19
Camera: iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Light through the trees on Granite Mountain
07/14/2017 @ 09:27
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Urban hike to my favorite beach in February.
02/22/2018 @ 10:52
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Franklin Falls in the spring.
04/09/2018 @ 11:17
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Chipmunk friend on the Pilchuck lookout.
06/27/2018 @ 11:17
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Snoqualmie falls from the lower lookout. First time I'd been here... ever!
08/06/2018 @ 12:01
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Hiked to a cave dwelling in Santa Fe. Different scenery than home!
08/24/2018 @ 13:56
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

I went and camped by that lake!
06/25/2019 @ 06:54
Camera: iPhone 7
Lens: iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8

Over the river and through the woods.
07/11/2022 @ 09:59
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro
Lens: iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8