Reading the Washington Landscape

Observations of Washington State Landscapes, Geology, Geography, Ecology, History and Land Use

Friday, March 20, 2026

I 5 Rock Slide South of Bellingham Covered by Cascadia Weekly

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Annie Todd at  Cascadiadaily  did a write up on the landslide that blocked the north bound lanes of Interstate 5 south of Bellingham. The ar...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Northwest Washington Spring

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Winter in northwest Washington is a bit hard to define. It is a transition between fall and spring with periodic short spells of very cold w...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

Journey Home, the Trench, Fraser River, West of the Straight Creek-Fraser River Fault

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 I previously noted the Rocky Mountain Trench while returning home from a previous trip this past year  (rocky-mountain-trench-rivers) . Wit...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Crossing David Thompson's early days

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  Traveling to see family, we had a stop over for a few days in London. During a walk about I spotted this plaque noting that David Thompson...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Hike to Cape Alava

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Last week I had a couple of work adventures on the Olympic Peninsula. I was very prepared to get wet, but rain shadowing resulted in the fir...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Blue River and Rare Earths in British Columbia

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Flying back to home I recognized the small British Columbia town of Blue River through a break in the clouds.  Blue River (town) and Mud Lak...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Vivianite Notes

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Hurowitz and many others (2025 ) discuss organic carbon bearing mudstones on Mars that have bluish nodules. The analysis of the reaction fr...
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Dan McShane
Bellingham, Washington State, United States
Dan McShane is an engineering geologist with Stratum Group, a geology and environmental consulting company based in Bellingham, Washington. Dan has been reading Washington State landscapes since driving across the Horse Heaven Hills with his father and brother in 1970. Dan's wife has started painting Washington landscapes. The intent of this blog is to help all Washington travelers better understand the landscapes we see and share field observations.
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