Reading the Washington Landscape

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

Thursday, September 30, 2010

My contribution to the columnar state of mind

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Dave Tucker alerted me to a request for columnar jointing from Washington State from magmacumlaude.blogspot  . Apparently a number of geos a...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Esker Near Lake Padden?

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Another UPDATE: See below UPDATE: See below I paid a visit to my local County Council last night regarding Lake Padden, a lovely gem of a ...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Fog on the Horse Heaven Hills south of Benton City

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Last week I posted a bit on having a sunset picnic on the hinge of the Horse Heaven anticline just south of Benton City. I have a different ...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

What Are They Looking At? Another nice sail on the Steilacoom II and a Natural Bridge

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 I took two pictures of these folks enjoying the back deck of the Steilacoom II to capture the rock of the boat. Note the difference in the ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Pile Driving Noise Changes

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Last winter I had a small project making sure some piles were embedded deeply enough for a dock and landing at a small inlet off of Hood Can...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A little more on Shoalwater

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As a follow up on yesterday's post on Cape Shoalwater I marked the location of the rock armored home that was pictured in yesterday'...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Cape Shoalwater or Washaway Beach

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Cape Shoalwater is located at the north entrance of Willapa Bay on the southwest coast of Washington. This is a site of very rapid coastal e...
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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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