Flashback to fall

Since it seems clear that Seattle has finally rounded that slight corner from fall into winter (essentially add some rain and subtract 10 to 15 degrees), I thought I would share some of my photos from this fall. One of my regrets from my first year in Washington was how I didn’t really get outside the city limits of Seattle very much. Other than a ferry ride to Bainbridge island, a trip to Orcas Islands with my parents, the beach house reunion and an occasional conference on the Eastside, I mainly stuck around home. Obviously much of that had to do with not owning a car, limited income and generally not having that key group of friends that helps make weekend trips happen.

However this fall I managed to move my number of visits to Eastern Washington from 0 to 3 all within a month. Here are a few photos of those adventures (one of which was already chronicles in my wine tasting post):

A staff retreat took me to the foothills of the Cascades in North Bend, WA.

I think this fall has had much better leaf colors this year, or maybe I just didn’t notice them as much last year.

Driving through the mountain pass during sunset = pretty

Eastern Washington doesn’t look like Western Washington

The drive on 90 through the mountains heading east is a good one to take this time of year.

Seattle sunset, with a does of extra glowiness.

Seattle is a pretty city.