Snoqualmie is small city not far from Redmond on the way to the Cascades. It got it’s name from a Native American tribe and is well known for it’s water falls (see my shot on January 21st) and in 1990 David Lynch used the city as a shooting location for his series Twin Peaks.The reason I came here was that Snoqualmie is also home to the Northwest Railway Museum and as you drive through the city you see a number of old trains on display.As the snow is now starting to melt (hopefully that’s it for this year) I drove to the city to look for something to shoot. This image is of the city “Depot”, but it has this great old train outside and it kind of looks like an old train station to me (so that’s what I’m calling it).

When too much snow arrives and you play outside you can suffer from too much water and snow in your ear.  So you have to clean them out!

This afternoon I went out with the camera to see what I could shoot. I drove round Snoqualmie and got some great shots of the old railway station house and some of the old trains and on the way home stopped by Snoqualmie falls.The conditions really weren’t that good for photography. A lot of snow is melting and there was a huge amount of water going over the falls, so much so that the water spray at times came up to the observation area like rain. There was loads of mist and I was lucky to get the shot I did.The observation area is quite high up and doesn’t really do the falls justice. While not that wide, these falls are 268 feet high (that’s 100 feet higher than Niagara Falls). In the background (top left) you can also see the Salish Lodge & Spa which is a very nice (posh) hotel.

Maybe later in the year I’ll do the hike down to the bottom of the falls and get another picture from a better position.

After a busy week you need  a break, maybe a date out to the movies?