There’s this road that takes you from Carnation to Monroe that winds you around a very rural area of farms and big fields.  The road actually follows the Snoqualmie river and at some point the Snoqualmie river goes off and is replaced by the Skykomish river (don’t just love the names or our rivers?).  Anyway the Skykomish then takes you all the way to Monroe.

When you approach Monroe you have to go over this large bridge (and across the Skykomish river).  The bridge in itself isn’t that impressive I guess but once you cross it you can turn off the road and go down to the river under the bridge.  This affords you a great picture of the river and bridge above you.

I actually got another image from this location at the beginning of the year.  If you look back to my first week you can see a fisherman in a small boat, that was taken here looking up river, so I guess it’s only fair that I should another shot in my last week from the same location.

I realized today just how many HoHo ornaments we have around the house!  Carter and Master Chief found another one to pose next to for today’s picture.

So this picture was shot in Monroe Washington. This guy was getting his gear ready for a days fishing, the sky looked great and the river was really calm. I asked him if I could take his picture and he was fine with it. I took a few shots and said thanks and went to leave when he asked me what magazine he was going to be in. I guess people don’t often take his picture! Anyway I imagine he will be buying the next edition of Playboy 🙂

OK I admit it I don’t like butterfly’s!  I didn’t want lots of shots of the Halo dudes holding guns, but this one appealed to me (due to my dislike of the insect).

Butterfly