Dungeness Cemetery

One of my recurring complaints about Snohomish is that there is no clear high ground from which to view the Cascades. Here, we found the solution to the problem at the Dungeness Cemetery. Where better to spend eternity than on a bluff with this view of the Olympic mountains. While Sequim (and Dungeness) are in a "rain shadow", as it is called here, that doesn't mean there aren't clouds, fog, and rain. It just means there is less rain. The annual rainfall here about 19 inches. In Seattle it is closer to 40 inches. on the Pacific side of the Olympics at the Hoh rainforest it is about 120 inches. So, yeah, we're in a rain shadow in spite of what you see here.

Yet, there is a sun up there and it provides some dramatic lighting among the clouds. These views over the farmland clarify why people choose to live here.

Most of the white bits you see among the mountains in these photos is ground fog, but rest assured that there is snow on the tops of those hills.

On closer inspection, we can begin to see hints of the snow. Yet, there is still hints of the sun in the layered clouds above. The faint crepuscular rays add a depth to this study in grey.

A few of the higher nearby peaks manage to shoulder their way to visibility.

At lower altitudes, the ground fog dances as if the forests were on fire.