Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Photoessay #127 - The mountain is out


"The mountain is out", a popular local phrase in the Puget Sound area, means that Mount Rainier is visible, not obscured by haze or clouds. Doesn't happen too often.

Dennis attended a birthday party for one of his aunts last Sunday at a waterfront restaurant in Tacoma and took this photograph. The mountain is out! Viewed from up near Point Defiance, a softly pink Mount Rainier looms over Tacoma across a glassy Commencement Bay in early autumn. A boat pulls a para-sailer on the left balancing out the mountain in an unbalanced juxtaposition.

Unidentified industrial activity across the bay. Some beautiful often overlooked scenic areas in the South Sound.

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

My sister lived in Tacoma 20 years ago. If she hadn't, I'd never know the wonder of Mt. Ranier. I didn't remember that it wasn't a common sight. I like that saying: the mountain is out.