Sharing the close up of a spider web shot recently for the Weekly Photo Challenge.
Northwest Paddling Festival
The Northwest Paddling Festival is the largest event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. It is held at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah in early May and features all types of watercrafts from sea kayaking to stand-up paddling. This festival brings sports retailers, manufacturers and athletes together in one location.
During the course of the two-day celebration of paddle sports, attendees can demo boats, take kayak tours, attend seminars and check out the latest in gear and accessories from the more than 60 paddle sports businesses.
We had attended this festival last year and had fun trying various canoes in the lake. So we made it a point to keep a track of the event this year too. And we attended it this year again as it makes a good start for summer.
Lake Sammamish State Park is a 512-acre day-use park with 6,858-feet of waterfront on Lake Sammamish.
For expert paddlers or those looking to try sea kayaking or stand-up paddling for the first time, this is a place to be to get started for a summer on the water.
There is a nominal fee for the day to demo the watercrafts and we spent about 4 hours of the Saturday afternoon there.
There were various paddle sports retailers, manufacturers and athletes together in one location. We could shop, compare and browse the best in paddle sports brands side-by-side.
It was a sunny day and the colorful kayaks looked lovely in the bright sun.
Even all the other gear was so colorful that I couldn’t stop taking the pictures.
I did demo the sit on top and inflatable kayaks this time.
My husband and I also enjoyed their tandem kayaks together.
Lake Sammamish is 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide.
We stayed beyond 5:00 PM when officially the festival ends and the retailers pack all their kayaks and prepare to leave. We roamed for a while, clicked few pictures and headed on our way back home. This was a wonderful start of summer.
Half and Half
Captured at Fort Casey State Park
Marine Park, Fairhaven
Juanita Beach Park
Sharing these pictures for Weekly Photo Challenge which says: this week, share an image that has two clear halves, literally or figuratively.
Door
On a trip to Udaipur, India we stayed in a boutique hotel built in a heritage style. The place gives a royal feeling with the beautiful art and the decor. This was a beautiful hand painted door for one of the room.
Sharing here for Weekly Photo Challenge.
Three Items
These pictures were taken during our trip to Las Vegas during Christmas.
I enjoyed the roof design and the three lamp shades at a coffee shop in Aria Hotel.
These three identical sisters were playing instrument on Christmas carols.
A display of three men for the Blue Man Entertainment Show at Monte Carlo Hotel.
Sharing these for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
Nature is my Inspiration!
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
I admire nature and I find myself constantly drawn back to photograph it in all its forms.
I admire Mountains (@ Mount Rainier National Park)
I admire Desert (@ Death Valley National Park)
I admire Sea (@ Oregon coast)
I admire Valleys (@ Yellowstone National Park)
I admire Wilderness (@ Olympic National Park)
I admire Flowers (@ Bellevue Botanical Garden)
I admire Farmlands (@ Palouse, Washington)
I admire Clouds!
The list can go on as I Admire All of it!!
Sharing here for Weekly Photo Challenge.
