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TAKING OVER MALHEUR

We “took over” Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for one beautiful late October morning when we were the only visitors. The photographs here were taken during those enchanted hours. The spicy scent of sagebrush fills...

Category: conservation, environment, history, landscape, lee rentz, nature, outdoor, photography, politics, recreation, road trip, travel, wildlife Tags: birding, Bundy, ccc, civilian conservation corps, conservation, controversy, coyote, deplorables, eastern Oregon, environment, Fish and Wildlife Service, Franklin Roosevelt, history, Malheur, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, oregon, right wing, states rights, takeover, Theodore Roosevelt, wildlife

QUIRKY SEATTLE

A light-hearted look at some of the cool and funny stuff around Seattle.

Category: history, lee rentz, photography, Seattle, sign, travel, washington Tags: alaskan way viaduct, Bertha, big wheel, boring machine, Car2Go, dungeness crab, flying fish, fun, funny, hat and boots, mike mcginn, pacific northwest, Pea Patch, Pike Place Market, pink car wash, puget sound, Seattle, seattle steam, skyline, space needle, the lusty lady, tunnel, vertigo building, washington, Washington State

BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED WATERS: With a Dollop of Heavy Crude

Historic Bridge Park near Battle Creek, Michigan, includes six historic bridges; the park was temporarily harmed by an Enbridge Energy spill of crude oil from a pipeline carrying oil from the...

Category: americana, architecture, Canada, conservation, environment, history, Industry, landscape, lee rentz, michigan, photography, transportation, travel Tags: battle creek, bridge, bridges, calhoun county, civil engineering, cleanup, crude, enbridge, enbridge energy, engineer, engineering, heavy crude, historic bridges park, history, iron, metal, michigan, mitigation, north country trail, oil, oil spill, span, spill, steel, tar sands, truss

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK: Gobblers Knob Fire Lookout

Hiking to the Gobblers Knob Fire Lookout, which stands near Mount Rainier. The lookout has a wonderful history and one of the most spectacular views in the USA; the approach trail...

Category: americana, architecture, cascades, hiking, history, image, landscape, lee rentz, national forests, national parks, nature, outdoor, photography, recreation, travel, washington, wildflower Tags: architecture, backpacking, building, fire lookout, fire tower, forest fire, gifford pinchot national forest, Gobblers Knob, Gobblers Knob Fire Lookout, hiking, historic, history, lookout tower, mount rainier, mount rainier national park, national park, parkitecture, rustic, structure

IRON GOAT TRAIL: Site of the Great Wellington Train Disaster

The Iron Goat Trail near Washington State's Stevens Pass explores the tragic history of the 1910 Wellington Avalanche, which claimed 96 lives when a gigantic avalanche hit two trains. This U.S....

Category: americana, architecture, cascades, danger, hiking, history, lee rentz, national forests, nature, outdoor, photo, photography, railroad, recreation, transportation, travel, washington Tags: 1910, architectural, architecture, avalanche, building, caboose, cascade mountains, cascades, disaster, great northern, Great Northern Railway, hiking, historic, history, Iron Goat Trail, logo, railroad, railway, stevens pass, structure, trail, train, Washington State, Wellington

THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS: Loving the Great Plains

An account of visiting the Nebraska Sandhills, a place of grass-covered dunes where cattle graze on widely-spaced ranches. To make the trip interesting, I got my vehicle stuck in the sand,...

Category: americana, bird, birding, birdwatching, conservation, environment, history, landscape, lee rentz, national forests, nature, nebraska, photo, photography, reptile, tourism, tree, wildlife Tags: grassland, great plains, keystone xl, mullen, nature, nebraska, Nebraska National Forest, Ogallala Aquifer, photography, pipeline, prairie, ranching, sand hills, sandhills

DETROIT METRO: Motor City Magic

Detroit has had a hard road for decades. In this post I tell a bit about Detroit's history, while highlighting the wonderful experience of the Light Tunnel and other features of...

Category: architecture, art, history, image, Industry, lee rentz, michigan, photo, photography, transportation, travel Tags: airport, detroit, entertainment, experience, flight, flying, light, light tunnel, mcnamara terminal, metro, michigan, motor city, show, tunnel

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Lee Rentz Photography Weblog

A weblog of the travels and adventures of photographer Lee Rentz