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June 12, 2019 at 8:00 am

Reader’s Lens | Curious chipmunk on the lookout

Seattle Times reader Claire Beighle was looking out for eagles when she captured this shot of a chipmunk popping up from its spot in a...

The Seattle-Kirkland ferry, which plied Lake Washington on Nov. 19, 1948. 0435955509

June 6, 2019 at 7:00 am

Vintage photos show ferry system that connected Seattle and Eastside VIEW

The county-owned ferry system that connected Seattle to the Eastside would ultimately be doomed due to increasing popularity of the automobile.

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June 5, 2019 at 7:00 am

Reader’s Lens | A ferry through the fog

Seattle Times reader Paul Smith captured this shot of a ferry on glossy water from the balcony at Mukilteo's Silver Cloud Inn.

May 29, 2019 at 10:00 am

Reader’s Lens | Pastel shades of the Palouse

Seattle Times reader Yoshiki Nakamura captured this painterly shot at the Steptoe Butte State Park in the Palouse hills in Whitman County.

A motorist drove toward Snoqualmie Pass in 1927.
With the county in debt for work already clone, a curious solution was proposed. The legislature passed an act permitting sale of any individual’s property by lottery, providing 10 per cent of the money went to King County “for the purpose of maintaining a road 30 feet wide from Snoqualmie Prairie to Lake Keechelus as part of a territorial road from Seattle to Walla Walla.” A commission was appointed to locate the road, advertise for bids and let the contract, but before this could be done the scheme was declared illegal.

May 23, 2019 at 7:00 am

A glimpse of Washington state’s first highway from Seattle through the Cascades VIEW

Sunset Highway has changed a lot since Snoqualmie Pass was connected in 1915.

May 22, 2019 at 8:00 am

Reader’s Lens | Mother’s Day on Mailbox Peak

Seattle Times reader Jodi Laakso caught this view while celebrating an annual Mother's Day tradition — hiking with her daughter.

Gabbie Plain and her teammates celebrate getting out of the 5th inning with Plain’s no-hitter still intact. Plain would give up two hits in the 6th, but otherwise threw a 2-0 shutout against Fordham. Washington defeated Fordham in the first game of the NCAA Softball Regionals Friday, May 17, 2019 at Husky Softball Stadium. 210291

May 17, 2019 at 10:05 pm

Photos: Washington and Seattle U at NCAA softball regional VIEW

Vance Thompson
alexavance@mac.com
Seattle, Washington
206-619-2633
Coffee Pot Lake
April 12, 2019
“This image was taken during a Northwest Fly Angler’s club outing on Coffee Pot Lake, northeast of Odessa, Washington. Rainbow trout as big as 20″ to 24″ are routinely caught and released. There is a nesting pair of ospreys near the boat launch. Later in the year, rattlesnakes have been seen in the area.”

May 8, 2019 at 7:00 am

Reader’s Lens | Fishing at Coffee Pot Lake

Seattle Times reader Vance Thompson shares a first-person perspective of a fishing trip at Coffee Pot Lake in Eastern Washington.

Thirty years ago loggers denuded a square mile of land lying between tile Seattle-Everett and Mukilteo highways, six miles south of Everett. Since then, no one had touched the land until the Works Projects Administration decided to build an airport there. On September 10, 1936, the first shovel of earth was turned; not until late in 1941 will the field, now known as Snohomish County Airport, be completed. After months of investigation by government and commercial air authorities, the site was chosen because of its general freedom from fogs. Commercial air lines already use the field when Seattle fields are “closed down” by fog, but it will not be opened for general use until completed. Although Snohomish County has provided a share of the funds, most of the construction cost, $3,737,777, has come from Works Projects Administration funds. From 300 to 600 men have been employed at various stages of the project. About 350 are working on it now.

May 2, 2019 at 6:00 am

In 1936, Paine Field was supposed to be a commercial airport. What took so long? VIEW

Construction on Snohomish County Airport — Paine Field's original name — began in the fall of 1936, according to an article in the Seattle Daily...

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May 1, 2019 at 7:00 am

Reader’s Lens | Magic hour at Golden Gardens

Photographer: McKayla Bower Photo taken: April 27, 2019 at Golden Gardens Park in Ballard Photographer’s description: "When taking a few photos with a friend out at Golden Gardens...