Published Tuesday, August 17, 2010, OK personal/derivative use; link lovethatimage.artsquadgraphics.com.
Sol Duc River
The Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest has some magnificent scenery. On our way to check out Sol Duc (pronounced Sole Duck) hot springs (we weren’t impressed; just big outdoor regular swimming pools and $12 per person to swim; maybe they might have more appeal in cold weather) we stopped at a roadside rest near the river. Now this was worth a visit! I tried to upload a video but wasn’t able to compress it enough. Any recommendations on how to do that? They are MOV files. I did download a program called MPEG Streamclip but have no idea of what settings to use. Any help appreciated.
Anyway, here are a couple of stills. You’ll just have to imagine the loud burbling and plashing noise and the silence all around it.
Visit Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday for more interesting photos on the theme. These are both SOOC, and make the grade for Scenic Sunday also.
While you are here, check out a tag like “scenic.” Arriving via permalink, the latest posts are always at Sara’s Fave Photos above.
Look at all of those rocks…how photogenic this is! I, for one, would find it worth a stop here too!
These are great.
There seems to be very little water in the river…is there a drought.
Oh and the .mov extension can be converted online….for free…then uploaded to You Tube. Just check around in Google…I’m sure you can find something.
My Wednesday post:
COAST GUARD on duty
such hard work for the water, getting around all those rocks!
How serene and peaceful. Lovely photos.
Hugs, Jeanne
beautiful shots!
Gorgeous. And you had beautiful blue skies too.
I especially love that first one. I want to take my shoes off and step right in there…
It is nice to just sit next to a small river like that, listen to water and look at the rocks.
What a pretty brook. Gorgeous shots. When I was a little girl we had a brook running through our property in CT. I used to love going out to one of the boulders in the middle and relaxing on it in the sun and listening to the wonderful sounds of nature.
~ Tracy
Great looking river! The water is so clear.
Actually, I can hear the rippling of the water. That sound is always so relaxing.
I love to sit at the brook and hear as the water rushes through the rocks river rock is always so smooth and delicate as if the water formed it
Hey, I’m visiting near Seattle right now and am thinking about going over to the Olympic Peninsula. I believe the Sol Duc River is in that neck of the woods. With any luck, it will still be sunny.
Stan, go do it! But be warned, it costs $15 per car to get into the Olympic National Park where the Sol Duc mostly is. At least it’s good for a week. We also went to the very cute Madison Falls in that area on the same park pass.
Love the top photo.
Ah, that’s my kind of spot. I would love to sit there for hours.
Oh, my word! Totally incredible. I want to take off my shoes to dangle my feet in the water.
these are lovely, I wish I could visit the place
Oh how beautiful, makes me think of “A River runs Through It”
Love your shots with or without the gurgling brook sounds.