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• Harvest Host camping at Portteus Winery, Zillah, WA (View from our window)

• Harvest Host camping at Fruitland Winery, Fruitland, WA

• Hoster homesite in Yaak, Montana. Photo from across their pond to the residence.

• Hoster house, Yaak, MT

• Karen & Nick on the Hoster porch.

• Hoster pond seen from the front porch.

• Jon joined the porch crew.

• Kayaking the Yaak River with Sooney's family.

• Kayaking the Yaak River with Sooney's family.

• Kayaking the Yaak River with Sooney's family.

• Kayaking the Yaak River with Sooney's family.

• Swatting mosquitos at the Hoster's.

• Geology beneath Secret Falls, Yaak, MT.

• Forest floor while searching for Huckleberries.

• Addie (© Nick Viani 8/1) Hoster's Healer breed.

• Harvest Host Camping at Lavender farm. 9/2

• Along the roadway from Elk, WA > Walla Walla, WA. Miles and miles of wheat fields.

• Harvest Host Camping at Hampton Cellars, Benton City, WA.

• Harvest Host Camping at Wildridge Winery, Tacoma, WA

• View of Mt. Adams from our campsite at Wildridge Winery, Tacoma, WA

• Detail apple structure, Tacoma, WA

• Disperse campsite off Hwy. 12, Packwood, WA

• Disperse campsite off Hwy. 12, Packwood, WA

• Huckleberry harvesting near disperse campsite off Hwy. 12, Packwood, WA

• Ike Kinswa State Park location right off Hwy. 12 in Mossyrock, WA.

• Bird kayaking along the Tilton River, Ike Kinswa State Park, WA

• Weed infestation on Lake Sylvia while bird kayaking Lake Sylvia State Park, WA

• Nursery Saplings (© Nick Viani 8/12) Birding by boat at Lake Sylvia State Park, Montesano, WA

• Misc. shorebirds (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA

• Pigeon Guillemot: butt shot (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA

• Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA

• Rock Pigeon (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA

• Ruddy Turnstone (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA

• Gull - juvenile portrait (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA

• Birding the Sandpiper Trail (© Nick Viani 8/12) Gray's Harbor Nat'l Wildlife Refuge - Bowerman Basin. Note: the Sandpiper Trail is accessed by first walking near the Hoquiam airport near Aberdeen, WA

• The Monte Carlo - 50' vessel moored in Westport, WA and our access to pelagic birds.

• Pelagic Birding 41 miles off the coast from Westport, WA

• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Shrimp Boat attracting seabirds (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• South Polar Skua (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Cassin's Auklet (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Humpback Whale (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA

• Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani 8/17) Gresham, OR (Reeve's backyard feeder)