2020 Favorite Images

With my farthest photo travel since March a 58 mile jaunt to Ice Caves State Park and 59 miles to Whidbey Island, this year was about staying home. My odometer clocked 2,500 miles. I didn’t backpack due to knee issues, but paddling locally, I found fresh photo ops. Bird nest searches returned engaging photos as […]

Western Washington Rooftop Solar

  The cost of solar energy, now the cheapest electricity in much of the world, has dropped 76% since 2009.  In the United States residential panel installed cost dropped from $8.50/watt to as low as $2.01/watt before incentives. In October, 2020, we paid $1.46/watt, after taking advantage of the 26% federal tax credit. That puts […]