This was a fun little find: Around the Sound: Amusing Thoughts and Tales From Washington's Puget Sound, by Josh Kilen. You might chuckle, you might roll your eyes, you might even decide to take a road trip because of the essays in this book! Topics range from various small towns to laundromats, malls, and an embarrassing parent.

Here's one from the Images of America series I like so much: Foss Maritime Company, by Mark Stork. It all started with rowboats and is now a business with a world wide market. As always, there are wonderful pictures with interesting text. Don't miss Annie the cow! She was a favorite of many a captain and crew since, on foggy days, she'd moo in response to their whistle!

This is just the sort of book I'd use as a gift for my friends and relatives who live far away: Nooksack Wanderings: Images from Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay, by Bob Kandiko. Stunning photos, although personally I wouldn't have minded a few with gray clouds or a bit of rain. (It's worth noting I am a cloudy day sort of person) :-)

Here's another book about the rainforest up in British Columbia: The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest, by Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read. As with Sea Wolves (see the post from February 16, 2017) the photography is wonderful. It is a story of the balance of life between the salmon and grizzly, black, and spirit bears. Follow along through the seasons in this unique place where life is abundant, and delicate.

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