Pacific Northwest - Scott James Reeves

- February 21, 2026

Scott James Reeves photoshoot in Seattle, Washington

I visited Washington for the first time a few years ago and I can honestly say it's the only place I've ever been where it truly felt like I belong there. For various reasons I'm not willing to pack up and leave the place where I've invested my life and career for the last decade, but if there's anything I regret, it's not traveling there before getting myself firmly ensconced where I am now. I am homesick for a place I've never lived.

The PNW kind of has two sub-regions. There's the coast that is generally mountainous, rainy and green. Lots of dense forests filled with conifers and deciduous trees. Then there's the interior that is semi-arid, generally more flat and/or canyon like, and sunny. The interior does have mountains too, but they are the Cascades. So they aren't like one continuous mountain range moreso clusters of really big singular mountains. The interior tends to be a little more rural, more noticeable agriculture. Lots of orchards, dairy farms, irrigated agriculture.

I’ve been around some of Olympic National Park, Hoh Rainforest, and to some places on the west coast of the state (Rialto and La Push beach, Kalaloch beach). It’s absolutely beautiful and you can see such different landscapes all in one day. For example you could hike a mountain trail, be in the thick of the rainforest and see a waterfall, and walk on the beach on the same day. The PNW is of my favorite places to visit. We also hiked Hurricane Ridge which was beautiful, and drove to the top of Mt. Walker for a nice view to the east!

I also find the sky depressing, like someone is rubbing my eyes with steel wool. I finally realized why the Seahawks have that hypersaturated turbolaser green color, in Seattle light it looks normal and washed out.

On the east side of the Cascades however, there's as much as 300 days of sunshine. From Seattle or Portland to the east side of the mountains is about a 2-hour drive. So if you can't tolerate that much gray, spend some days on the east side of the mountains, if you can get past the snow!

Anyway, I'll continue this in another post.

Cheers.

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