Clearing Skies

Early in the morning, the coast and nearby valleys often fill with low lying clouds. After sunrise, the warming air helps them dissipate, sometimes in a blink of the eye.


Flying from Chehalis to Bellingham, Washington, we crossed the line between cloudy and clear just as we passed the Olympic range.


By the time we reached Bellingham, only a light haze remained over the Canadian border, the start to a wonderful, summer day. -- Margy