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My morning commute to work can be a beautiful drive in good weather....bad weather can make it interesting in different ways.....I love seeing the snow melt off the hills and mountains and see the green emerge in its place....this year with the fires we had in the area, some of the hills are very lush and green....flowers start blooming and I can't wait till the weekend to get out and hike....sometimes on the way home the spring weather puts on a real good show....spring snow storms are always fun....they come fast and don't stick around long...but they always bring lots of funky clouds....on the way home the other day...I stopped and watched a snow storm...or a large cloud dumping snow....move along the Columbia river from Beebe Bridge, Chelan Falls area down along Hwy 97 heading north....very interesting to see with the blue sky and puffy white clouds....I really enjoy my drive back and forth to work....seems like there is always something interesting to see....sometimes I get lucky and see a herd or two of deer...big horn sheep...a coyote...or just being able to watch the seasons change on the surrounding hills is an enjoyable site...I take lots of pictures driving about 60...65.....Sometimes I take the time to stop and take pictures....still waiting to get pulled over from a cop because I have a camera in my face....
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