Roslyn 2026

I was up well before October sunrise to photograph Roslyn, a tiny historic mining town north of Cle Elum that once doubled as Alaska in television productions. I captured the town waking up, then headed north to Lake Cle Elum, where I photographed the dark blue water and surrounding mountains from above in the deep blue-gray morning light. I thought I had everything I came for. But driving back through Roslyn toward our cabin, I noticed enormous piles of brilliant yellow autumn leaves covering the picnic tables in a small park just north of downtown.