When I think of wilderness, the Pacific Northwest is one of the first places that comes to mind. Drive twenty minutes out of any city in the region and you are surrounded by ancient forest, rivers full of fish, and silence. There is a peace in the wild up there that I have never found in Texas.
Cascadia
For thousands of years, the only people who lived there were Native Americans. When settlers first came over from Europe in the late 1700s they started in the east and worked west, across the great plains and eventually over the Rockies into California. They did not reach the land known as Cascadia until the 1850s. Even the oldest buildings in the cities up there are still young.
Man has not had as much of a chance to leave a footprint in the Pacific Northwest as he has in the rest of America. If you want to see the country closer to how it once was, go now.
How It Was Shot
Everything here was filmed with a DJI Phantom 2 and a GoPro Hero 4 Black, all at 4K, and edited in Premiere Pro CC in 4K.
The music is licensed from Marmoset, who I use constantly. If you want to use any of these clips in your own videos, they’re available to license at Lightstock.
The Rest Of The Series
This is the fourth film in my travel series. The others:
For Rachel and me, this trip was our second honeymoon.