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The backyard with the latest snow . . .

2012-02-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

This little girl was back and hanging about . . .

My Icicles . . .

It has been interesting watching these icicles grow and change through the winter . . .

Headed back to Alaska . . .

2012-01-14T10:12:00.001-08:00

Sunny day after another foot or so of snow . . . about three in the afternoon, it will be dark soon . . . looking north

and out to the Cugach Mountains . . .

and back at work . . .

Off Cape Farello . . .

and sportsman beach . . .

and a bit further south . . .

Holiday Season 2011

2011-12-24T20:56:00.001-08:00

Cape Ferillo . . .

Cresent City - - -

Sea Lion

Leggett Drive Thru Redwood

Redwoods along route 1 outside of Fort Bragg

Glass Beach glass . . .

More Glass . . .

Fort Bragg Glass Beach

Anchorage outside BP Tower looking east . . .

Deleware River from New Castle . . .

Fall into Winter . . .

2011-11-12T11:15:00.000-08:00

Winter is here . . . we have a bit more than a foot of snow on the ground and the moose are finishing up their rutting season . . . so the boys are all decked out . . . here is an angle, just for Pat's butt collection . . . ;)

He was all over this little tree getting what he could . . .

just a shot of my driveway . . . with the snows coming down . . .

and a week or two earlier . . . the skies clean and clear . . . bright moon shot . . .

A little girl visiting in the fall . . . think she was looking for oscar, as she stayed there on the end of the driveway quite awhile looking up at my window.

Midnight moon shot . . .

End of summer in my backyard . . .

2011-08-31T21:53:00.000-07:00

Oscar was here all summer . . .watching for moose . . . and look what shows up the day after he leaves!

Here is Mt. McKinley / Denali, Mt. Hunter
and Mt. Foraker from Pt. Woronzof across
Cook Inlet south of Anchorage Airport.

Near Earthquake Park . . . Mt. McKinley/Denali on an August Day . . .

Backyard pool . . .

Young beaver in the pool . . .

a couple kids in the new family . . .

Reflected Duck butt . . . just for Pat! :)

The Duck family is getting bigger!

Some nice reflections on the pool . . .

9pm in August . . . nice place to walk.

Musk Ox Farm

2011-07-16T23:36:00.001-07:00

Very interesing creatures . . . total of 66 at the farm on this day. Combed for Quviet in April each year . . . Quviet sent to Rhode Island for processing into yarn, then the yarn is sent to local villages in Alaska for knitting into products.

Goliath - 4 year old male in rut

Farm is 57 years into a process for making the oomingmak into a domesticated animal. They live to be 12 to 20 years old . . . eat about 10 lbs of vegitation per week and use all the nutrition, thier excriment has no nutritional value . . .

Eve - 4 year old female

Yearling female

Yearling Male

Gorgeous Day in the neighborhood . . .

2011-07-14T22:45:00.001-07:00

Anchorage was in the haze, but some nice fluffy clouds over the bowl . . .

A view of Flat Top in the summer . . .

Looking up the valley from Glen Alps trail head

Glen Alps . . . on a summers eve . . .

Three Baron's RenFest in Anchorage . . . a couple of weekends in early June . . . has a long way to go to contend with Crownsville, or many others!

Battle chess tournament

trying to be in period . . .

A trip to the interior - Fairbanks 2011

2011-05-08T06:14:00.000-07:00

The Alaska Range from the North side . . . couldn't get around the haze . . .

new young caribou . . .

Musk Ox holding her winter coat

Some wild life at the hot springs . . .

Looking toward the front and the work room area . . .

Drinking an appletini from an ice glass, i.e. more wild life at the hot springs!

The mirror is about the only thing not made of ice.

Chenga Hot Springs Ice Museum from the outside . . .

Chenga Hot Springs Ice Museum, yes, there are roooms in the ice museum you can stay in!

The adult pool at Chenga Hot Springs - no kids allowed! . . . ahhhh the true wild life at the hot springs . . .

Quite a few of these guys hanging out at Creamer's Field.

Here are the birds that are expected at Creamer's Field . . . we had plenty of Canadain Geese while there.

Musk Ox at the Universtiy of Alaska Fairbanks

A couch on the side of the road about 20 miles south of Fairbanks on the Parks Hiway.

Hiway rest stop in Denali State Park . . . still a bit early to try to use this stop! . . . it is like the Denali overlook pull outs . . . both north and south still packed with snow . . .

Spring and Mt. McKinley makes an appearance . . . haven't seen it much this past year, or maybe I'm not looking as much these days.

Mom's Puzzle

2011-04-12T20:05:00.001-07:00

Meltdown . . . Break up . . . the nice way . . .

2011-03-26T21:29:00.001-07:00

The moose are out in force these days . . . they wander out of the park areas looking for things to munch on . . . here are four in a construction lot just south of mid-town.

and a fifth that I couldn't fit in the previous picture . . . but you can see the hotel in the background.

Had to put this one in . . . one of those shots

Part of my backyard . . Campbell Creek . . . still some ice bridges across the creek, but a lot more is open now . . . temps are creeping up . . . mostly in the 30's this week . . .

The fishing hole is still frozen over, but it is getting a little squishy out there . . . this was 8pm the long sun shadows in the trees . . .

Not seeing any salmon in the stream yet . . . a few months away . . .

Definite moose tracks about . . . though more of this is people than moose . . .

2011-03-20T02:01:00.000-07:00

Guess I need my tripod . . . couldn't hold still long enough to get a decent shot of last nights moon.

These just don't do it justice . . . it was very bright, didn't look all that close . . . but it was very clear.

Here is Anchorage under that bright moon . . .
Flattop is a hill just east of Anchorage in the Chugach State Park . . . I was on the hill to check out the moon . . . and caught a couple pics of the Anchorage bowl while I was up there.

2011-03-17T20:57:00.000-07:00

Now Pat, This ==>
is an Osprey . . .

My visitor was definitely a Bald Eagle!

Winter is coming to an end . . . look who came to visit today . . . this is the tree outside of my living room window.

Not the best of pictures, got to work on my picture taking again . . .

End of 2010 . . . on a visit home . . .

2010-12-31T05:35:00.001-08:00

Woo Hoo . . . all aboard the lighted holiday train in Azalea Park . . .

Through the polarized lense . . .

Azalea Park lite up for the holidays . . .

A few Harbor Seals at Cresent City, CA

Harbor seal off on his own . . .

Paul Bunyon . . . a tall story amongst some gorgeous trees . . . the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, CA . . .

It is hard to fathom the life of a Redwood . . .

Love those Redwoods . . .

The Family Tree . . .

Driving through the Redwoods . . .

Winter Soltice 2010 - 20101221

2010-12-21T20:37:00.000-08:00

High noon in Anchorage, AK on Winter Soltice, the shortest day of the year . . .

A different angle . . . different colors . . .

The lunar eclipse

The full moon after the eclipse . . .

About as dark as I saw . . .then the clouds moved in . . . caught the after picture several hours later.

2010-12-08T21:17:00.000-08:00

I've been moved . . . again . . . now on the 12th floor facing the Chugach Mountains . . .

Anchorage really is pretty just after a fresh snowfall . . .

and my street is getting dark earlier and earlier these days . . .

Coldfoot, Brooks Range, Alaska

2010-11-26T22:21:00.000-08:00

Back from my meeting in Las Vegas . . . a quick flight up to Fairbanks and now on the road to Coldfoot. Original plan was to fly up, a small 9 passenger plane, an hour flight and a view of the White and Brooks Ranges from the air . . . but, weather forced us to drive up.

Left Fairbanks before noon for the 6 to 7 hour drive to Coldfoot Camp.

Out of Fairbanks on Steeve's Highway, onto the Eliot Highway . . . then onto the Dalton Highway, also known as the haul road. Listening to various stories along the way.

Crossed the Yukon River after dark . . . and stopped for pictures at the Arctic Circle . . . very breezy up there! At the Arctic Circle stop, met with the tour van from Coldfoot and let our tour driver head on back to Fairbanks as we headed up to Coldfoot.

The plan, again, was to head to Wiseman for some Aurora Viewing, then take a trip up to Atigun Pass, the top of the Brooks Range where teh north slope begins . . . but, alas, the weather kept us from completing our mission . . . we did get to Wiseman, for a short while, but did not get up to the pass . . .

I've been to Deadhorse and on the north slope, just couldn't get there by ground this time. The weather and the tour group just would not support it . . .

Our "reversed" trip was to have us fly back to Fairbanks . . . yet, again, it did not pan out . . . essentially stuck in Coldfoot Camp, stayed an extra night and day . . . with no joy. The tour group hitched us a ride with a couple headed to Fairbanks for the Thanksgiving holiday . . . so, got a ride back to Fairbanks in time to catch our flight to Anchorage . . .

On our way out of Fairbanks . . .

TAPS Pump station 7 turn off . . .

We also passed pump station 5 & 6 along the route.

Snow encrusted Boreal Forest . . .

TAPS at the Yukon River Bridge . . .

Crossing the Arctic Circle, 66 degree 33 minutes

Sled dogs at Coldfoot Camp . . .

and our stop in Wiseman . . . where we were stuck in the snow for a good hour, with no shovel or other material or supplies ordinarily suggested for travel in this environment . . . not that we were in anyway in danger . . .

We did get to see the nice blue moon, the second full moon of the month . . . but no aurora's became visible, even with our extended stay . . .

Sign at Coldfoot Camp, with the Slate Creek Inn behind it. Comfortable, and thanks to the visitors that sent the cases of books, puzzles and games!

Standing on a quiet Dalton Highway at Coldfoot Camp . . . I'll have to continue the saga of the trip back later . . .

Denali . . . Kantishna trip . . .

2010-07-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

After replacing the flat on the Denali Highway, about 30 miles toward Paxson . . .

Our stop in Kantishna, the mining district . . . with a park ranger telling us tales of some of the local characters that lived in the area . . .

Caribou walking past the bus . . .

Grizzly and cub crossing the braided Toklat River . . .

Dal Sheep taking it all in . . .

Wolf . . .

Moose Butt . . . just for Pat!

Batting 1000 today . . . a Lynx! . . . very rare sight!

McKinley/Denali . . . another one of the 70% days

Dal Sheep . . .

Bait . . . I mean Caribou . . .

Lone Male grizzly, further up the road . . .

A grizzly and her cub . . .

Unusual to see a bald eagle in Denali, but here he is!

and a few miles further . . . inside the park

On our way into the Park . . .

Glen Highway and Valdez

2010-07-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

Humpback whales breaching . . .

What I could get of the breach . . .

Another pair . . .

As she and her calf cruise along side us . . .

Humpback Whale Spy hopping

Sea Otters . . .

Water Fall . . .

Harbor Seal

Bald Eagle

Columbia Glacier, as close as we could get . . . 12 miles of ice . . .

Ice bergs . . . blue . . .

Horse Tail Falls

Bridal Veil Falls

Worthington Glacier . . .

Mendenhall Glacier

Road side grafitti . . . just like the roadside on the
big island . . .

Humpback Whales . . .

Seward . . .

2010-07-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

Sea Lions . . .

Sea Kayakers . . .

Yes, it is cold . . .

a little calving . . . Aialik Glacier

very blue ice . .

So blue . . .

Aialik Glacier . . . went by Holgate Glacier due to an overnight earthquake that filled Holgate arm with Icebergs . . .

Anderson Glacier . . .

Anderson Waterfall . . .

Seward . . . Alaska Marine Science Center . . .

2010-07-29T13:50:00.000-07:00

A nice bird area . . .

Murre . . . flys better under water than in the air!

Sea Lion . . . basking in the sun . . .

Actually outside of AMSC . . .

River Otter . . .

Puffins . . .

Seward . . . Exit Glacier . . .

2010-07-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

Looking back from the Glacier down the braided river . . .

Trail to the Glacier access point . . .

Toe of Exit Glacier

Part of the walkway up to the glacier access point

A pause on the way up to the Glacier access point . . . and the ice field beyond . . . Harding Icefield

Parking lot . . . even the dirty car tagging is different in Alaska! . . .

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center . . .

2010-07-24T07:08:00.000-07:00

Bald Eagle . . . suffered the loss of his left wing . . .

Prairie Bison . . .

Male Grizzly bear . . . sibling in the background

Porcupine . . .

More of fluffy . . . the cute little trapezoidal beast . . . one of Jo's favorites.

a face only . . .

Turnigan Arm to the Kenai Range . . .

An orphaned Musk Ox . . . cute little cube . . .

Reintroducing . . . wood Bison

Orphaned cub that can no longer be in the wild . . .

Another reintroduction effort . . . Elk

A few of the earthquake trees . . .

Nope, this isn't Canada, but the snow sure looks like a maple leaf!

2010-07-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

My backyard . . . salmon in the creek, swimmers in the fishing hole . . .

Yes, a beaver family and he is a busy one!

A little family that has been fun to watch . . .

They lost thier mother, but they continue to do well . . .

Anchorage Zoo . . . cool to cold weather critters!

2010-07-18T23:35:00.000-07:00

Dal Sheep . . .

Black Bear . . .

Porcupine . . .

The Male Polar Bear . . .

Tiger . . .

Anchorage, Devil's Gorge, Delani . . . more . . .

2010-07-16T23:22:00.000-07:00

Susitna River at Devil's Gorge . . .

Sled dogs . . .

Caribou . . . if they were tame, they would be reindeer . . .

Wolf . . .

Golden Eagle . . .

Chugach Mountains, out my window . . .

Mt. McKinley/Denali . . . typical view . . .
about 180 miles away in the Alaska Range.

Whittier, Prince William Sound, AK

2010-07-12T06:43:00.000-07:00

U.S. Army facilities . . . long since abandoned and/or taken over by others . . . under a nice water fall from the glacier . . .

Glaciers up to the ice field

Out across Prince William Sound . . .

The Whittier side of the 2 1/2 mile single lane train/vehicle tunnel . . .

Anchorage Zoo - Grizzly

She was fun to watch . . .

The female Polar bear . . .

The river otter . . .

Tundra Wildlife Tour . . . 60 miles into Denali NP

2010-07-06T08:02:00.000-07:00

Wolfe sharing the road . . . other than 3 months in the spring and summer, this is just a big trail!

Ground Squirrel . . . a staple food . . .

Mom with a couple cubs . . . and the kids did like to play . . .

Can you say Grizzly Bear . . .

There is a bald eagle in that nest . . .

from Talkeetna, to the Susitna River and on up to . . .

Devil's Gorge . . .

Weekend trip to Denali National Park . . .

2010-06-06T10:29:00.001-07:00

The wild life we saw, other than a few moose along the way . . . next trip we need to go deeper into the park!!

A decent place to stay right outside of the gates to the park and an easy walk to downtown.

Mt. McKinley just wont come out to play this weekend . . . once in awhile we saw a peek of it . . .

Getting closer to the Alaska range coming near Denali . . .

Hurricane ridge . . . this is from the bridge over the canyon.

Choo . . . choo . . . sitting in the A car with the glass overhead hoping for a wonderful view of Alaska all the way up the rails

The Alaska Range in the distance . . . 235 mile trip from Anchorage to Denali . . . taking the Alaska Railroad to enjoy the scenery.

Thanks to my sister, Pat, for delivering my vehicle . . . it is quite a drive up the northwest coast and through Alaska and to do it on your own . . . you are a special person!

2010-04-12T08:43:00.000-07:00

Florence

Grand Canal

Gondoleers . . .

Back in San Marco Piatsa

Inside the castle walls looking across Dubrovnik

One of the smaller keeps . . .

Inside Dubrovnik

Nice little side streets . . .

Out the castle walls . . . an outer keep . . .

Corfu

Corfu . . .

Athens Stadium . . . First Olympic games

Athena

Parthenon

Athens

Santorini looking inland

South end of the island . . .

Perched on the hillside . . .

Santorini Streets . . .

Olympus, some of the foundations

Olympus track

Columns in section . . .

A few setup to show what they once looked like

Museum . . .

many statues . . . most taken from graveyards

Katolon, Greece . . . Olympus

Castle in Bari

Church

Bari . . . same castle, but interesting art

San Marco Square

Overall picture of Venice

Staying just up this canal

San Marco Square, the Doge's Palace . . .

North Slope Trip

2010-03-17T20:47:00.000-07:00

The Yukon River . . .

Toward the Arctic

Musk Ox

Caribou

I'm ready for my closeup . . .

Toward the pipeline . . .

Arctic Red Fox

Process piping . . .

my jungle gym . . .

Heavy equipment

Radar dome in Deadhorse

Endicott Island summer/winter

Musk Ox

Curious cubs . . .

The Alaska Pipeline

Share the road . . .

Arctic Red Fox . . .

North slope tundra . . .

Modular facilities . . .

Arctic Fox

Hi there . . .

drill rig . . .

caribou

Mt. Readoubt . . . erupting . . .

more London . . .

2010-03-16T22:49:00.000-07:00

Westminster Abbey . . .

Wandered down to the Thames . . . looking toward London . . .

The London Eye . . .

Big Ben . . .

The St. Paddy's Day Parade down off Picadilly . . .

Saw the guards at several locations . . .

Buckingham Palace . . .

Um, what was the name of this Arch . . .

2010-03-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

Where was I . . . round pond outside of Kennsington Palace . . . many swans . . .

Kennsington Palace . . . from the back side . . .

The Albert Memorial . . . across from Royal Albert Hall!

Royal Albert Hall . . .

Marble Arch . . .

and Then there is this . . . interesting . . .

Still working my way through my first day in London . . . I'll be back with more later . . .

2010-03-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

Wecome to London! . . . What do you mean you can't turn off the alarm clock? . . . and the lifts aren't working? . . . hum, I wonder why? . . . oh, and they want us all to go stand out and enjoy the sunrise this morning! . . . hum, a clue . . .

Well I'm up, and the day is getting started . . . might as well make the most of it . . .

Now, how in the world do you know which one is yours? . . .

Ah, of course . . . each one has a different door knob! . . . well the numbers differ too, but . . . some of the door knobs are pretty distinctive!

On my way to Hyde Park, f rom Paddington Station . . . just took the London Express from Heathrow . . . lots of flat, rather featureless land along the rail route . . . predominantly industrial on one side, and housing on the other . . . all along the tracks . . .

Ah, once in Hyde Park . . . some interesting and fairly old trees! . . . spring is springing, but not quite there yet.

See . . . its trying to get colorful! . . .

Well, I'll be back . . . much more to come . . .

Return to Anchorage . . .

2010-02-28T14:35:00.000-08:00

Fur Rondi . . . a week of winter festival with all kinds of activities throughout the city. This was the start of the dog sled finals . . . watched a few of the teams take off, then went down to the snowshoe softball game . . .

More of the dogs . . .

and anther team . . .

Campbell Creek . . . outside my window . . .

Sunsetting from my office window . . . looking south
across midtown Anchorage.

2009-06-08T19:15:00.000-07:00

Mt. Rainier . . . southeast to northeast side . . . on a normal, foggy . . . cloudy day! Yeah, there is a mountain in there somewhere!

Glacial scouring . . .

Southwest of Mt. Ranier . . .

Glacial water flow . . .

Serene scenes . . . water flowing down . . .
Top of Christine Falls on the way up Mt. Rainier . . .

Feeding into Christine Falls . . .

Flow above Narada Falls . . .

Nisqually river looking up toward Nisqually Glacier . . . and the fog . . .

June on Rainier . . . yes, there is still quite a snow pack near the visitors center.

Falls at White Pass . . . upper Tieton River . . .

From White Pass looking East . . .

PNL - Richland, WA . . .

2009-05-30T20:30:00.001-07:00

My current project . . . a fairly quick job on a Department of Energy Site, the Pacific Northwest National Lab, which is connected with the Hanford Site in Washington State.

Looking up the Columbia River in Richland Washington.

Looking Down River at Richland, WA
From the PNL campus looking toward the river.

ISB2 on PNL Campus . . . pretty campus, lots of green mowed grass and trees . . . which is odd since there aren't many trees beyond the campus!

One of the dividers between the parking lots and roadways . . .

The Guest House at PNL . . . where I'm living for a few weeks . . .

Then under the ground . . .

2009-01-22T01:44:00.000-08:00

Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico . . . 750 ft down is the first stop!
There are many caverns and so few you get to see . . . took the kings tour and then wandered the main cavern . . .

Deepest section was over 835 ft down . . .
The main cavern is setup so anyone can come down and see it . . . and, yes, I did get my t-shirt!

Heading for some sun . . .

2009-01-22T01:27:00.000-08:00

Wild life in Monterey . . . sea lions above, had one under the wharf barking as I took this shot across the bay . . . and pelicans below, this guy was a bit of a ham, took several shots of him, I just decided this was his better side!
Beautiful little bay here at Monterey, CA

Coming down past Trees of Mystery and our pal, Paul Bunyon . . .

Outside of Eureka, the victorian village of Ferndale . . . the cemetery is interesting!

On down the Oregon Coast

2009-01-22T01:08:00.000-08:00

Xmax on the Oregon Coast after a bit of a wet drive down from Washington . . . I'm only slightly ahead of the storm coming down from Alaska . . . atleast it isn't 30" of snow down here!

I can hang out on these beaches a lot . . . love to watch the water . . .

More of the trip down from Alaska

2009-01-12T13:13:00.000-08:00

Wandering down from Haines on the ferry, fairly overcast and gray days, but the 30" of snow are left behind and all we see is rain.

The most exposed section . . . from Kechican down to Bellingham, WA . . . a full days travel on the AMH . . . only a few hours exposed to the open ocean, then behind Canada's Victoria Island. Pretty easy trip all the way down!

A frozen water fall . . . gorgeous scenery abounds, even this time of year . . .

There is Sitka, these towns aren't easy to access . . . fly in or come by water . . . only options.

A usual sight up here . . .

2008-12-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

In the Yukon at high noon! . . . on my way down to British Columbia and on back into Alaska . . .

Near Haines, AK the Eagles gather and feed on fish coming into spawn through one of the more shallow areas of the river . . .

Two working on fish, one visitor and one watching for any leavings . . .

Coming down through the Yukon outside of Beaver Creek

Looking east out of Palmer following the King River

Outside of Palmer looking back . . .

Glacier on the way to Tok

Closer look at the glacier

2008-12-06T22:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Mt. McKinley really is in that pic . . . no good pics and corp managment has decided to delay the project . . . the project team is disbanded and I'm headed back to the lower 48 . . . so . . . an adventure . . . a drive across Alaska to catch the Alaska Marine Highway at Haines . . .

Yes, Haines, AK where the eagles gather in mid November and hang out through the winter . . .

2008-11-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

I keep kicking myself for missing those pics of Mt. McKinley from a couple weeks ago . . . but this is the shot out my window at work . . . The sleeping woman . . . the Alaska Range is just north of this range . . . and a gorgeous site.

The best views tend to be in the fall and winter when the air is crystal clear . . . of course that isn't when I have my camera in hand!

2008-11-11T19:56:00.000-08:00

Pretty little city on the inlet . . . it is snowing now . . . I may just have to get another pic with her covered in white! . . . enjoy . . .

2008-11-05T23:14:00.000-08:00

My current view . . .

Starting a new project . . . and the views are spectacular!

Winter in Alaska . . . not so bad so far.

As time goes on . . . I'll work on getting some decent pics on here . . .

2008-09-17T21:36:00.000-07:00

Adventures continue . . . but my camera is broke . . . off being repaired, so I haven't been keeping up with the blogging . . . the project continues and has caught a bit of drag . . . I've traveled a bit of here there and everywhere . . . gorgeous drive down the coast and back, quick trip to Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland . . . summer trips around this area of central Washington . . . oh, where is that camera . . . now making a quick jaunt to Anchorage . . . be back to blogging soon!

Wanapum Dam Tour . . . thanks Donna!

2008-07-01T20:41:00.000-07:00

Looking Down river from the top of Wanapum Dam . . . Central Washington . . . about 5 dams down from Grand Coulee . . . had a really complete tour of this one!!

Vortex at one of the spill ways . . . a good reason not to be anywhere near this dam on the water.

Fish ladders . . . a big deal here . . . one on either side of the dam and this is peak season watching them moving up the river!

The new fish spillway . . . lets the fish move down stream with less damage than going through the turbines or across the spill ways . . . and a great feeling of vertigo standing over it!

Spring/Summer flows . . . spillways passing water and generating all the power it can . . .

And one of the locals heading up the ladder . . .

The action at one of the spillway gates . . .

A quick stop . . .

2008-06-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

Snoqualamie Falls . . .

Pretty little falls on the west side of the Cascades outside of North Bend on I-90 around 40 miles east of Seattle. Has a real nice looking Inn next to it . . .

Looking down to the base of the falls . . .
There is a persistent raindbow to be seen and the
wind keeps a fairly persistent spray from the falls
falling on the overlook . . .

A different angle looking down to the base of the falls from the top of the overlook . . . a little vertigo for you . . .

2008-06-01T08:24:00.000-07:00

Wow, June already . . . the project progresses . . . had a great long weekend . . . with barbequeing galore . . . and the above pic from my neice and her boyfriends fishing trip . . .

Just a few of the participants . . . enjoying the warm weather . . .

Took the long drive from the project to pick up my sister and friend . . . while listening to the second and third books in a series, driving down the Oregon Coast . . . and back up, of course . . .

I don't know why, but didn't even stop to take any pics along the way . . . unusual for me!

OK, so maybe not . . . always have the camera around, but usually forget to use it!

2008-05-16T16:28:00.000-07:00

It has been a busy couple weeks . . . no time for travel . . . pics taken recently have been for use on the project . . . spring on the Columbia River . . . the temps are just starting to rise . . . as is the water level . . . hellish winds through the valley . . . someone lost a load of bees . . . so there has been a cloud of angry bees right around one turn in the road, keep your windows up!

Oscar is home!

2008-05-05T05:06:00.000-07:00

At about 5:30am this morning . . . the lost little miscreant came strolling home . . . a bit thinner but apparently no worse for the wear . . .

Cowboy and Indian Auction . . .

2008-05-04T20:22:00.001-07:00

This weekend was a drive down to Redmond, OR where the Annual Cowboy and Indian Auction was taking place. An interesting experience . . . the items to be auctioned provide a good part of that interesting . . . and another part was the drive . . .

Once across the Columbia and heading south . . . there is a lot of this . . . in central/eastern Oregon. Miles and miles of miles . . . farming grass, ranching . . . and sparely peopled.

But as you get further down . . . past Madras you see some interesting rock formations . . . This is Smith Rock . . .

No confirmation . . . the search continues

2008-05-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

The search continues for Oscar . . . many tips for conducting the search have been provided . . . several individuals in the area have been very helpful. Though there has been some possible sightings it has not been determined if the cat seen is actually Oscar . . . trying to enlist more help in the search . . . we would really like to see Oscar home . . .

2008-05-01T20:26:00.000-07:00

A sighting . . . possible positive outcome . . . stay tuned . . . Oscar may get home yet!

Oscar is on the loose . . . help him find his way home!

2008-04-28T18:40:00.000-07:00

LOST!

Black and white short hair cat. 3 white legs, one black with a white foot. In the vicinity of Cherry Hill Manor, Newark, Delaware. He’s much loved and much missed.

$100.00 Reward.

Call 302-353-6445.

A wandering weekend

2008-04-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

A nice drive across central Washington . . . to Grand Coulee Dam . . . 60 miles of open fields and range land . . . up past the coulee, now Banks Lake where the water from Roosevelt Lake is pumped over and into for irrigation . . .

Gorgeous day . . . beautiful scenery along the way . . . following the Columbia River back down . . .

This is Chief Joseph Dam . . . a few miles downstream from Grand Coulee Dam. And as I follow the river back down to Wenatchee I pass several more . . . not to speak of the orchards!

This is early spring . . . apple blossom festival in Wenatchee . . . and the blossoms are on the trees!

A view of Banks Lake . . . between Coulee City and Electric City . . . yes, all of these dams generate power . . . a lot of it . . .

Orchard upon orchard . . . upon orchard . . . and all starting to bloom . . . apples, pears, cherries . . . pretty nice to drive through it all.

Took a break from the driving . . . stopped to see Leavenworth . . . the nice little Bavarvian town in the cascade mountains . . . it is a cute little tourist trap . . . several wineries offering tastes in town.

Seeing where there are lots of Washington wineries in this area. Haven't gone to search out the vines, but did stop to see some of the labels and offerings . . .

Finally, for today . . . a look from Wenatchee toward Leavenworth . . . some of the area wandered about today . . .

Now back to the apple blossom festival . . .

2008-04-18T13:47:00.000-07:00

Not a bad little pic from my drive up to this current project . . . along the Columbia River Gorge . . . crossing from Oregon into Washington . . . a lot of power in all that water.

Jean M Sullivan Publications

2008-04-12T16:03:00.000-07:00