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 . . .

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.

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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

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

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 . . .