...And so the adventure Begins!
Photo Gallery
6/30/23 - Sequim, WA Lavender Trail
6/29/23 - Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, WA
6/28/23 - Seattle Area highlights
6/27/23 - Twede's Café, North Bend, WA (AKA Double R Diner, Twin Peaks) & Snoqualmie Falls, WA
6/26/23 - Fremont Troll, Seattle, WA
6/25/23 - Seattle University's Chapel of St. Ignatius, WA
6/24/23 - Kubota Garden, Seattle, WA
6/23/23 - Chihuly Bridge of Glass, Tacoma, WA
6/22/23 - Chihuly Garden & Glass, Space Needle, Seattle, WA
6/21/23 - World's Largest Hat and Boots, Seattle, WA
6/20/23 - The Gum Wall, Seattle, WA
6/19/23 - Nutty Narrows Bridge, Longview, WA (6/16/23 blog)
6/18/23 - Ape Cave Lava Tube, WA
6/17/23 - Carter & Narada Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
6/16/23 - Raymond, WA Wildlife-Heritage Sculpture Corrider (6/12/23 blog)
6/15/23, Wilson River Trail, OR
6/14/23 - Peter Iredale, Fort Stevens State Park, OR (6/10/23 blog)
6/13/23 - Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, OR (6/10/23 blog)
6/12/23 - Ikala Nawan, Trail of the Whispering Giants by Peter Toth, Astoria, OR
6/11/23 - The Astoria Column, OR
6/10/23 - Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest, OR
6/9/23 - Voodoo doll, Voodoo Doughnuts, Portland, OR
6/8/23 - The Freakybuttrue Pecluliarium, Portland, OR
6/7/23 - Pittock Mansion, Portland, OR
6/6/23 - Portland International Rose Test Garden, OR
6/5/23 - Triple Falls, OR
6/4/23 - CareOregon Starlight Parade, Portland Rose Festival, Portland, OR
6/3/23 - Lost Lake - Mt. Hood, OR
6/2/23 - Vista House, Crown Point, Columbia River, OR
6/1/23 - Multnomah Falls, OR
5/31/23 Horsetail & Ponytail Falls, OR
5/30/23 - Thor's Well, OR
5/29/23 - Octopus Tree; Cape Meares, OR
5/28/23 - Devil's Punchbowl, OR
5/27/23 - Meadowfoam, Albany, NY (5/26/23 blog)
5/26/23 - Albany Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR
5/25/23 - Centennial, Mosby Creek, Chambers, and Currin Covered Bridges (top left, clockwise), OR
5/24/23 - South, Lower South, and North Falls, Silver Falls State Park, OR
5/23/23 - Metolius River & Balancing Rocks, OR
5/22/23 - Lava River Cave, Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Bend, OR.
5/21/23 - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon, Bend OR
5/20/23 - Crooked River & Smith Rock, OR
5/19/23 - John Day River & Sheep Rock, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR (5/18/23 blog)
5/18/23 - Blue Basin, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR
5/17/23 - Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site, John Day, OR
5/16/23 - Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR
5/15/23 - Redwood-stave hydroelectric pipeline, OR (5/12/23 & 5/13/23 blogs)
5/14/23 - Fall Creek Falls, OR
5/13/23 - Umpqua Hot Springs, OR
5/12/23 - Crater Lake, OR
5/11/23 - Caveman, Grants Pass, OR (5/10/23 blog)
5/10/23 - Golden, OR
5/9/23 - Bigfoot Trap, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR
5/8/23 - Great Cats Wild Park, Cave Junction, OR
5/7/23 - Japanese Garden & Ashland Creek, Lithia Park, Ashland, OR (5/6/23 blog)
5/6/23 - Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, OR
5/5/23 - Sunset @ Harris Beach, OR
5/4/23 - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR
5/3/23 - Paul Bunyan & Babe, Trees of Mystery, Klamath, CA
5/2/23 - Prehistoric Gardens, Port Ormond, OR
5/1/23 - Harris Beach, OR
4/30/23 - Peter Santino’s All Happy Now Earth Sculpture, Humboldt Botanical Garden, Eureka, CA (4/29/23 blog)
4/29/23 - Rhododendron Parade, Eureka, CA
4/28/23 - Cannabis Nursery, Redway, CA
4/27/23 - Trillium, Sword Fern, & Redwood Sorrel @ Trillium Falls, CA (4/26/23 blog)
4/26/23 - Klamath Tour Thru Tree, CA
4/25/23 - Redwood Sky Walk @ Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka, CA
4/24/23 - The Carson Mansion & Pink Lady, Eureka, CA
4/23/23 - Festival of Color, Reno, NV (4/22/23 blog)
4/22/23 - The creek I crossed (l) to Hunter's Creek Falls (r), Reno, NV
4/21/23 - Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
4/20/23 - Truckee River, Reno, NV
4/19/23 - Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
4/18/23 - Verdi, NV
4/17/23 - Donner Lake, CA; Peter Toth's Wa-Pai-Shone, Reno, NV
4/16/23 - Charles Schulz Museum mosaic, Santa Rosa, CA (4/8/23 blog)
4/15/23 - Preston Reform School, Ione, CA
4/14/23 - Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield, CA
4/13/23 - California State Capitol & World Peace Rose Garden, Sacramento, CA
4/12/23 - Fort Bragg, CA (4/10/23 blog)
4/11/23 - Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, Healdsburg, CA
4/10/23 - Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, CA
4/9/23 - Shoreline Highway (north of Bodega Bay), CA
4/8/23 - Sheep shearing - Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, CA
4/7/23 - Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Geyserville, CA
4/6/23 - Muir Woods National Monument, CA
4/5/23 - Home @ Cloverdale, CA
4/4/23 - San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, CA (3/30/23 blog)
4/3/23 - Sutro Bath Ruins @ Lands End, San Francisco, CA
4/2/23 - Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, CA
4/1/23 - Guillermo Wagner Granizo Mosaic Murals, Pleasanton, CA
3/31/23 - Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
3/30/23 - San Francisco & Golden Gate Bridge, CA
3/29/23 - Condor & wildflowers, Pinnacles National Park (3/17/23 blog)
3/28/23 - Alcatraz (3/27/23 blog)
3/27/23 - Alcatraz, CA
3/26/23 - Balmy Alley, Mission Cultural District, San Francisco, CA (3/24/23 blog)
3/25/23 - Sanborn County Park, CA
3/24/23 - Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, San Francisco, CA
3/23/23 - The Painted Ladies, San Francisco, CA
3/22/23 - Saratoga, CA
3/21/23 - The Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz, CA
3/20/23 - Hakone Estate & Gardens, Saratoga, CA
3/19/23 - Greyhound Rock, CA
3/18/23 - Australian Finger Lime aka “citrus caviar” (next to an almond for size comparison); California Citrus State Historic Park (2/26/23 blog)
3/17/23 Pinnacles National Park, CA
3/16/23 - World's Largest Raisin Box - Kingsburg, CA (3/8/23 blog)
3/15/23 - Doors to nowhere and stairs to the ceiling, Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA (3/14/23 blog)
3/14/23 - Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA
3/13/23 - Calla Lily Valley & Bixby Creek Bridge, Monterey County, CA (3/12/23 blog)
3/12/23 - Almost Heaven, Monterey County, CA
3/11/23 - Sunset @ Kings River, CA (before the storm)
3/10/23 - Shinzen Friendship Garden, Fresno, CA (3/9/23 blog)
3/9/23 - Fresno County Blossom Trail, CA
3/8/23 - Kingsburg, CA
3/7/23 - Indio Mandarinquat @ California Citrus State Historical Park, CA (2/26/23 blog)
3/6/23 - Zalud House, Porterville, CA (3/4/23 blog)
3/5/23 - Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, Bakersfield, CA
3/4/23 - Tourguide, Allensworth State Historic Park. CA
3/3/23 - Glass Outhouse Art Gallery, 29 Palms, CA, (2/19/23 blog)
3/223 - Amboy Crater, CA
3/1/23 - Calico Ghost Town & Maggie Mine, CA
2/28/23 - Elmer's Bottle Ranch, Oro Grande, CA
2/27/23 - San Bernadino Mountains, CA
2/26/23 - The Donut Hole, La Puente, CA
2/25/23 - Salton Sea (2/18/23); today; what a difference a week makes, CA
2/24/23 - Original McDonald's Location Museum, San Bernadino, CA
2/23/23 - Rock Hill, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
2/22/23 - Cabazon Dinosaurs, CA
2/21/23 - Waokiye, Peter Toth's Trail of the Whispering Giants, Cabot's Pueblo Museum, Desert Hot Springs, CA
2/20/23 - Salvation Mountain, CA
2/19/23 - Joshua Tree National Park, CA
2/18/23 - Black Theatre Troupe, Phoenix, AZ
2/17/23 - World's Largest Rose bush, Tombstone, AZ (2/15/23 blog)
2/16/23 - Chiricahua National Monument, AZ
2/15/23 - Birdcage Theater; Tombstone, AZ
2/14/23 - Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ
2/13/23 - Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ
2/12/23 - Rainbow Bridge, Rotraut, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ (2/3/22 blog)
2/11/23 - Hazel, Phoenix, AZ
2/10/23 - Rotraut, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ (2/3/22 blog)
2/9/23 - Museum of the Moon, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ
2/8/23 - Pueblo Grande Ruin, Phoenix, AZ
2/7/23 - Rotraut, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ (2/3/22 blog)
2/6/23 - Mother-in-law room, Mystery Castle, Phoenix, AZ (2/2/23 blog)
2/5/23 - Phoenix, AZ
2/4/23 - Desert Vista Trail, Phoenix, AZ
2/3/23 - Chihuly @ Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ
2/2/23 - Mystery Castle, Phoenix, AZ
2/1/23 - Traveling Man, Brad Oldham, Dallas, TX
1/31/23 - My old 'hood, Phoenix, AZ
1/30/23 - Lost Maples State Recreation Area, TX (1/24/23 blog)
1/29/23 - Historic Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ
1/28/23 - outside Sierra Blanca, TX (1/24/23 blog)
1/27/23 - Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix, AZ
1/26/23 - The Backyard Barnyard Sanctuary, Phoenix, AZ
1/25/23 - The Grotto, Lost Maples SNA, TX (1/24/23 blog)
1/24/23- Monkey Rock, Lost Maples State Natural Area, TX
1/23/23 - Leaving La Feria, TX
1/22/23 - Baby Race (1/15/23 blog)
1/21/23 - Burnt Orange Heaven with Matthew McConaughey (1/15/23 blog)
1/20/23 - Pupzilla, Humane Society of Harlingen, TX
1/19/23 - Bull Creek, Austin, TX (1/15/23 blog)
1/18/23 - Link Falls @ Bull Creek, Austin, TX (1/15/23 blog)
1/17/23 - Moody Center, Austin, TX (1/15/23 blog)
1/16/23 - Twin Falls (long sigh), Austin, TX (1/15/23 blog)
1/15/23 - Cathedral of Junk, Austin, TX
1/14/23 - Ms. Pearl, Berdoll Pecan Candy & Gift Company, Cedar Creek, TX
1/13/23 - Art Cars, St Arnold Brewing Co, Houston, TX (12/15/22 blog)
1/12/23 - Mom, Brownsville, TX
1/11/23 - Brownsville, TX (1/7/23 blog)
1/10/23 - Peaches, Humane Society of Harlingen, TX
1/9/23 - Longhorn Band, Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, TX (12/30/22 blog)
1/8/23 - World's Largest Cowboy Boots; San Antonio, TX (12/28/22 blog)
1/7/23 - Art by Franchute, Brownsville Museum of Art, TX
1/6/23 - Dually, Humane Society of Harlingen, TX
1/5/22 - 12th Day of Christmas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, TX (11/29/22 blog)
1/4/23 - 11th Day of Christmas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, TX (11/29/22 blog)
1/3/23 - 10th Day of Christmas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, TX (11/29/22 blog)
1/2/23 - 9th Day of Christmas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, TX (11/29/22 blog)
1/1/23 - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Humane Society of Harlingen, TX