We ended 2012 as positively as possible by staying in Yachats, Oregon for a few days. December 30: Evening walk before Kate, Jim (Maggie & Hobie), and Kim show up. A beautiful evening and sunset. Gold! Dave and Moby. Love the long reflections on the sand. Sand texture December 31: Rainy, windy and a roughContinue reading “Happy New Year 2013!”
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Sunday Balloon Launch
We almost always make it to the Northwest Art & Air Festival, especially to see the hot air balloons. Some years I participate in the World Wide Sketchcrawl on Saturday to sketch balloons. Other years, we just chase after them to watch them land and pack up. This year, the festival launch on Friday wasContinue reading “Sunday Balloon Launch”
Albany Art & Air Festival: Balloon Launch Saturday
Albany Art & Air Festival is in swing again! Friday the hot air balloon launch was canceled due to an amazing electrical storm that passed through during the early morning. Fortunately today is beautiful. The skies are filled with August harvest dust making for hazy sunlight. We missed the majority of launches but managed toContinue reading “Albany Art & Air Festival: Balloon Launch Saturday”
Photos from Dee Wright Observatory
A few more photos from the family trip to De Wright observatory. North and Middle Sister above. Below is Black Crater. Dave above and Kim below (and Mt. Washington) The nephew shot & aunts. Above: Jeff, Gale, Amee, Alex & Zac. Below: Me & The Sisters
Kauai Trip: Po’ipu hike
Along the southern edge of Kauai is a 2+ mile trail that travels along the shoreline to a beach. The Maha’ulepu coast trail starts next to the Hyatt Regency Resort at Shipwreck beach and heads east. It snakes along the shoreline over Makawehi bluff, traverses part of the golf course, through an ancient heiau, overContinue reading “Kauai Trip: Po’ipu hike”
Kauai Trip: Spouting Horn
One of the mornings Kim, Dave & I took a mile+ walk out to Spouting Horn. Sunshine had yet to reach Kukui’ula Harbor. Spouting Horn is located at the end of Lawa’i road on the south shore of Kauai, just outside of Koloa. One thing I wish we had brought along was a sound recordingContinue reading “Kauai Trip: Spouting Horn”
Kauai Trip: waterfalls and sunset
Our mornings were pretty laid back, enjoying the sunrise, watching the turtle & surfer population, and drinking coffee. On this day our plan was to head east to view two waterfalls: Wailua & Opaeka’a Falls. Morning on the lanai… Mike & Shannon getting ready for the day. Surfers already out enjoying the morning waves. FirstContinue reading “Kauai Trip: waterfalls and sunset”
Kauai: ferns
Ferns are a certain sign of spring in our home climate. I’ve been watching bracken ferns slowly opening along the trails in Mac Forrest. On the Kauai trip there were oodles of ferns of all sizes opening new fronds. Here are some of the images taken primarily in the Koke’e State Park.
Kauai Trip: a fowl situation
One thing the guide books all mentioned was the chicken population. The Red Junglefowl or Moa (Gallus gallus) were originally introduced by the Polynesian colonist. The males are stunning with bright colors and distinctive red combs. Sickle shaped feathers reminded me of leaves from the Koa tree. The wild population resides inside Koke’e State Park,Continue reading “Kauai Trip: a fowl situation”
Kauai Trip: the hike to nowhere
While visiting the Koke’e State Park, we decided to take advantage of our Jeep rental and a new map with directions to trail heads. After rocking and rolling over some rough road (whacking the head a couple of times on the door), and back tracking a few times, we arrived. Or was it really theContinue reading “Kauai Trip: the hike to nowhere”
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