Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After 6 weeks of no email and a battle with CenturyLink, I have given up on them and will try Gmail.? Let's see how this works. Sorry, a long post as I have not been able to post before on this trip.? ?We started out in the Puget Sound area with a visit to a friend north of Shelton.? This shell was on her beach. Beach Shell-1004968.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896089/in/album-72177720329691431> From there we camped by Port Angeles and one day took the ferry over to Victoria for the day.? Always a great place to wander around by foot. Government Street has been converted to mainly foot traffic so a great place to wander. Government Street-1004990.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54856794757/in/album-72177720329691431> Bike and Flowers-100512.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857654276/in/album-72177720329691431> No trip to Victoria is complete without a visit to the Murchie Tea store to get a year's supply of tea and have lunch. Murchie Tea-1004995.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896359/in/album-72177720329691431> Then off to Chinatown and Fan Tan Alley Chinatown-100508.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857906493/in/album-72177720329691431/> Passenger on the ferry ride back to Victoria.? Since we are both nursing knees we did not stay too late but caught the 3PM ferry back to the states. Ferry Passenger-100521.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857957915/in/album-72177720329691431/> Rounding the corner of the state and heading south we camped at Kalaoch.? No visit to Kalaloch is complete without seeing the Tree of Life, which is getting closer to the end of its life as erosion proceeds and now people are climbing on it to hasten its demise. A few shots on different days with different light. Kalaloch-Tree of Life-1005041-Pano.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896644/in/album-72177720329691431/> Kalaloch-Tree of Life-1005063-Pano.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896799/in/album-72177720329691431/> There were some interesting shots right behind our campsite.? i kept expecting to see some dinosaurs. Kalaloch-1005053.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857958115/in/album-72177720329691431/> Kalaloch-1005055.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857654516/in/album-72177720329691431/> So, from the NW tip of Washington to the SW tip.? A few lighthouses in the Long Beach/Ilwaco area. North Head-0400.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896869/in/album-72177720329691431/> North Head-0403.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857907178/in/album-72177720329691431/> North Head-1005091.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857907248/in/album-72177720329691431/> Cape Disappointment Lighthoouse-1005099.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857958535/in/album-72177720329691431/> Cape Disappointment Lighthoouse-1005102.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857897174/in/album-72177720329691431/> An finally to the Oregon boarder.? The Astoria bridge over the Columbia river fro the rest area where we spend the night Columbia River-0410.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54856795832/in/album-72177720329691431/> Columbia River-0415.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857958730/in/album-72177720329691431/> Comments welcome.? Whew.? Glad to be back Aram -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson