November Sunrise

The sky looked like it was on fire this morning. Similarily dramatic as the October sunrise posted last month - but a different flavor (lots of purple today).

San Francisco

We had a great mini trip last weekend to San Francisco to see our friend Kathleen. We went to Napa for a day of wine tasting, went down to Palo Alto to see the Huskies actually win a road game, and enjoyed the spectacular weather.

Olympic National Park - Fall Colors

We had a terrific weekend trip to the Olympic Penninsula last weekend. We stayed at Jenn's parents house, fed the cat, and saw some wonderful fall scenery.

Small creek flowing into Sol Duc

The Elwha river

The beach at Salt Creek

Lake Crescent sunrise #1

Lake Crescent sunrise #2

October Sunrise

Tetons

Here are a few more pictures from the Tetons. This is a wonderful place to visit - much can be seen. The hiking is amazing as well as the views you can get from the car from all those neat pull outs on the road.

Sunrise from the Snake River Lookout - famous for the 1942 Ansel Adams photo that can be seen here. This is roughly the same location (we were a bit further back), different time of day & year, and most importantly, 65 years of tree growth. Oh, and Mr Adams is a photography legend....

This is another famous, highly photographed location in the park. This is a barn that was built in 1919 by Mormon settlers and is on "Mormon Row."

A nice reflection of the Tetons at Schwabacher Landing - looking across a pond formed by a beaver damn. (No beavers were spotted.)

We found this cool old abandoned log cabin with an amazing view

Buffalo with a view. This was our best viewing of a buffalo. They are all over the place and even stop traffic!

Mr. Moose. He was pretty close to the road and had his own dedicated park ranger to guide traffic and provide him ample protection. Laurence had an older guy attempting to buy his camera while watching the moose. No sale.

Laurence scouting the scene for the first picture in this post the afternoon before it was taken. Yes, Jennifer did take this picture.

Jennifer enjoying herself on our alpine hike

Mount Rushmore

Badlands in South Dakota

South Dakota Prarie Dog

Puget Sound Ferry Ride

This picture doesn't do the view of the Puget Sound from the ferry justice - but hopefully it can encourage those of you in other parts of the country to visit the Seattle area in the summer - and serve as a reminder to us locals to get out and enjoy the natural beauty in our backyard.

Multnomah Falls, Oregon

We just got home from a weekend trip to Oregon. We had a chance to check out Multnomah Falls, the 2nd highest year-long waterfall in the US. Multnomah Falls is about 20 miles east of Portland, along the Columbia River.

Here's a link to a US Forest Service site with more info.