Appendix
A. E-Mailed Pictures
2006 August 18
These are the
pictures and text I e-mailed around during the trip.
2006 July 31
Shasta out the
window (Weed, Ca)
2006 August 3
On Crater Lake
We were on the
first boat tour today. They left
us on Wizard Island for a couple of hours where we hiked to the top. The boat ramp is the only access to the
water (for the public) and is at the end of a 1.1 mile, 700-foot drop hike. After the return trip, you hike back up
the hill, rather strenuous.
Reminded me of the Grand Canyon, but only about 1/10 as much.
John on the
Annie Springs trail. This is where
you spend more energy swatting mosquitoes than you do climbing down and back up
out of the canyon. The bridge had
washed out; this is a temporary.
The crater at
the top of Wizard Island. Note the
peace sign made out of rocks in the snow at the very bottom.
John at the
peace sign, for scale
The "Old
Man of the Lake." This log
has been floating around since at least 1929. On our tour, the ranger did not "leap out of the boat
onto the log to prove that it would support the weight of a human." We suspect that they haven't done this
in many years.
Wizard Island
as we were departing. I was trying
to get a picture of the boat wake and accidentally got the only picture of the
island in good light.
2006 August 5
Mt. St. Helens,
Rainier
More
pictures. The first is what I see
about 90 minutes every day.
Mt. St. Helens
from up close.
We hiked around
for a while then went back up to the visitor center to visit the restrooms
before leaving. When we came
around the corner, a little eruption had occurred.
It registered on the
seismograph inside.
Mt.
Rainier.
From the freeway in Seattle
2006 August 7
Seattle. John is 16!
John talking to
Viannah just after he realized that it wasn't my phone.
Chinatown has
dragons on the telephone poles.
Space Needle --
radio antenna for scale. (not
really)
Shanghai
Gardens, the restaurant that was so hard to find and the aquarium inside.
2006 August 8
Turning south
today.
Port
Angeles.
We're now on the 101!
John standing
in the rain at Cape Flattery.
The most
northwest spot in the U.S. (lower 48).
Other
facilities ... nearby.
Look what else
we found (about 8 p.m.).
2006 August 9
Back in Oregon,
scenery, finally...
Here we are
standing in the water in Long Beach, Washington to see how cold it is.
It's cold. See below.
We're
everywhere....
The bridge from
Washington into Oregon is more than four miles long over the mouth of the
Columbia River.
The
"toothbrush" on the Astoria end.
Possibly the
first real piece of unusual coastal scenery.
John looking at
it.
Three wheel
recumbents on the beach below, like ants.
A panorama.
The view out
the hotel window in Newport, OR.
There's a lighthouse out on the point.
Before dinner
we ran about a quarter mile to the water and out into the surf, about calf high
(didn't take the camera). The
water, seeming to be about 40 degrees, when you stop feeling your feet, it's
time to get out. We think we were
in for 3 minutes, max.
2006 August 11
On to Arcata
The remnants of
the 4-pound block of ice bought in Klamath Falls a week ago Tuesday.
Sand Dunes.
A pine tree in
the dunes.
The In-debt
bird.
John skipping
stones at the site of the Crescent City 1964 Tsunami.
2006 August 12
John, the
master bowler.
We stayed a day
extra in Arcata to visit Chris Stones and not be driving so much.
Chris and his
equations:
Doesn't look
any different does he?
Us featured in
a web movie. Chris could probably
tell you where to go look at it.
(See us in the viewfinder display?)
Chris at the
controls.
John, the
master bowler.
We also went to
"World Trade Center" and so didn't have time to get to the
laundry. Now we're playing Cattan.
2006 August 13
The "drive
through" tree ($5).
Now on Highway One.
Inside Fort
Ross.
Another closed
beach (plant restoration).
Testing water
temperature in California. Warmer,
not warm.
2006 August 14
Pier 39, Golden
Gate Bridge
This is where
we stayed when we were here for the Tiger Cruise (1993). It is right across the street from
where we are now, where John stayed with choir.
This is the
second time we've had the bikes out on the trip. Had to get them out of valet parking. That's the valet there.
The Golden Gate
Bridge getting big in front of us.
An example of
the main support cables.
The rules. This is right next to a phone with a
sign on it that says, "Don't jump, make the call (to the suicide
hotline). There is hope."
We rode the
beginning and the end...
...
and walked the middle. It's pretty
high.
The road into
Saulsalito. (É not San Jose)
Only in
California. (Read both signs.)
The ferry
pulling in. Many bikes on the ferry.
Golden Gate
Bridge
Alcatraz
Back at Pier
41. That's not John, it's another
kid that looks like him on a bike that looks like his.
2006 August 15
SF to Morro Bay
Half Moon Bay. That's about 180 people per foot.
The ridge about 7 miles southeast of Half Moon Bay on King's Mountain. Somewhere up here was where pianist William Kapell died in a plane crash October 29, 1953. The plane was crossing over the coast about to turn north for approach to San Francisco airport when it hit this ridge in the fog. Fog blowing over the ridge today too.
The lighthouse at Pigeon Point. It is not open to the public because it is falling down for lack of money. There is a youth hostel there, looks like it's in the fall zone....
Pigeon Point.
That's a whale and a spout way out at the limit of the camera range. I have a movie too.
Hearst Castle. Closed.
2006 August 16
Trip is over, pictures from the last day
Playing Settlers of Cattan in Motel 6, a little cramped. I think this is the first (and only so far) time that I've won.
John leaving the water in Morro Bay. It was "warm" enough to dive in, but not for long. Dangerous, of course.
Federal Penitentiary at Lompoc
Launch pad at Vandenburg Air Force Base behind a locked gate and a sign that says, "no photography."
The guys at Andersen's Split Pea Soup place (Buellton) splitting peas.
The chaos at the end.
My desk waiting for me. Still have a little ice from Klamath Falls (now 16 days old).
Eating the camp stew we didn't get to. Oreos still packed.