Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Eureka! California
I crossed the border into California a little before
11pm, and was promptly greeted by a station
where I had to stop and declare any produce I
was carrying. Welcome to CA! I think California
gets itself confused with Canada at times. Anyway,
after forgetting to mention the 4 tomatoes I had
stashed in the cooler in the trunk (it was late and
I was tired) (do you think if I planted the tomato seeds
somewhere in Cali it would bring about ecological ruin?,
or are they afraid that produce grown in other states
would inspire a more conservative mindset?), I drove straight
through to Eureka. In retrospect I should have stayed in
Crescent City so that I could have driven through the
Redwood Forest during daylight, but the drive was
interesting at night, there was a lot of mist, giving the
woods a very sppoky quality at times. I was often the
only car within my line of sight...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Sea Lion Caves
I had heard about this spot before I left, so I knew
I wanted to stop. There's an elevator built into the
side of the hill here that takes you 200' straight down
into a natural sea cave (they claim it's the largest
natural sea cave in the world?) The elevator lets
visitors off into a small gallery from which you can
look down into the main cave where the sea lions
rest on a rock just inside the cave entrance. I'm
assuming there is much more to the cave than we
could see, because it didn't seem all that large. But
there were a good number of sea lions. I hope my
new Canon camera got a good shot, but the lighting was
very low and flash photography was not allowed. The
Sea Lion Caves are just north of Florence, Oregon.
Lincoln City, Oregon
A Beautiful view from hwy 101 as I was leaving
Lincoln City, OR. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean
and a nice stretch of beach, I got my first glimpse at
the large rocky outcroppings that seem to be
extremely common off Oregon's western shores.
Lincoln city, Oregon
Wonderful pictures from my RAZR :(
This one should have been a shot of a sign
for the Lincoln City Inn in Oregon. This is where
I caught hwy 101 for the trip down the coast!
Sherwood, Oregon
The street sign that I failed to get a good
picture of as I flew down the road said
Welcome to Sherwood.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
I'm In!
Looks like I'm in! I got the letter the other day, welcoming me to the University of Washington for the Fall quarter. Guess there's room for this old man to continue his education after-all. Now I'm just waiting for the Computer Science application decision. If that falls through I'll enter UW as a Math major, and will try for CS again in the Spring.
Now if the planets would just align so that I could find a job, after Alltel closes our center in September, that would give me the time needed for classes, then all will be well with the world ;)
Now if the planets would just align so that I could find a job, after Alltel closes our center in September, that would give me the time needed for classes, then all will be well with the world ;)
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