Travel Date: September 26, 2018 This would prove to be our longest travel day of the trip. After breakfast we packed up at John Muir Lodge in Kings Canyon and crossed over into the adjacent Sequoia National Park, then down the San Joaquin Valley and across the Mojave desert to Kingman, Arizona. Our intention on… Continue reading Western U.S. Loop: Sequoia to Kingman
Category: Personal
New Lens Testing
Photos taken: July 6&7, 2018 I retired – again – a few weeks ago. I joked with my friends that I’ve gone back and forth between working and retirement so often in the past four years I should just start calling myself “unemployed”. Who knows, maybe retirement will stick this time – certainly retiring in… Continue reading New Lens Testing
Summer Train Trip: Time with the Kids
June 17-26 – Chicago We go to Chicago a few times each year to visit our youngest son, his lovely wife, and our two grandkids. Most of the time we spend there are dedicated to playing with the kids so I usually neglect to pull my camera out for much. And really, as much as… Continue reading Summer Train Trip: Time with the Kids
Multnomah Women’s Chorus
Carla and her sister Linda have been in the local Multnomah Women’s Chorus for the past few years. There are four terms a year with a concert at the end of each term. The concerts include ensemble numbers and some soloists or duos. Linda’s bucket list includes singing Emmylou Harris’ Sorrow in the Wind with… Continue reading Multnomah Women’s Chorus
2016 Summer Road Trip – Family Time
The reason we drive 2,249 miles from Beaverton to Chicago is our family: our younger son, his wife, and their (now) two boys live in a western suburb of the Windy City. Their second child was born the day we left home and we could barely wait to get there; rather than meandering across the… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip – Family Time
