Scenes of South Africa’s Cape Region: The sleepy fishing village of Arniston where we spent a night: Table Mountain National Park: Boulders (part of Table Mountain National Park) with its distinctive penguins: Cape L’agulhas… This is the southernmost point of the continent of Africa and where the Atlantic and Indian Ocean meet. The waters of … Continue reading
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That’s Mount Ellinor (located in the Olympic National Forest) at the top – taken from the final staging area: This is my nephew Nick with me admiring Mount Rainier in the distance from the final staging area: Headed up The Chute with Lake Cushman in the background… Right above where this picture was taken you … Continue reading
Nicki packing my bags for me… You’ve got to love that girl… The train ride through the Cascades… I can’t recommend the train highly enough – especially for a trip like this (more on that in another post)… Walking around Seattle… Nicki was able to utilize her connections to secure a palatial room at the … Continue reading
Not far from King City, where Jimmy Ames grew up, is an interesting place to visit – Mission San Antonio de Padua – located on what is now Fort Hunter Liggett, an Army base created from a sprawling ranch sold by William Randolph Hearst to the War Department in 1940. The Hacienda Before he built … Continue reading
I love roadside attractions. Where else can you find stuff like this? I’ll bet you never even knew something like this existed, but now that you’ve seen a wicker motorcycle you must have one, right? And who wouldn’t want one of these lovely ladies in their home or yard with them? Or how about this … Continue reading
All of this took place in the span of less than 24 hours last weekend… Brandon showed up early Saturday for his surprise birthday party (he thought we were going on a skiing trip). Embracing the ambiguity of the situation (and wishing to continue the celebration), Brandon almost immediately proposed that we go shooting instead … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 