Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
Mt. Adams and Mt. Ranier tower over Washington.
Betty McGlynn and I on the Columbia in Astoria
Astoria's Riverfront Trolley rolls along past the Maritime Museum.
Let's tour the lightship museum Columbia.
Traffic along the Columbia, looking north toward Washington.
Ecola State Park, along the Oregon coast, viewed in the morning fog.
By afternoon, the sky had cleared at Ecola State Park.
Ecola State Park, looking north along the Oregon coast.
Seals and cormorants like these rocks.
Walk along the Oregon coast--it's accessible!
Wonderful textures!
Antique cars were rallying in Seaside and nearby Cannon Beach.
Don't miss Cannon Beach and its many art galleries.
Two needles and a haystack in Cannon Beach.
Where do haystacks come from???
These guys really jazz up their cars
Another haystack along the coast.
Don't miss the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
Three Arches Rocks--the third is visible from the south.
Herb and Gloria Baum met us in Tillamook and toured us along the Three Cape Drive.
At Cape Meares State Scenic Outlook
Andreas had ridden the STP (Seattle to Portland) in 11 hours, 18 minutes.
Bernice, the Baum's 92 year-old neighbor, regaled us with many episodes of her colorful life story.
Bernice's deck overlooks Little Whale Cove.
Betty heads down toward the Cove.
Little Whale Cove
Bridge along the Otter Creek Road
Devil's Punchbowl
I never saw so many pelicans!
Cormorants have made this rock their own
Gloria and Herb are our gracious tour guides.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Newport Harbor
Seals on the rocks bark in Newport Harbor
Gloria waits to buy tuna filets for our dinner.
On a warm Sunday afternoon, Peter Vince and Billie Jo Smith join the party for wine and cheese on the Baum's oceanside deck.
Fog on Monday morning obscured our view over as we drove south to Florence.
Gloria and Herb have found paradise on the Oregon coast.
The Devil's Churn at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area.
The fog moves in again.
Zhao Guanghong, David Atman, and their son Adam.
Guanghong has lived in Eugene since she and David were married. She was my student at Nanjing University in 1985-86.
Betty and I stayed at the Valley River Inn in Eugene, on the Willamette River.
I visited Timberline Lodge (built by the CCC in the Depression) at Mount Hood and had lunch there.
View of Mt. Jefferson from my dining table.
What a beautiful lodge!
The basic facts about Timberline Lodge.
The Columbia Gorge sternwheeler at Cascade Locks. I had taken the dinner cruise back in 2003 but had to revisit it this year.
Rooster Rock on the Left and Crown Point, with Vista House on the right.
Betty with her sister Matha Leachman at Martha's home in Columbia City.
Roll on, Columbia, roll on, as I head north to Seattle to visit the Connors.
Riley at breakfast, before his soccer match.
Delaney is at Lowell in Seattle and is, of course, doing very well.
Flannery is also playing soccer.
Flannery has just volunteered to read the word “rainforest” for her First grade class.
Riley at his soccer game.
Kari and Riley discuss a play.
Kari, Riley and Flannery at the Firemen statue in Pioneer Square.
Pigs are everywhere in Seattle this summer.
Delaney combs out Flannery's hair.
Kari has a great job in marketing--Alaska Airlines is her client.
View out the window of Kari's office.
Just so you'll know what she does for her client.
Kari in her office, shows the WongDoody label on her mug.
All this, just for Alaska Airlines!
I especially liked the Northwest Indian exhibit.
Don't miss the new Seattle Art Museum!
Didn't I see this show at Mass MOCA in 2005?
The Italian Room is not to be missed.
On Sunday, Brennan was in charge of A Day in the Park in Mount Baker.
Slides were popular.
Make a necklace out of fruit loops.
Kari did face painting.
So did I--here were two of mine.
Flannery got a butterfly.
We visited Pike's Market, of course.
My last stop in Seattle was the Aquarium, on Monday morning. The Chihuly sea glass looks right at home in the setting of the Aquarium.
A fabulous starfish.
A parrot rockfish.
Wow--could that be a salmon?
Green sturgeon are very long.
A tufted puffin was quite a performer.
What the otters and big fish like to eat
The diver feeds the fish their noon time meal, and it's time for me to leave.
My favorite at the aquarium was this friendly sea otter who took a liking to me and performed just for me.
