There’s something about brightly colored buildings on cliffs over the sea that makes them fun to look at. The second southernmost town in Cinque Terre, Manarola. Pictures taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 10-22mm lens @ 10mm, f/16, 1/20 sec, ISO 100
This is the first picture I took of Cinque Terre from Monterosso al Mare looking South toward the rest of the towns. Picture taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 17-85mm lens @ 30mm, 1/80 sec shutter, f/16, ISO 100
Day 7 was partially taken up with our descent from Lake of the Angels, partially taken up with our loitering at the trail head pondering what to do next and partially taken up driving toward Mt. Rainier. We stopped off at a hotel along the way as it was suspected… Continue reading
We actually got up early and left Aberdeen right around 7AM headed for the Mt. Ellinor trail head which we reached around 9:00. I think there were two trail heads for Mt. Elinore and we were heading for the upper, which involved many miles of bumpy dirt road to access. … Continue reading
Because we stopped short of Olympic National Forest, we had to finish the drive up to Quinault first thing in the morning. The first stop was a the USFS / NPS Recreation Information building where we got a map of the immediate area (not so much Olympic National Park as… Continue reading
Day 4 entailed a lot of driving, with a few stops along the Oregon coast mixed in. Our first attempt was a lighthouse very near Newport, but the line of cars just to get into the park was extending beyond visible range of the entrance so we took the hint… Continue reading
Day 3 was mostly spent at Crater Lake. I like to relax on vacation by demanding that we wake up in time for sunrise and go to take pictures. In light of this, we got up early to head to Watchman overlook with our coffee, but finding clouds there, backtracked… Continue reading
Day 2 was our started by completing the drive to Crater Lake. Like a lot of the National Parks, the area you want to get to ends up being rather remote and it was about a 45 minute drive from the nearest town into the closest visitor center. With that in… Continue reading
It started with a notion that Portland, Oregon would be a nice city to visit. With the house search happening, the notion was not receiving much commitment nor planning. But, since the house dealings were all in order and there wasn’t really anything for me to do but wait, Janet… Continue reading
This picture is from the day at Bryce Canyon in Utah. As mentioned when I posted the bulk of the pictures before, this was mostly a midday visit and getting good pictures was difficult. On one hand, the contrast was very high due to the bright sun and abundance of… Continue reading