Photos from above

The first few days produced such nice weather there was not enough wind to fly my rig with my little kite. But finally at the end of the week there was enough wind. The album has the best of the photos.

Unfortunately we had another hard drive issue while away. The laptop drive went completely out. It was backed-up except for about 100 of my kite photography photos which I had just downloaded. Then it went out. I'm very sad about the loss because there were also some fun photos of Minna taking photos. These are the rest of the photos taken from the rest of the week that I didn't download on to the laptop.

See the photo album here


This is the house we stay in every year. As you can see it is right on the beach. We look out the window and see the beach. We walk out the door and we're on the beach. It's amazing.


Here we are.

We're back from Cannon Beach!

Vacation, started... Check!

Hannah and Jane were absolutely amazing yesterday.

Hannah started the day by throwing up.

Our flight at noon had seats available then no seats. So we switched flights. Then there were seats so we switched back.

We almost decided to bag the day flight and let Hannah get better and fly at night. But we gambled and took the noon flight and luckily Hannah didn't throw up. She was so patient and such a trooper the entire flight. Jane was buckled in her seat the whole time, except for 20 minutes of the 5 1/2 hour flight and yet hardly complained. They both received commendations from others. They very well behaved. It was a pleasure to fly with them.

We're not going backpacking anymore

We made reservations for backpacking on the Wonderland Trail inMt Rainer National Park. We have decided, however, that logistics of us:

• going to Cannon Beach for our annual Beard vacation
• dropping the kids off in Seattle
• getting ready for the hike
• going on the hike
  
• and getting back to NYC within my time-off limits

is just a lot to do. So we will not be able to use the reservation we have made. Sometimes it is just better to do less.

The reservation is for a round trip:
July 7 White River Campground Trailhead and Summerland Camp
July 8 Indian Bar Camp
July 9 White River Campground Trailhead

You can see on the above map where our reservation is. The trail goes down the right third of the map. Whitehead is near the top and Indian Bar is near the bottom. There is a bigger map here.

I understand it is a beautiful hike.

The reservation cost me $20 and I hate to see it go to waste. The reservation does not include the permit or fees for camping. It just means that you have a guaranteed spot (for up to 6 people) to make this hike.

If you want it call me or email me.

The Trains

We can see and hear the trains outside our window, but it is much more dramatic to see them from the footbridge.

We cross the footbridge several times a week just passing through or as a destination. The great thing about having the trains so close is that it provides a perfect short walk when I get home from work or if the girls just need a few minutes to run.

Tonight we went on a walk to channel some hyper-activity just before bed. Hannah is wearing her pajamas and some dressy shoes.

Anyway, I don't think I've posted video of a train yet. So here you go.

Minna's favorite photo of mine

Minna loves this photo, it's composition, color, the setting, everything. I love this photo because she loves this photo. There is a certain satisfaction that this photo brings me, in that she has tried to replicate this photo but never has been able to do so satisfactorily (in her opinion).

A story for Minna's photo assignment

In an effort to dramatize this photo far beyond non-fiction and into the realm of fiction:

This one time there was a little kid who wanted a popsicle. So his mommy gave him a popsicle. He walked outside with it and a big dog was walking by and licked the popsicle. Since dog's have powerful tongues the popsicle was knocked out of the kid's hand. The popsicle landed on the ground. The end.



This is in response to Minna's photo assignment #14.