We went up to Marin over the weekend. Did some hiking up on Mt Tamalpai, went on a tour of Guide dogs for the Blind, and saw the Queen Mary II in SF Bay. Here are a couple QMII pictures.


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Yeah I know it has been way too long...

There are pictures from a Birdwatching trip to Los Banos, my brother'and my cats, and familly both my wife's and mine.

Have fun and stay warm!

My website of pictures (reverse chronological order)

Ps Maybe I'll ad some pics to this post...

As some of you know we went took the RV out over Labor Day and visited the Olympic Peninsula and Mt Rainer. Here are some pictures from the visitor's center for Mt St. Helens. More to come -- enjoy!

(pdf slide show)
St. Helen's Marsh
Ft Worden Pt Townsend WA
Hurricane Ridge, Evening
Olympic Forest

Here is the first of the video clips from Morocco -- some of the Fauna in Rabat as I remember. More clips and some descriptions to follow.

A short video (11 mB)

I apologize in advance if your viewer can't play this -- I'm looking into conversions...

Does anyone look at these? Should I bother posting them?

Anyway 2 slide shows up on the website -- Napa on Sunday and Lick Observatory on Memorial day. Here is a quick preview:


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Barb updated the Fes slideshow so it now works and has a few new pictures and a few deleted.

Link is New Fes slideshowGoing to a Railroad Museum event in Portland over the weekend, then stressful week as my Dad is scheduled for a brain shunt on Monday and my Mom is scheduled for surgery on the 25th (they have been divorced for 32 years). Dad is ( Read more... )

More pictures, this time from Volubilis -- a stop on the trip from Rabat to Fes.


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Here is the "Blue gate" in the old town of Fes. Note the Moroccan (horseshoe) arch (as opposed to the Byzantine tulip shape) and the square minaret (similar to an Anglican steeple).


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Ok, here is a link to a slideshow of the first batch of Morocco pictures in Rabat.

Rabat

Here is a second set of Fes (I'm having problems with the auto play on this one, If it just goes black, hit ESC and you may have to advance it manually)

Fes

But we do have drama at home -- a "new" cat -- a 16 yr old 8lb female Maine coon cat named Yahu. Rex is none to sure about this, he has spent a lot of time hiding on his perch in the corner. Today was the first day we have left them both out (as opposed to in her crate or a bedroom with the door closed. They've checked each other out -- at a ( Read more... )