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Maneki for dinner!
2019/12/07: Maneki is Seattles oldest Japanese Restaurant, first opening it's doors in 1904. Excellent food, very reasonably priced! Don't forget to book a table a few days in advance though, it's a popular place!
2019/12/29 2019/12/29: We stopped by The Oregon Rail Heritage Center for an visit on Sunday, it's right next to the Tilikum crossing. Some cool old engines to look at, would have been better if one or more of them had been fired up but sadly they told me that doesn't happen very often. Too many rules, regs and costly insurance requirements.
A photo taken with Mum's old REX Box camera, made in England circa 1950. This was the first time that the camera has been used since the early 1970s except for 1 roll I put though it in the 80's! I was expecting 12 exposures on the roll but only got 8! Also I somehow missed #1 & #8 didn't expose which left only 6! I'm going to give the camera another go though, I think in Sunshine & if I can hold it steady results will be better!
Boxing Day on Tom Dick & Harry!
2019/12/26: A lovely day for a Boxing day hike up and over Tom Dick & Harry Mt. Ironically the trail up was quite busy but coming back over the top and through the deserted Ski Bowl Ski resort we didn't see another soul!
2019/11/19: For my last full day in the land of OZ George & I headed out to Great Keppel Island for some snorkeling. Ten miles off the coast of Yeppoon and at the Southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. The island is a surprisingly quiet backwater with the main resort closing down and left abandoned in 2008. Leaving just a couple of cafes and some B&B lodging.
2019/11/12: Tuesday was a travel day, first a 180 mile drive back to Melbourne with a quick stop at Ballarat Botanic Garden, then an appointment at the National Quarantine facility. After that the airport to catch a flight north to Sunshine Coast. Flying North over multiple forest fires along the way!
Sunrise on the Capricorn Coast!
2019/11/17: Day 2 started early, out the tent at 4:15am for a walk back to Stockton Point to be there in time for the Sunrise at 5:00.
2019/12/07: On the same day that we visited the Amazon Spheres we also visited the Volunteer Park Plant conservatory. While this Victorian style conservatory built in 1912 and modeled on Crystal palace certainly can't match the wow factor of the Spheres it more than made up for it in Charm and I could not help but think that the plants in this old conservatory were happier ☺
2019/11/10: Sunday was a travel day, leaving my 4 day base in Belgrave for Dunkeld at the south end of Grampians National Park. We took the longer Ferry route crossing the "Rip" of Philip Bay, checking out the Port Lonsdale Lighthouse which was shipped over from England in kit form and Geelong Botanic garden first planted in 1851 along the way.
2019/11/24: Back on my home turf! We left home with no plan today but expecting to hike under clouds or rain. The Sunshine Gods smiled on us though as we headed east of Government Camp. We ended up hiking from the White River Snow Park up to Timberline Lodge for a hot drink & back on what is probably going to be the last day before the snow finally falls!
An Autumn day on Timothy Lake.
2019/11/03: A lovely sunny day for a long walk around Timothy & Little Crater lakes. A silly wrong turn at the beginning turned a 13 mile hike into 15 miles. In this photo you can even see Timberline lodge!
Looking down from Bluegrass Ridge.
2019/10/27: A wonderful sunny and cold late October day in the High Country. We hiked from Hood River Meadows up to Elk Mt & Bluegrass ridge then made our way down to the old Elk Meadows shelter for lunch before completing the loop. Hundreds of trees down on Bluegrass ridge from the 2006 fire. The cutoff trail between Elk Meadows and the Ridge is almost lost to blowdown now!