Thursday, September 18, 2008

Familjen Larssons Besök

Ulrika's parents are in town! Gösta has taken a bunch of pictures with his camera, but yesterday the memory was full, so I just snapped a bunch with my phone.
My pictures are from our visit to eastern Washington, where we stayed at the fantastic Sagecliffe Inn and Cave B Winery.
The Inn is adjacent to the Gorge Amphitheater, which was actually originally developed by the owners of Sagecliffe.

Apparently Dave Matthews stays here whenever he plays at the Gorge. Probably in the same cabin (pictured above) as we did. It is the most remote (despite faceing the rest of the resort), and affords the only northward view, up the Columbia River, towards Crescent Bar, WA (see below).




Along the way,
we stopped off
at the Ginko Petrified Forest,
near Vantage, WA.
The park sits
high above
the Columbia River,
and provides sweeping views
of the ancient basalt flats
exposed by the river.
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In this picture
Gösta is checking out
a speedboat racing a jet-ski.









On our way home, we also drove through the town of Quincy,
where this beautiful old building reminded me of every small town,
in the Rocky Mountain West,
that I've ever been to,
but specifically, Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Google Maps Superstar!

A couple of weeks ago, having stopped by Tuuli to see Ulrika, I was walking along First Avenue when I spotted a peculiar car parked by the curb. When I got closer, I realized it was the car that drives around taking photos for Google Maps "Street View"! Right after I snapped this picture the driver came out of a cafe, with a vitamin water and a bag of Frito's. What a weird job.

Sunday, September 7, 2008