Mt. Adams

Boat Race Weekend!

This is the start / Finish line of the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup Hydroplane Boat Race Course here in Tri Cites, WA.

Right now it sits alone quietly overlooking the river, a calm before the storm type moment......as the boats will filter in this week to begin testing and trials the park will continue its transformation it anticipation of some 60,000 boat race fans over the course of the weekend (July 29-31th) as they converge on the mighty Columbia river in hopes of getting an eye full of the action that so many come here to see.

Links for this event is you wish to follow:

http://www.waterfollies.com/ (shedule of events)

http://www.h1unlimited.com/ (unlimited racing news, stats & teams)

http://gpwracing.com/ (gp boat racing news, stats & teams)

http://www.kndu.com/category/78290/hydroinsidercom-unlimited-hydroplane-racing (news)

http://www.gpwracing1.com/watch-live.html (live stream for testings & races)

http://www.kndu.com/category/169733/kndus-hydro-coverage (live race coverage)

http://www.610kona.com/ (radio coverage all weekend)

Where I live...

That's were I live in the worst part of the day... the lighting is horrible, contrasty and full of nasty shadows! So I try to make lemonade out of toilet water and some old unrecognizable fruit... which I thought might be a lemon. I often ponder about the cool photos I could make if I could just manage to get my ass out making photos when the light is right... haha!

Until then your just stuck with seeing photos from the place that I live... the middle of the day.

8th & L St

Just could not resist capturing this scene... taken back in October they light the stairwell of this building with different colors as a way a showing some festive holiday cheer. The building is part of the Municipality of Anchorage (Alaska) and is home to a few different departments.

Two Sisters

This is a different view on some shots I took a over a week ago this spot is located in Washington along Hwy 730 near the Oregon and Washington State Line in an area called the Wallula Gap. The Wallula Gap was visited by Lewis and Clark and is recognized as a National Landmark for its geological significance.

Two Sister legend:

"Coyote, the mischievous spirit hero of many native stories, fell in love with three sisters who were building a salmon trap on the river near here. Each night Coyote would destroy their trap, and each day the girls would rebuild it. One morning coyote saw the girls crying and found out that they were starving because they had not been able to catch any fish in their trap. Coyote promised them a working fish trap if they would become his wives. They agreed, and coyote kept his promise; however, over the years he became jealous of them. He changed two of the wives into these basalt pillars and turned the third into a cave downstream. He then became a rock nearby so he could watch over them forever."

Motel / Cafe II

Day 198

Don't know do ya?

Day 193

Water Color Rainbows

Everybody seemed to be out shooting this bad boy... it was bright and had some intense color... for a short time from my vantage point it was a double rainbow. Very nice evenings as of late, I cannot complain one bit about our summer this year!!

Two Sisters

Two Sister legend:

"Coyote, the mischievous spirit hero of many native stories, fell in love with three sisters who were building a salmon trap on the river near here. Each night Coyote would destroy their trap, and each day the girls would rebuild it. One morning coyote saw the girls crying and found out that they were starving because they had not been able to catch any fish in their trap. Coyote promised them a working fish trap if they would become his wives. They agreed, and coyote kept his promise; however, over the years he became jealous of them. He changed two of the wives into these basalt pillars and turned the third into a cave downstream. He then became a rock nearby so he could watch over them forever."

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there are no nude people in this photo so you can quite staring at it geesh! :-P

Baby your a firework

Day 184

Day 183

The eye see's all.

Day 182

play time.

Day 181

Soccer practice... I put myself in harms way by hanging out behind the goal (without a net) and trying to capture some nice goalie saves. My objective was fruitless but I still came up with a couple decent shots... here is one I did some editing on.