Hockey Season it coming soon to a rink near you!

It's almost hockey season kids! I have grown to really enjoy the game after watching my son play for almost 10 years and following our local Major Junior team (the Tri-City Americans) rise and fall and rise again with each passing season. Its hard not to love the game once you have given yourself a chance to understand it!

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Mt Saint Helens

So this was the first time I had ever been to the Mt Saint Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory, we were in the area for a soccer tournament and had time for a quick trip between soccer games.

I found the facility itself to be a neat design built into the hill side with an absolutely incredible view of Mt. Saint Helens, but my trip there was a bit abbreviated and kinda reminded me of the Speed Zoo scene from the movie 'True Crime' with Clint Eastwood.

We had time to check out the view, then scamper back down for a short movie on the mountain and the eruption and the damage it caused and then a brief cruise through the interpretive center hitting a couple highlights on the way out and time for a group photo before heading back to the car and back to the motel for some rest before the next game.

The image is from the theater which shows a movie and when done has some curtains the open up for a spectacular window view!!

Mt. Adams

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."

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."

Left some stuff behind

My work takes me to places that many do not get to see... the inside of homes hundreds of them, even thousands... literally! Most times its not a big deal... but on occasion I see some stuff that gets my mind working and wondering as to why. Why did this happen, how? Were they in a hurry? Why did they leave so much behind? How come they did not clean up the place? Why did they clean up the place? Where they upset? I will never know the stories behind such things, but I still cannot help but wonder...

Stop!

Sometimes its important to stop and see the pictures...