interstate 90, east from washington

Mamalahoa Highway, Hawaii

Alii Drive, Hawaii

Farrington highway, northwest Oahu

we were driving back from a short hike up to Ka'ena Point. the hike was lovely and flat, the day semi-cloudy and not too hot. we saw one fat monk seal and no albatrosses.

oh so many pretty beaches. if I were homeless, I would live there. perhaps even if I weren't homeless...

and in new york too

I spotted this from Ashley Simko's blog of very concise observations. it has a meta-fuzz to it. mm.

interstate 15 north, St. George Utah

look: more people who take pictures in their cars.

interstate 15 north, las vegas

you and me in a car in sydney

I just came across these photos from russell davies, many of which were taken from inside a car driving through Australia. cool, eh? it makes me happy to see I'm not the only one that tilts my camera a bit.

photos from my own trip south (not so far as Australia) will be posted as soon as I get around to it.

you and me in a plane

YCC to SEA
january 29
something like six a.m.
view over calgary, alberta.
i'd stopped sobbing enough by this point to take a picture.

68th Avenue, Tukwila

43 Street South

Lethbridge, Alberta

kent kangley

what sort of bird is that?
i have no idea.

132nd and 256th

this picture is not very pretty. i took it because that is a green ford taurus up there. and nothing serves to remind me of bygone infatuations so well as automobiles that match.

the redheaded owner of the ford taurus was less of an infatuation and more of an insanity--but close enough.
he doesn't drive that car anymore. which is just as well. change is good. change is vital...

i wonder if my little blue honda (or any of her twins) will ever remind anyone out there of a bygone infatuation. that would be interesting to know.

there was also a maroon pontiac grand am. and a goldish nissan. such is my memory, hung up on certain types of cars probably a little bit more so than the male persons who once drove said vehicles.

124 SE

i miss walking.

164th and 256th

santa monica boulevard

132 SE

rain in the sunshine.

16th street, astoria

Astoria, Oregon, was the place they filmed that epitome of 80s movies, The Goonies. i'm not a huge fan of the show, but it does sort of define the culture of the era I grew up in. so out of a weird nostalgia, i haven't put it on my list of hated films.

we drove around Astoria looking for a pizza place my dad had heard rumors about ten years previous. sadly, we didn't find it. we didn't have that many clues to go on.

so we kept driving, crossing this bridge that goes over the mouth of the columbia river. and we got home just after ten and ate fried chicken for dinner instead of pizza.

moon stone beach drive, california

highway 101, san fransisco

windy, golden, spring

highway 101, california

avenue of the giants, northern california

we saw bigger redwood trees, later that night. we pulled over at a small brown sign that said simply:

Big Tree --->

and we hiked 0.1 miles in the moonlight to the clearing where it stood, fenced off with a wooden fence. big trees. not all that red on the outside, especially not at night, but they are big and beautiful and straight and dark.

interstate 70, kansas

a bright december monday, last year

car park (maple valley)