We spent a glorious week in a house right across the beach in Hilo on the big island of Hawaii with my parents, brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law. These are the fancy picts I took.
Hilo Hawaii Artsy Picts
Tag: Travel
A Sense of Place: Road Trip PNW July 2013
I take a lot of photos of a lot of things. Recently I’ve been interested in photos that capture a feeling for a place and/or time – especially in travel or in the mundane everyday. In this case, here are a few collages of places I visited on our big vacation.
William B. Ide Adobe in Red Bluff, CA
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PNW Road Trip 2013: Bend, OR
Friday, July 12th
Ah Bend!
We arrived around 11 am and the house was not ready early so we had to kill a few hours around town. We swung by Old Mill District to trade out a broken camp chair at REI and to check out the scene there. Its a very nice looking mall, but its still a mall. We meandered over to Pioneer Park and did a bit of a river walk past a weir on the Deschutes, saw a boy fishing, felt the icy water, and enjoyed the scenery. Then we had a picnic at one of the tables- not ideally placed on a strip between the road and the parking lot without a view of the river, but the kids could run and play and they were contained and away from any drowning danger.
PNW Road Trip 2013: Day 2
We made a quick exit from California and headed for Klamath Falls. Although it was described as a “butt scab” we found the downtown very quaint and interesting with nice old buildings, a view of the lake, and some open businesses. The place seems like its in recovery after the recession. We were looking for a Mexican food joint I found on yelp, but it no longer existed at the address I had. Justin saved the day and found a brewery a few blocks away: Klamath Basin Brewing Company in the Creamery building. Continue reading
PNW Road Trip: Day 1
Day 1. Wednesday, July 10th 2013
We managed to escape town at 11 am with the car not as packed as on our last trip; there’s room to breathe. First potty break was at our fav old haunt, Granzellas in Williams – they have clean bathrooms and an amazing taxidermy collection including 3 polar bears. Novella spent $3 of the $4 she got from Gma and Gpa on a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser which she truly and deeply adores. We made it as far as Red Bluff when B demanded another break, but we were ready for a snack break. I found a State Park with good reviews not too far up the highway.