Thursday, March 25, 2010

A collapsible shipping container


Dec 30th 2009 | From The Economist online

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Off to the Gulf Coast!

Leaving at 0300 Monday and will be back around midnight on Thursday...no internet, but I'll have my cell phone on me (fingers crossed I don't drop it in the swamp).

Bulb Show at Smith!



The best way to start spring....

Pacific Northwest Album

Seattle (cont.)







View of the Columbia River Gorge from Crown Point


Bonneville Dam




Multnomah Falls


Lightship Columbia at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria. We got to spend a night aboard the Columbia, the last lightship to be in active service on the west coast (1951-1979).



Cape Disappointment State Park


Youngs Bay Terminal Fishery Net Pen Project (Chinook & Coho Salmon)



Cannon Beach!!!...Haystack Rock, one of the most photographed views of the Oregon Coast, is the rock in the final scene of the Goonies.

Tillamook Cheese Factory


Sea Lion Caves, largest sea cave in the world
Oregon Dunes National Sea Shore


Arrival at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) on Coos Bay.
Visit to Cape Arago tidepools:









Views of the Oregon coast



South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Botanical Gardens