The pictures from the trip out to Washington & Montana have
actually been up in the Cloud for a while now, but I never got around to
putting up a blog post. I'm doing that now.
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| Horton, Who-Hearer |
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| The Cat in the Hat |
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| Carly shows the Wolf how it's done |
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| the Tooth Fairy |
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| a big flamingo checks out Carly |
We started the journey with a side-trip to Abilene,
to see the city's wonderful collection of sculptures around the downtown
area. Along the railroad tracks that delineate the city-center's
southern edge, there's a garden of statues representing characters from
Dr Seuss, along with a few others; and at the convention center, a few
blocks north, is a children's literature sculpture garden. And there are
a few other statues scattered around between those two spots. Even
though I don't know a number of the stories represented (having been a
child back before the printing press was truly established), I enjoyed
them all.
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| for scale, note the passing 18-wheeler |
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While we were in Colorado, where Carly would spend
her vacation partly at Rancho Mojón and partly at Golden Pound, I took a
day-trip up to Nebraska, where my sister is working in a clinic. Along
the way, I stopped to see a fairly extreme example of religious fervour,
in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming: a collection of statues, including a gigantic
one of the Virgin Mary.
Then
we went up to Bellingham, Washington, for a soccer tournament, and a
little hiking at Whatcom Falls, Mount Baker and Stimpson Preserve.
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| at Whatcom Falls Park |
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| Stimpson Family Nature Preserve |
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| snow field, Mt Baker |
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| some random waterfall |
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| Picture Lake |
After the tournament, we drove east to Glacier National Park, making stops at places along the way.
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| another random waterfall |
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| Kootenai swinging bridge |
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| Kootenai Falls |
At Glacier, we spent a couple of nights in one of the old lodges built by
the railroad to coax visitors to become customers, and the day between
exploring Going to the Sun Road.
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| view from The Loop |
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| 400' waterfall |
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| Jackson Creek |
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| Goose Island |
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| Jackson glacier |
Construction of that
road was an engineering marvel, back when it was built. It's the park's
only through route, and it's where everybody goes. It wasn't as crowded
as I'd feared, but there were a lot of people.
Next
time I go to the park, I'll visit one of the other areas, north or south
of Going to the Sun. (By then, there probably won't be any glaciers
left, but I'm sure the park will still be there, and worth seeing again.
Even though, as I write this, I see that the Going to the Sun Road is
currently closed because of wildfires.)
There are lots more pictures from the trip; if Google is to be believe, you can see them by clicking on
this link.
Enjoy.
We started the journey with a side-trip to Abilene,
to see the city's wonderful collection of sculptures around the downtown
area. Along the railroad tracks that delineate the city-center's
southern edge, there's a garden of statues representing characters from
Dr Seuss, along with a few others; and at the convention center, a few
blocks north, is a children's literature sculpture garden. And there are
a few other statues scattered around between those two spots. Even
though I don't know a number of the stories represented (having been a
child back before the printing press was truly established), I enjoyed
them all.
