Karen & Scott's roof Christmas day

Our sunny day on the Sound!

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Traveling West through the South to Albuquerque

Where we visited the Pueblo Cultural Center


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Sedona Arizona


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We spent most of a day crossing the Mojave desert (so I took a few pictures)

Then we saw some agricultural green in California (and I was so glad to see some green that I took a few pictures)

Then the heat was turned in our room in Garberville and it was COLD (so what's a guy to do?)


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Avenue of the Giants


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Des Moines and Seattle

"Panorama" of the view of Pugett Sound from Karen & Scott's decks and roof

(Family Portraits are above)


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We took a hike with Deborah and Sam at Saltwater State Park a few blocks away from Karen and Scott's place.


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Julee and I took Chanel to see Pikes Place Market, Beecher's (the home of Mike's famous cheese), and the Space Needle.


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I took a few shots from the car traveling through Oregon and northern California

(Mounts Ranier, Hood, and Shasta were cool, but pics did not turn out :o(


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Pacific Coast Highway


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Sonoran Desert

We got a good taste of the desert at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Botanical Gardens outside of Tuscon.


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We made it to Las Cruces on New Year's Eve and visited Mesilla in the morning.


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Mexico, before the wall, lanscapes and rainbows to round out a GREAT trip!


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I'm tired…are we home yet?

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