Various Shots, Late December 2001

 

My Office

 

 

December 15

My coffee counter and a good winter's supply of Texas Pete...

 

 

 

 

 

December 16

A bridge down Puyallup way and the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway...

 

       

 

www.mrsr.com

 

 

 

 

December 21

XXX Root Beer in Issaquah with Richard, Brian, and Jessie...

 

       

 

   

 

 

 

Post XXX Root Beer rainbow over Lake Sammamish...

 

 

 

 

Crossroads, down the way from my Bellevue lodge...

 

       

 

       

 

 

 

Mamasan's... in downtown Bellevue...

 

       

 

     

 

 

 

December 22

Looking across Lake Washington toward Seattle's University District and the Olympic Mountains, as seen from Kirkland on a clear morning...

 

 

 

Dropping Stacey, Jeannie, and John off at Sea-Tac for their Christmas trip to Las Vegas...

 

 

 

 

A temple in Tacoma...

 

 

 

 

Around the base of Mt. Rainier, between Ashford and the National Park...

 

       

 

       

 

 

 

As I walked down the trail to get as close to the herd as possible I came face-to-face with a big male as he stepped from behind some brush. He froze and starred, as did I, from about 25 feet, then he disappeared. I could hear him breathing!

 

 

 

Sunset over Adler Lake, near Mt. Rainier. This was just a few minutes after seeing the elk...

 

     

 

 

 

December 23

Kirkland, from Bellevue, and good biscuits at Hector's...

 

     

 

 

 

Bellevue's Meydenbauer Bay...

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle and the Olympic Mountains, from Chism Park in Bellevue...

 

 

 

 

 

From Mercer Island...

   

 

 

 

On the I-90 Floating Bridge to Seattle...

 

   

 

 

 

Chinatown...

       

 

     

 

 

 

In Seattle...