My Summer Vacation

Oregon coast 7 a.m. Aug 7

spent the first day getting to the top of california. (why the bay area is considered northern california, i'll never understand.) slept in the "big red" explorer, woke up at 6 and stopped at the first beach in oregon to make coffee.

Garibaldi Oregon Aug 8

i spent the night here. i think it was the same town i stayed in when i was working at the tillamook job corps center in '65.

Cannon Beach Oregon Aug 8

lunch break overlooking the ocean.

Camp Site Cape Disappointment State Park Washington Aug 8

this is where the columbia river flows into the pacific ocean. it's where lewis & clark reached the west coast but the name comes from an earlier expedition.

Beach near campsite Cape Disappointment Washington Aug 8

Camp Stove Breakfast Cape Disappointment Aug 9

Logging Trucks Washington Aug 9

the only bad news on this trip was the clear cuts and the trucks loaded with dead trees. i didn't take any pictures of the clear cuts, i tried not to look at them.

Sky Gilbert Bainbridge Island Washington Aug 11

sky is jessie's nephew,* although his dad robby and i call him my grand-son. i haven't seen them in 3 years so it was a treat to hang out with them. they live in a great old house in the woods with an assortment of birds & animals. sky has a pet rat. he had a pet fly for a few hours, but unfortunately, the cryogenic experiment failed.

Georgia Gilbert Bainbridge Island Washington Aug 11

georgia is jessie's neice. she lives in a house in town with her grandmother, marilyn. she had just returned from a visit to japan as an exchange student. she is teaching sky video games.

Motel Room Ceiling Roseburg Oregon Aug 12

the hardest day of the trip was driving down route 5 from seattle. it was bumper to bumper until way past portland. i hung out in a mcdonalds parking lot for a while and called jess to complain. i was so exhausted by the time i got into the room i fell on the bed and took this shot and e-mailed it to her, so she'd know i made it ok.

Crater Lake National Park Oregon Aug 13

jim neu told me to be sure and go to crater lake and i'm glad i did. the drive there was beautiful and the park was great. national parks may be the only thing we got right in this crazy country.

Mount Shasta California Aug 12

back home in california after a lazy day's drive through the farm country of southern oregon. i spent the night in the town of shasta, which i immediately fell in love with and am going to move to as soon as possible.

this is a sacred mountain.

kay told me that chagdud rimpoche had told her that mount shasta had monkey protectors and only the most sacred places have them.

all of these photos were taken with my latest toy, the razr-v3. i e-mailed a lot of them during the trip, with this amazing phone. life is strange but ya gotta love it.

*a PDF chart of jessie's family tree will be sent upon request.