Went hiking in the Cascades with my faithful pal.

Sandy Creek trail

view of the Allegheny River from the Belmar bridge

Sandy Creek trail - western end at Fisherman’s Cove

Sandy Creek trail - the ‘whale rock’ near Fisherman’s Cove

My brother and I went riding in Olympia - very nice today!

few shots from the Montour trail

Couple of bike shots. This one is a bit of a cenotaph to W.W.-1 at St. Boniface Cathedral.



Main entrance to the old cathedral is through a cemetery.



This is the interior of what's left of the old cathedral.
I had wanted to do a few shots of the Forks/River-walk trail, but high water until late this summer left it in pretty bad condition.
Loop for me from home is a little over 7 1/2 miles- a good run.

-D.S.

I lived in this area back in the mid 70s - beautiful part of the country.
I walked across that trestle and along the river (when the train tracks were still there) countless times.
I still try to make it back there each summer or fall - this year in late September.

I think the old railway bridge is open to pedestrians again.
It was closed for repairs for all of last summer- there was netting up over the old counter-weight.
I'll have to get down there with the camera when I have a little time.

-D.S.

From today’s ride in eastern Washington


Yakima River

Our little maniac at rest.


Kevin, dreaming of the pain he is soon to inflict.

Is that a blue heron?

Yakima River, Wa state

A blast from the past when I started doing motorcycle trackdays. I usually took my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo with me to roll around the paddock with. That bike had seen things - 24 hour mountain bike races, skinny tires and a loaded tour down the PCH, and trails from Vermont to Utah. The bike's in the basement, awaiting its resurrection.

12 week old is praying to the cycling gods. What a fast learner.

Stopped in this town this morning for a rest and breakfast.

yes - always a treat to spot them

not common - but on one ride earlier this summer spotted a number of them … in the cuyahoga valley (OH) … more that day than all other rides combined

Hoo Koo E Koo is a keeper !

have a similar bike also waiting for some TLC … (Aquila) …

spotted (and heard) near the GAP Ohiopyle trailhead

( note the familiar bridge over the Yough river )

did a double-take when I heard the 2 stroke ring-ding-ding … and there it was - RGV 500 … very rare - especially in the US as they did not import them into the US

I’m a 2 stroke nut sorta / kinda - almost purchased a new RZ350 BITD … then after I passed on that opportunity looked at getting a RZ500 (which was not imported to the US)

sorta kick myself for not pulling the trigger - but I might not be here to type this if I had gone that way … … eventually I did get a little Ninja 250 (‘ninjette’) - my one and only street bike (among many dirt bikes)

There is a bird sanctuary in the valley near here. There are lots of water birds there. I worked with a guy who had a Koi pond in his yard and the fish started disappearing and he thought it might be his dog. He set up a camera and caught a blue heron stealing a fish.

Later, he took a picture of the heron sunning itself on a power pole. I told him it looked like a pterodactyl. Huge.

From my ride today.

'Little cloud world' Covent Garden, the girls backpack looks like cloud too, well a one eyed ground based one

……humbly.


So much for the Apple crop -
Mom + 2 young ones.