Various Shots, Late December 2001

 

December 4, 2001 - My New Office at Building 50

 

Saturday, December 15 My coffee counter and a good winter's supply of Texas Pete...

 

Sunday, December 16

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

 

       

 

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Friday, 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...

 

2nd shot: Mamasan and Yamada-sensei. 3rd shot: Beautiful Saori. 4th shot: Charming Atsuko.

 

1st shot: 2nd shot: Yoshia and yamada-sensei. 3rd shot: Yoshia and Mamasan. 4th shot: An Erik Nording "freehand." 5th shot:

 

Saturday, 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 Mount 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 Mount Rainier. This was just a few minutes after encountering the elk...

 

     

 

Sunday, 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...