Cascade Mountain Man Rendezvous, March 10, 2012
  
 
march_2012_01.JPG (452556 bytes) Monday, March 5
In the Microsoft Commons...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_01.jpg (520203 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_02.jpg (646782 bytes) Tuesday, March 6
Early morning, Camp Advanta. This is my after hours parking spot on the north side of the Microsoft Advanta complex, in Bellevue...
 
march_2012_02.JPG (376189 bytes) Wednesday, March 7
In the garage at Microsoft Advanta-C...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_03.jpg (255472 bytes) Friday, March 9
Bellevue... Crossroads...
 
Saturday, March 10 - The Cascade Mountain Man Rendezvous
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_04.JPG (736506 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_05.JPG (867143 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_06.jpg (447247 bytes) Early morning on the Skykomish River, in Monroe, WA. In the middle shot, Bigfoot is parked a few paces up the trail from the river...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_07.JPG (587996 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_08.JPG (857537 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_09.JPG (556191 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_10.JPG (975910 bytes) Reentering Monroe on Highway 203, at the Skykomish River crossing...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_11.JPG (588230 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_12.JPG (510235 bytes) Monroe, WA
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_13.JPG (463584 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_14.JPG (554308 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_15.JPG (456892 bytes) The Evergreen State Fairgrounds, in Monroe...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_16.JPG (627693 bytes) Inside the Cascade Mountain Man Rendezvous...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_17.JPG (607632 bytes) This is "Ram" (hands clasped), who sold me the "Foot in Stone" rock slice back at the 2010 Rendezvous... foot_in_stone.jpg (217218 bytes)
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_18.JPG (844283 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_19.JPG (851746 bytes) So many good books, so little time...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_20.JPG (593485 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_21.JPG (570135 bytes) This gal was playing 19th Century standards, including a beautiful version of Shenandoah. Notice the carved headstock on her fiddle...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_24.JPG (753997 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_25.JPG (566800 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_26.JPG (254377 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_27.JPG (697769 bytes) Bill Conant is a fine artist. The first time I met Bill he referred to himself as "Conant the Barbarian!" I admire Bill's work and I almost bought the third print pictured - with the wolf and Indian lady. Bill told me that he used a photo from an old Playboy magazine as inspiration for the bathing lady! Next time I see Bill we'll do business...
 
On through the rendezvous...
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rendezvous_march_10,_2012_30.jpg (555953 bytes) I don't know...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_31.JPG (631327 bytes) Cast iron cookery... this is one of those things that I can spend a lot of time looking at...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_32.jpg (560412 bytes) rendezvous_march_10,_2012_33.jpg (434015 bytes) Iroquois Jim and Bigfoot Thompson...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_34.JPG (850447 bytes) Ponies...
 
rendezvous_march_10,_2012_35.jpg (594613 bytes) Tuesday, March 13
Looking down on my daytime parking spot at Microsoft Advanta-C...
 
Wednesday, March 14
With Nancy at Din Tai Fung dumpling house, downtown Bellevue...
 
march_2012_03.JPG (642688 bytes) Tuesday, March 20
Downtown Seattle...
 
Saturday, March 24
 
march_2012_04.JPG (459418 bytes) march_2012_05.JPG (448181 bytes) After enjoying biscuits & gravy at Crossroads Cafe in Bellevue I noticed a clear blue sky, which offered a nice view of downtown Seattle against the Olympic Mountains on the far side of Puget Sound...
 
march_2012_06.JPG (601918 bytes) march_2012_07.JPG (374289 bytes) Downtown Seattle from near Bellevue College...
 
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march_2012_11.JPG (518783 bytes) march_2012_12.JPG (750874 bytes) march_2012_13.JPG (579996 bytes) Downtown Bellevue against the Olympic Mountains to the west...