Bigfoot
   
 
Links to the Photo-Journal:
 
My first glimpse of Bigfoot (June 6, 2004)
 
The Day I Took Delivery of Bigfoot (June 8, 2004)
 
June 2004
 
Bigfoot Factory, British Columbia, Canada, September 8-14, 2007
 
Bigfoot Factory, British Columbia, Canada, March 30 - April 3, 2008
 
Automatic Transfer Switch Failure, May 16, 2011
 
2004, June 6
The moment I first laid eyes on my Bigfoot... in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2004, June 8 - The Day I Took Delivery of Bigfoot
 
1st shot: The checkout & technical run-through took a couple of hours. Photo-Journal...

2nd shot: The Carl North Men... Jerry Anderson, my salesman, in the white trousers. Photo-Journal...
 
Pulling off the lot with 366 miles on the odometer. Said 366 miles is roughly the distance between the Bigfoot factory in Armstrong, BC, and Seattle. This Bigfoot was brand new, factory fresh... Photo-Journal...
 
As I was about to drive away, I kept thinking that at the last minute someone would run out and say "Stop! There's been a mistake! You can't have it!" Amazingly, that didn't happen and I was able to drive away. This Bigfoot was mine! Photo-Journal...
 
2005, March 30
Atop Queen Anne Hill for a few parting shots of Seattle... before setting off on "The Big Drive"... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, March 31
Bigfoot meets Bigfoot... near Mount St. Helens, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
       
 
2005, March 31
Mount St. Helens... Washington State... Photo-Journal...
 
       
 
       
 
April 2, 2005
In the high desert of Nevada... Desert Valley... In the evening I laid down on top of Bigfoot and observed the most magnificent star show... Photo-Journal...
 
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At the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, May 15
Charlotte, NC... parked near Caribou Coffee in Dilworth for a meeting with Chiyo and her new husband Clinton... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, May 19
Charlotte, NC... morning outside Brother Brian's home at Indian Trail... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, June 8
On the Nebraska / Colorado line...  Photo-Journal...
 
2005, June 24
Leavenworth, WA... at the Leavenworth Acordion Festival... Photo-Journal...
 
2006, April 28
Between Wisdom and Badger Pass, Montana...  Photo-Journal...
 
2006, April 28
The Madison Valley of Montana... Photo-Journal...
 
2006, May 1
At Mount Rushmore, South Dakota... Photo-Journal...
 
2006, May 3
At The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri... Photo-Journal...
 
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At the Peachoid, in Gaffney, South Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
2007, March 5
On the Atlantic coast at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina... a few yards from the Johnny Mercer Pier... Photo-Journal...
 
2007, March 8
Gulfport, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. The area was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina (August, 2005)... Photo-Journal...
 
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Near Texhoma, Texas... Photo-Journal...
 
2007, March 16
Between Devil's Gate and South Pass, Wyoming... Photo-Journal...
 
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Going up the Okanogan valley in British Columbia, to the Bigfoot factory in Armstrong, BC... Photo-Journal...
 
2008, May 25
At Cirque du Soleil, in Redmond, Washington... Photo-Journal...
 
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With Ai-chan at Crossroads in Bellevue. I picked up a poster listing the Pokémon characters for my Nephew Will. Young Will had created a notebook with his own drawings of the Pokémon characters - click here. I would present Young Will with the Pokémon poster upon my upcoming arrival in Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
 
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Puyallup, WA... Mount Rainier in the background... Photo-Journal...
 
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2008, December 23
Stuck in the ice in Kirkland, Washington (across Lake Washington from Seattle). I was unable to drive away from this Safeway parking lot for a week... and there I spent a pleasant White Christmas... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bill Noonan was in town on Microsoft business and we caught up on a little pickin' in Bigfoot before repairing to our dinner at Daman's in Redmond... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... Ai was living just up the hill from the Trailer Inns RV Park, and she stopped in often. I taught Ai how to play chess during this time... Photo-Journal...
 
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2010, April 18
Recording Suteki Da Ne in Bigfoot... "Isn't it Beautiful"... a day I will never forget... Photo-Journal...
 
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Ai and the Four Ladies in Bigfoot... Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, Ai, and Saki... Photo-Journal...
 
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At what I call Camp Commons, near the Microsoft Commons in Redmond, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
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Mount Si... east of Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
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At Interstate Batteries in Everett... a new 12-volt engine battery and 2 new 6-volt "house" batteries... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... the local red maples have reached their Fall color peak...
1st shot: 160th Ave SE, down the way from Microsoft Advanta.
2nd Shot: 158th Ave SE, Boeing and Microsoft Advanta in the background.
Photo-Journal...
 
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Camp (Microsoft) Advanta, in Bellevue, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
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At Les Schwab on Bel-Red... rear brakes and popcorn... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... pulling out of Crosroads, bound for Issaquah and the Issaquah Salmon Days festival... with The Stanley Brothers on the player and a tall mug of coffee at hand... Photo-Journal...
 
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2012, December 25 - Christmas Day
My morning Christmas table... Photo-Journal...
 
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Redmond, WA... Cirque du Soleil with Nancy... Photo-Journal...
 
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Tacoma, WA... At Camping World... a little maintenance work and a good scrubbing for Bigfoot... Photo-Journal...
 
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2013, October 25
Redmond, WA... Visiting Sweet Jane at Salon West Wind, just down the way from the Microsoft campus. "Fall" is my favorite color... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bigfoot, as seen from "Houston," my workspace in Studio A, Redmond, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
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2014, April 26
Bellevue, WA... leaving the RV Park, bound for biscuits & gravy at Crossroads Cafe... Photo-Journal...
 

 
2014, May 14
Bellevue, WA... at the Trailer Inns RV Park... A remarkably beautiful day around Puget Sound, and a good day to wash Bigfoot. As I was climbing atop the rig for the dreaded roof scrub I was joined by a fairly large iguana who made himself comfortable on
my picnic table. We just stared at each other for a full minute! He showed no indication that he was going to come after me, so I did what I do... I pulled out a camera. About then his owner came along, quite relieved to have found her boy. Her name is Jody, my neighbor a few spaces down. The iguana's name is "Bo." She said that her "boy" seemed to like Bigfoot's space, what with the trees around. Photo-Journal... See More
picnic table. We just stared at each other for a full minute! He showed no indication that he was going to come after me, so I did what I do... I pulled out a camera. About then his owner came along, quite relieved to have found her boy. Her name is Jody, my neighbor a few spaces down. She said that her "boy" seemed to like Bigfoot's space, what with the trees around... See More
 
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2014, June 17 and June 19
Bellevue, WA... at the Trailer Inns RV Park... outside and in... Photo-Journal...
 
2014, July 13
Bellevue, WA... Christie's shot, which she captioned - "Steve and the Bigfoot Armada"... at the Trailer Inns RV Park... Photo-Journal...
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