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Keith's travels in the Pacific Northwest - September-October 2007
Three years ago, Keith took his then fairly new Canon 1Ds on a driving tour round the Rockies in the USA. This photo-diary covers a driving trip starting at Seattle, Washington in September/October 2007. There are also photo-journals on this site covering an earlier trip to some of the area, but starting at San Francisco. There is also an article on a trip to Colorado
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The weather isn't at its best, but I do enjoy driving along the Pacific coast. These pages will have a few of my pictures along the way. I'm not on my own this time so I'll probably not be keeping quite the detailed notes I usually do... :-)
It's a great place for a vacation, or just a road trip up the Pacific coast to photograph some of the scenery. If you've any questions about the hotels/inns/motels where I stayed, then please do feel free to drop me a line.
Not a good start weather wise...
It's been tipping it down much of the day, and we'd decided to go a bit further down the coast to Cape Kiwanda. If you've read any of my previous travel blogs then you'll know I like it here, in particular the ever changing views of Haystack Rock
Monet went to a field to paint his haystacks, I'll stick with a nice beach and a place to eat that does excellent beer as well :-)
Unfortunately it was like this when we got there :-(
So after telling Karen that it was really much more impressive in the sunshine, we headed off to the wonders of Lincoln City.
Indeed an outlet mall is perhaps not somewhere I'd normally visit, but since I was assured that many of the shops were well known brands, I relented.
While Karen was acquiring a most excellent (and cheap good value) cardigan, I spotted a Christian discount store...
Amongst the bargains in the window, a full set of armour
Yes - it's the 'Full Armour of God'
Learn to "quench the fiery darts of the wicked one" (ages 3 and up)
I leave finding an 'explanation' for some of what's written on the box as an exercise for the reader... :-)
Suffice to say, this is not what I could see being sanctioned by the good old Church of England:
"Oh hello Vicar, is that a new set of armour you've got?"
Anyway, enough of that, back to the sea at Lincoln City - It was still pouring with rain
And so we returned to Cape Kiwanda, where after a while the rain eased and I caught this shot between showers.
I'm now at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda, typing this, watching the sun briefly come out and wondering if we'll get a good sunset (see here for some other shots at Cape K)
At least I've got a cup of tea to drink, since Karen insisted on bringing some PG Tips...
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