Category Archives: Travel

Seattle-Port Townsend-Whidbey Island

My dear friend from law school came down from Vancouver, BC with his partner to hang out with Shando and me in Seattle for a few days and we had an amazing time.  Shando had never been to Seattle and he wanted to see some of the Puget Sound areas, including Deception Pass. We had the best guides and were so lucky to make new friends also.  We did get there during a heat wave (and no one in Washington has air conditioning by default).

20150702 Space Needle image-3313d43980b328b8b9f75e27b787dd4f71dc9c9fd10023263bb4024b50eec2bd-V

Shando got me a great birthday lunch at the Seattle Space Needle, nitrogen-cooled ice cream bowl smoking away:

Deer roaming around Port Townsend, Whidbey Island and the Fish Ladder at the Locks

Mother Lode Trip Videos

Memorial Day Weekend we rented a cabin in Pioneer, California, which is in Amador County.  During the weekend we made trips to various spots, including the Black Chasm cave in Volcano, Sly Lake Park near my grandfather’s old place in Mount Aukum, Lake Camanche and Big Trees Park in Calaveras County, Sutter Creek and the casino in Jackson, CA.  Here are all of the videos from the trip:

Joe’s introduction to cabin rental.

Big Trees Park, Calaveras County

Sutter Creek, CA

Shando’s walk with the dogs near cabin in Pioneer, CA.