Other doings

Night time is the right time for the Sundial Bridge.


We attended several parties.

The Yosemite Experience: October 2008

We dashed down to visit Yosemite for a few days. Earning some free nights from earlier trips, we stayed outside the park. Larry had been there before, but this was Katie's first time. She was stoked!


Katie, the Shutterbug, snaps me...


before she snaps me again.


Katie is all by herself for awhile.


Katie points to where we are; the Yosemite Valley Tunnel Overlook.


Ah, the love birds.


A youngster tries the Penny Smasher.


Katie visiting the little chapel at Yosemite Valley.


Us mugging for the camera.

The San Luis Obispo Experience: August 2008

Redding was still getting smoke, so we hightailed it to San Luis Obispo to take care of the plants for friends while they were gone to Washington.


Pismo Beach was a "Must" on Larry's List.


Spooner Cove in Montana de Oro State Park is rugged...


yet has a beach also.


The "Concrete Pond" at Hearst Castle near Cambria.

The Bend Experience: July 2008.

Redding was getting too smoky for our tastes, so we lit off to Bend, Oregon. The inn we stayed at was on the Deschutes River. Teeming with wildlife, sitting on the patio we had a hard time remembering that this was the city.


A year round swan rules that section of the river.


The swan treated Larry to her butt.


A magnificent buck in velvet on the other side of the river.


Bend has lots of art downtown.


A day trip included Lava Butte...


a short detour to Paulina Falls...


before ending up at Glass Mountain.


Mt. Bachelor reflected in a lake.


We took in an Arts and Craft Fair.