Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Peter an for the picks.? Had a good time and still are.? I posted a bunch more in the same folder from the Oregon coast leg of the trip.? I'll try to single out a few and in another message soon.? I know I posted too many too fast. Knees working pretty good with only a few challenges. Aram On 10/16/2025 2:14 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > Looks beautiful weather. Hope you had as good a time as it looks, > despite the knees! > > I think that my favourites are the North Head lighthouse and details, > Fan Tan Alley and the tees in the woods near your campsite. > > Peter > > On 16/10/2025 02:31, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote: >> After 6 weeks of no email and a battle with CenturyLink, I have given >> up on them and will try Gmail. Let's see how this works. Sorry, a >> long post as I have not been able to post before on this trip.? ?We >> started out in the Puget Sound area with a visit to a friend north of >> Shelton. This shell was on her beach. >> >> Beach Shell-1004968.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54857896089/in/album-72177720329691431> >> >> ?From there we camped by Port Angeles and one day took the ferry over >> to Victoria for the day.? Always a great place to wander around by foot. >> >> Government Street has been converted to mainly foot traffic so a >> great place to wander. >> >> Government Street-1004990.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54856794757/in/album-72177720329691431> >> >> Bike and Flowers-100512.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54857654276/in/album-72177720329691431> >> >> No trip to Victoria is complete without a visit to the Murchie Tea >> store to get a year's supply of tea and have lunch. >> >> Murchie Tea-1004995.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54857896359/in/album-72177720329691431> >> >> Then off to Chinatown and Fan Tan Alley >> >> Chinatown-100508.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857906493/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Passenger on the ferry ride back to Victoria.? Since we are both >> nursing knees we did not stay too late but caught the 3PM ferry back >> to the states. >> >> Ferry Passenger-100521.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54857957915/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> >> >> Rounding the corner of the state and heading south we camped at >> Kalaoch.? No visit to Kalaloch is complete without seeing the Tree of >> Life, which is getting closer to the end of its life as erosion >> proceeds and now people are climbing on it to hasten its demise. A >> few shots on different days with different light. >> >> Kalaloch-Tree of Life-1005041-Pano.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896644/in/ >> album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Kalaloch-Tree of Life-1005063-Pano.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857896799/in/ >> album-72177720329691431/> >> >> There were some interesting shots right behind our campsite.? i kept >> expecting to see some dinosaurs. >> >> Kalaloch-1005053.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857958115/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Kalaloch-1005055.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857654516/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> So, from the NW tip of Washington to the SW tip.? A few lighthouses >> in the Long Beach/Ilwaco area. >> >> North Head-0400.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857896869/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> North Head-0403.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857907178/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> North Head-1005091.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/ >> photos/24330215 at N06/54857907248/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Cape Disappointment Lighthoouse-1005099.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857958535/in/ >> album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Cape Disappointment Lighthoouse-1005102.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/54857897174/in/ >> album-72177720329691431/> >> >> An finally to the Oregon boarder.? The Astoria bridge over the >> Columbia river fro the rest area where we spend the night >> >> Columbia River-0410.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54856795832/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Columbia River-0415.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https:// >> www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/54857958730/in/album-72177720329691431/> >> >> Comments welcome.? Whew.? Glad to be back >> >> Aram >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson