[Leica] First part of our trip

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nice set. This is my pick:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/54857897174/in/album-72177720329691431/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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> 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.
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>  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.
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> Government Street has been converted to mainly foot traffic so a great
> place to wander.
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> 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.
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> Then off to Chinatown and Fan Tan Alley
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> There were some interesting shots right behind our campsite.  i kept
> expecting to see some dinosaurs.
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> So, from the NW tip of Washington to the SW tip.  A few lighthouses in
> the Long Beach/Ilwaco area.
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> An finally to the Oregon boarder.  The Astoria bridge over the Columbia
> river fro the rest area where we spend the night
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> Comments welcome.  Whew.  Glad to be back
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