[Leica] First part of our trip

[Aram Langhans]

Thanks, Jayanand.  I have been going to the Long Beach area since the 
60's as my family had a cabin in the area.  We had always seen the Cape 
Disappointment Lighthouse across the water but since it was an active 
Coast Guard station never got to visit that one.  It was always in my 
mind.  Recently they handed that part of the base over to the state and 
it is now part of the state park.  So, bad knees and all, we hiked out 
to it.  It is in need of some TLC, but I am glad I finally got to see it 
up close.

The Q3 makes great sunstars.

Aram

On 10/15/2025 7:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Nice set. This is my pick:
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/54857897174/in/album-72177720329691431/
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> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
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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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>> Bike and Flowers-100512.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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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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>> Aram Langhans
>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
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>> “The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
>> would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson
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Aram Langhans
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“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson