Christmas Time

The Thanksgiving leftovers have been thrown out, which for me marks the official beginning of the Christmas Season. I saw these trees lit up in downtown Fort Worth on my way home from work and decided that I had to stop and photograph them.

Another Artist in the Family

Not many people know it, but when I was younger I had a little bit of an artistic streak in me. While going through some boxes with my Mom, we came across some artwork that was done by my Grandfather when he was in the fifth grade. Since he was born around the turn of the century, this was done circa 1910!

On the way to Grapevine Canyon

Jim and Karen took me on a drive to Grapevine Canyon (add Nevada to my list of states)  to check out some indian petroglyphs when these big guys came down the hill and crossed the road right in from of us! There are three bighorn sheep in this photo.

Some of the many petroglyphs in the area, lots of interesting rock formations too.

Astoria-Megler Bridge

On our way back to Portland, Mom wanted to see the ocean. Here we are in Astoria, Oregon about to cross the bridge to Washington State. I would eventually drive through seven states on this trip as I  drove a rental truck back to Texas with Mom's stuff.

Clearwater Falls

We took Mom on a ride toward Crater Lake, didn't quite make it there as we ended up in heavy snow. On one of our stops we noticed this falls and decided we had to photograph it.

View from the Cheap Seats

We are on our way to Oregon to bring my Mom back to Texas. This is the view from the cheap seats, lots of snow on the ground! Note the engine just outside my window. Edwina really appreciated the noise canceling headphones I got her!