Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:55:08 -0500
Reply-To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject: Latest trip pictures
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I've posted a few pictures from my latest trip across the country. You
may view them at
http://homepage.mac.com/kimbrennan/tristar.html
So here's the commentary that goes with them
San Francisco. A picture of the TriStar outside my friends place (just
north of Golden Gate park).
Japanese Tea Garden. In Golden Gate Park is a wonderful little Japanese
Tea Garden, where I spent a couple of hours on Sunday morning. This is
a picture of one of the gates.
Avenue of the Giants. Off US 101 is a stretch of 20 miles of some of
the original big trees (Redwoods) that haven't been cut and give you an
impression of how majestic the original forests were before they were
clear cut.
California Turkey. Along the drive through the Avenue of the Giants,
there were 4 turkeys just standing around in the road. Obviously used
to getting hand outs from motorists they were completely fearless and
wandered right up to the TriStar. This allowed for some really close up
shots. This is a Tom (I think they all were) identifiable by the beard
on the lower section of this neck.
Multnomah Falls. Now the scene shifts to Oregon and the Columbia River
Gorge. This is Multnomah falls (600+ feet tall) where the Columbia
River is cutting through the Cascade Range.
Early Camper. As I entered the state of Washington, This early model VW
Camper caught my eye. :)
Glacier National Park. I skirted the southern edge of the Park, but
even so there were some beautiful shots that insisted I stop, turn
around and take (which is why the vehicle is pointed west instead of
east.
East Glacier. After traveling across the Continental Divide, it was
time to take one last view of the mountains compromising Glacier
National Park.
Devil's Tower. Wyoming. You really have to want to go here, cause it
isn't near anything else. No large hovering flying saucers were seen.
Wyoming Turkeys. As I was driving back to the Interstate, I encountered
a very large flock of turkeys. There were probably 60 or 70 birds. I
couldn't get them all in the frame, or even two when zooming all the
way out. So I choose this image of just a few where you can clearly see
the white tip of their tales (a distinguishing feature between Western
and Eastern Turkeys.) Curiously the California turkeys didn't have the
white tipped tails. My local WV turkeys are extremely shy about having
their pictures taken.
