Western US Road Trip Gallery

Road trip from Phoenix to Seattle and back. On the way we saw Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Idaho, Montana, and Utah

Full House style.  Here's a street in downtown San Francisco, California.  The San Francisco Treat, etc.

San Francisco

Looking west towards the hills of san francisco. There is a sea lion on one of the piers.

Fisherman's Wharf

I grin because I'm glad to finally be free

Gazing at Alcatraz

The Golden Gate Bay and Bridge, with a battleship parked in the midst

Golden Gate Bridge

The transamerica pyramid is the tallest building in san francisco

Transamerica Building

This was a new event in Chinatown when we saw it.  It features sino-retailers, art displays, and performances… pretty cool.

Chinatown Night Market

Along the columbia river between portland, oregon and mount hood

Waterfall near Portland

Near the summit of Mount Hood in Oregon.  It is 550 miles to Canada and 2,108 miles to Mexico.

Pacific Crest Trail

This is my friend Alan Fortuna and I in the snow, near the summit of Mount Hood.  We stayed with his family in Portland.

Alan and Geoff

We passed this on our way down from the summit lodge on mount hood

Mount Hood Waterfall

This is a school playground in portland oregon

Koefoed Catches the Frisbee

Koefoed and I kick back in the Portland Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.  A beautiful summer day!

Portland Rose Garden

A Rose in the Portland Rose Garden.

Rose Blossom

We are on the Oregon side. Washington is across the river.

Columbia River Gorge

Home of Andy Beck and Jeremy Bonderman... the King of the Tri-Cities area.

Kennewick, Washington

Andy shows Jon the lay of the land in his dominion. Lewis is preoccupied with the two-step.

Lewis Dances Andy Points

In kennewick washington

Columbia Sunset

Snow is still on the ground here in mid-July.

Ranier National Park

Seen from a lookout point on the road to the visitor center.

Rainier in Clouds

Still covered in snow in the middle of July.

Mount Rainier

We walked around a little bit through the park.

Trail in Rainier

From the water tower in veterans park

Downtown Seattle

From the water tower in veterans park in Seattle

Space Needle and the Sound

Courtesy of this modern-art-donut

Space Needle Redux

This giant troll/plaything is under a bridge in Seattle.  Note the real Volkswagen Bug in his left hand.

Under the Bridge

We drove west all day from Seattle, and made it to Olympic National Park in the late afternoon.

Olympic National Park

This creek is in the temperate rain forest in Olympic National Park, Washington.  Most of the time, the terrain was so overgrown that you couldn't see the creek, you could only hear it flowing. But here we had a nice look at it.

Olympic National Park Creek

On the Olympic penninsula in washington, west of seattle and the puget sound

Trees in Olympic Park

This temperate rain forest in Olympic National Park is the most beautiful place I have ever been

Hoh Rain Forest

Checking things out around this creek in Olympic National Park

Geoff on a Bridge

Surrounded by water and ferns

Fallen Tree

This lake is on the Olympic Penninsula.  We were on our way from the Hoh Rain Forest back to Seattle.

Lake at Night

We were walking around downtown Seattle.

The Space Needle

Next to key arena in downtown seattle, during the

Pioneer Square

These kids wanted me to go down this concrete slope and into the fountain on a lunch tray.  So I did.

New Playmates

Here I go down the slope.  The little boy made me go from pretty high up because I was

Slip Slidin' Away

An hour east of seattle is the waterfall from Twin Peaks

Snoqualmie Falls

The road is the I-90... on our way to the laser show (!) at the grand coulee dam

Columbia River

In central WA, on the I-90

Washington Sunset

Here we go! Down the red wagon slide! In Spokane!

Wheeee!!

Why pay more? A satisfied customer smiles and poses while the Carpet Prince looks on.

The Carpet Barn

Lewis and his dad in the carpet barn.  The Pardun family was kind enough to put Koefoed and myself up for a couple of nights

The Kindly Parduns

An hour south of Spokane, WA

The Palouse

These gathering clouds remind one of the brooding emotions between Lewis and Andy as they debated Palouse trivia

Storm over the Palouse

The crown jewel of Utah looked beautiful this afternoon.

Great Salt Lake

The sun sets over the Great Salt Lake, just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Utah Sunset

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