Next Stop–Vancouver

 Alaska Cruise Trip Day 1 – Vancouver

It was beautiful and sunny as we circled for a landing in Vancouver.  As I love bridges, I was enamored with this one crossing the Fraser River.  It's called the North Arm Bridge, and it runs trains up top and bikes and pedestrians underneath.  Vancouver and the surrounding area also have many skyscrapers and highrises.  

Blithesomely

 One of my favorite pics of me.  As seen Thanksgiving week, 1991. 

Erectly

The city has been doing a rehab project on the 10th Ave Bridge since 2019.  Supposedly they will be wrapping things up this spring.  From this perspective, it looks like an erector set. 

Modernly

Another one from our short field trip yesterday.  The Weisman always looks so pretty in the sun.  A cold, crisp, winter day. 

Techie Corner

I used the cheap fisheye for this shot also.  It does get pretty soft around the edges, but that's fine, as long as the center is sharp.  In fact, that softness actually comes in handy for tomorrow's image.

Mysteriously

In the middle of December, we had a really large temperature swing.  The beautiful fog is a side effect of that swing.

Frolicly

I went for a nice little Thanksgiving cruise on the parkway yesterday.  

Stopping first at a gas station, I pulled up to the pump and before I even took off my helmet, a biker guy came over to look at the trike.  He said, "Brother, that's a nice-looking machine."  I took off my helmet and said "Sister," with a smile.  He caught himself and exclaimed "Sister!  Even Better!"  

On the way back, I rode through the Bohemian Flats parking lot.  There were tons of geese and as I was leaving, they got stirred up by a guy walking a dog and started flying over me en mass.  I cringed and said "Don't poop on me.  DON'T POOP ON ME!"  

The final stop is shown in today's blog pic.  First I made sure there wasn't any goose poop on the trike or me.  Then I took pictures.

Musically

 The shadows look like a bunch of blank sheet music waiting for a melody.

Plashy

I took this last year in Minneopa State Park.  It's similar to another image I took at the same time and blogged last year.

Flimsy

 This is a pic of Royal Gorge Bridge from my aunt and uncle's wedding trip, according to the back of the photo.  That dates this picture at 1947.  

If you Google pictures of the bridge today, you will notice that they have really beefed up the suspension cables since this photo was taken.  I'm glad, because it honestly looks a little rickety in this picture.

It's the highest suspension bridge in the USA, almost 1000 feet above the gorge.  

Snarky

Don't let the raspberry fool you.  Romeo loved to be out and about.  As seen in 2015.

 

Artfully

 It was a beautiful day today and since I had the day off, I forced myself to get out and enjoy it a little bit.  

Translatory

Reliably

A quick shot of the BNSF railroad lift bridge as we drove through Prescott last Sunday.  A very sturdy bridge that has been carrying heavy loads since 1984.

Kitschy

Art bike hanging from the railroad bridge.

Sturdy

Railroad bridge.

Choppy

On the way home from work this evening, I noticed that the moon was big and crisp and round.  I thought I'd zip down to Lock & Dam #1, since it was on the way, and found this massive flow of ice chunks floating down the main channel of the Mississippi with an ice crust by the shore.

I decided to play around with the pano feature on my phone.  The moon ended up being a tiny dot, but I'm ok with that.  I can always get that another time with my "real" camera.

Techie Corner
I've never had much interest in pano mode, but I'm finding it's fun.  I just wish the full-size image quality was better.  Even the new iPhone 11 Pro leaves a lot to be desired in that department.  Definitely an improvement over the 7/8 though.

Formidably

Blustery

Neither blustery weather nor sleet showers would keep me away from the dam this evening.  Fall colors are in full swing.

Fleetingly

I was looking through old slides tonight and found this one I took in the same spot as yesterday's blog, but in 1988.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.  Main difference was my lack of a telephoto lens back in '88.  Fall colors were already past peak, so probably closer to the end of October.  Fall colors are always so fleeting.

I loved growing up next to the Mississippi River.

Slide scanned with Epson V600.

Dramatically

Dramatic clouds this evening.  Trees are just starting to change. 

I thought I'd be able to go out to the observation area of Locks & Dam #1, but they were closing the gate when I pulled in, so I had to satisfy myself with just this view.

Techie Corner
Testing out the wide angle camera on my new phone.  Captures the bridge nicely.