random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Racerbvd]

[Skip Newsom]

Nice^
The last one looks more art than photo.

New generation's looking healthy









Sourdough is still pretty dang cold

[Racerbvd]

[Joe Bob]

[Baz]

[Joe Bob]

[john70t]

I've offered my assistance but it was not wanted.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Brown pelicans in Galveston.

[porsche tech]

Yesterday at Grand Canyon. 25 MPH winds. If you haven’t been, you should go. Pictures don’t do it justice.

[Steve Carlton]

Followed this little bugger to work this morning on Hwy 37 past Sonoma Raceway (I thought he might turn in for a track day) west to Hwy 101. He ran it up a couple times to 95-100. Sounded good, but it was probably half throttle at the most. It was a 5000 Quattrovalvole.

[Skip Newsom]

Great weather and our 33rd wedding anniversary resulted in a 2 night trip out to Port Townsend, first non-native settlement in Washington state with roots back to the 1850s.

Ferry boat time


First wanderings- Fort Worden
Still lots of cool chunks-O-Fort left to explore




Try as I might, couldn't get this old generator to fire up




Not buff out-able








Anti-aircraft mounts, with a view

[Skip Newsom]

Then it was beach time- between the Fort and the surrounding beach we got in 10 miles of adventures... low tides help greatly!

[Skip Newsom]

More Otter than I've seen ever!
Glad they are recovering- early fur trades wiped them out until they were re-introduced in the late 1960's.
Watched one grab a crab lunch and devour it on a rock 30' away. The crab was not real pleased.







Not an Otter


Watched these harbor seals work together to keep a ball of bait fish corralled and make feeding runs through them multiple times over 5 minutes




Spoke with the owner of this beauty, he's 90 and looks maybe 65, he, his son and grandson have been converting her to a live aboard for many months- I asked when she's going back in the water... he grinned and said Monday!!

[daepp]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

Yesterday at Grand Canyon. 25 MPH winds. If you haven’t been, you should go. Pictures don’t do it justice.

Wow - that’s a great shot. Stunning!

[daepp]

Great shots as usual Skip. I especially liked the otter shots - were you on the water yourself? Beautiful regardless.

Port Townsend is a place I’d like to visit in the near future. I’d never heard of before, but I started following a couple of wooden boat builds, one of them in PT and the other nearby. I’d love to see the boatbuilding coop there.

I know this is OT, but if you’re at all interested in wooden boat building, the following is a link to the Western Flyer restoration being performed by the coop. It’s the fishing boat John Steinbeck journeyed in 1951 and wrote about in The Sea Of Cortez. It’s a fascinating build: https://youtube.com/c/WesternFlyerFoundationChannel

The other one nearby is the restoration of Tally Ho - probably my favorite: https://youtube.com/c/SampsonBoatCo

[KNS]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

Yesterday at Grand Canyon. 25 MPH winds. If you haven’t been, you should go. Pictures don’t do it justice.

I lived at the South Rim of the Canyon in ‘95-‘96. That’s me in the helmet flying down to Havasupai. As mentioned, pictures do not do it justice, Grand Canyon is a must see. Even better, hike down into it.

[daepp]

Oops - forgot pics - mea maxima culpa:

Recently completed firepit build:



Drone shot of my pile of rocks I’m trying to get rid of:



This fellow swooped in while we were feeding the ducks after church last Sunday:



After a little spirited canyon carving in the foothills just above my home:

[masraum]

Originally Posted by john70t

I've offered my assistance but it was not wanted.

Indoor kiddie pool?


random collection of pics

[Skip Newsom]

^Gorgeous shots Steve^

To answer the Q about being on the water, nope unless you count the floating docks.

PT's roots go back to the 1850's- a looong time for this corner of the country and the shear variety of beautiful boats is amazing.

The Pygmy Kayak company is/was based in PT too. They have a pretty fantastic wooden boat festival if the rona don't rise... quite the mecca for wooden boat builders, owners and lovers.





Another other Otter

[rusnak]

Love the boat pics. I need to ask my dad what happened to his friend's wooden Chris Craft that was restored.