The State of Washington: East Vs West

The State of Washington is divided by the North-South Cascade Mountains, a line of "extinct" volcanoes.  The scare-quotes are real (see 1980's eruption of Mount St. Helens).  The climate (in more ways than one) of each half of the state is dramatically different.  The Western half is known as the "wet" half, due to the …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #157: Getting away

Ahhh, getaways.  When you're retired, you can schedule a getaway whenever you want, since every day is a weekend.  However, I just had to do this one first, as a response to Tina's photo.  Hers was the outside, and mine is the inside of the Denver airport.  In 2015, we went to a Hillsdale College …

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