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Here's the basic rundown of the year that was 2004... I continued the "Teaser" format I started last summer... it seemed to work great, and its how the picture pages used to be sorted, so its (hopefully) familiar. Click on the link that comes after the blurb for more details.
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| 2004.12.05 - Washington's Capital Reopens! | ||
| After several years of repairs and upgrades, the Washington Capital Building finally has reopened... its VERY grand inside!!! |
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| 2004.11.28 - IMAX Movie, Seattle, and the Butterfly Center | ||
| I went to see the IMAX 3D version of "The Polar Express"... and then took the opportunity to peruse the Butterfly House... I had a good time! |
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| 2004.11.20 - Back to "The Mountain" | ||
| At the risk of being called a crackpot, I went back to Mt St Helens for another sunrise, and the opportunity to catch a view of some steam and ash... |
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| 2004.11.17 - Scenes from Symetra | ||
| Sometimes, the view from where I work make taking a break more than worthwhile! |
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| 2004.11.06 - Back to The Mountain | ||
| I trusted the weatherman one more time, and took a drive out to Mt St Helens... THIS TIME WITH AWESOME RESULTS! |
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| 2004.11.05- Driving Home | ||
| Sometimes, the scenery outweighs the stress of the long drive... |
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| 2004.11.02 - Our Civic Duty | ||
| Every 4 years, the greatest democracy on Earth exercises the process it invented -- the selection of a country's leaders by its citizens. |
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| 2004.10.30 - Morning Run to The Mountain | ||
| I got skunked out of a view of the crater last time I went to The Mountain... so, early in the morning, I braved the early morning fog, and trekked back out there to see it again. |
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| 2004.10.27 - Total Eclipse of the Moon | ||
| It won't happen again for 70 years... and I was lucky enough to have a clear night in October!!! |
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| 2004.10.24 - Drive to St Helens | ||
| I took a drive up to "The Mountain", to see what there was to see. Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn't cooperate with our efforts. |
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| 2004.10.08 - Out for a walk | ||
| I went for a short walk along the Olympia waterfront, and saw things you'd only see in the Pacific Northwest... |
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| 2004.09.25 - Fog in Olympia | ||
| Two things about fall that you can count on... RAIN is the big one, of course... The other thing is FOG. We've been having our fair share of it, that's for sure! |
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| 2004.09.11 - Mariners vs Red Sox | ||
| The Red Sox came to town, and I managed to make it to one of the games. The Red Sox won, quite easily, actually. |
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| 2004.09.05 - A Walk along the Deschutes | ||
| I got a Sunny day, which is becoming a bit rare nowadays, so I took advantage, and took a walk along the Deschutes River, near the Tumwater Brewery. |
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| 2004.08.21 - Wonderful Rain... | ||
| Everyone knows I like it to be rainy rather than hot and sunny... but I think that this time, when the rain came, EVERYONE was a bit relieved... I Needed it! The really cool thing is that it looks like it'll be here for a while... |
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| 2004.08.20 - Brush Fire! | ||
| We've had a run of dry weather, and the area is VERY dry. A fire broke out on I-5, near Hawks Prairie... right smack in the middle of my commute. |
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| 2004.08.11 - Out on a clear night | ||
| Everyone looks up at night... on this day, I tried to capture some of that with my camera... |
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| 2004.08.08 - Flaming Geyser State Park | ||
| There are state parks, then there are state parks... a Park with the name of "Flaming Geyser", as you can imagine, pretty much guarantees a visit! |
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| 2004.07.31 - A trip to Chinook Pass | ||
| It was a really sunny, warm weekend, so I took advantage of the clear blue to get up closer to it... I went to Chinook Pass, and went on a day hike. The pass is at about 5300 feet or so, and I hiked up about another 1400 feet... the views from 'up there' are awesome! |
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| 2004.07.25 - A trip to St Helens | ||
| I always enjoy visiting the mountain that blew itself into the lime light some 24 years ago... no matter how many times I see it, it looks different, and I am awash in the incredible beauty that the area greets you with. |
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| 2004.07.18 - Capital Lake Fair 2004 | ||
| Olympia's Annual Capital Lake Fair was one of the better one's that the city has thrown in a while. Small shops, outdoor music festival, lots of food, rides, and fireworks... its a great festival! |
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| 2004.07.03-5 - 1st Annual 4th at Long Beach | ||
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I took a trip down to Long Beach on a tip from a friend... it was more than I imagined it would be, by a LONG shot!!! Its now an annual trip... I already have started planning for next year! |
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| 2004.06.04 - Awesome Sunrises | ||
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I've been getting lucky on the way to work... I don't like the heat we've been having lately, but the sunrises sure have been nice!
Here's some from the last few days... |
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| 2004.05.22 - Third Day comes to Everett | ||
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Third day is one of the few groups where you can say the music is every bit as fantastic as the words... They came to the
Everett Center, and I managed to get to go... it was a GREAT weekend! |
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| 2004.05.21 - An evening with the Mariners | ||
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I went to watch the Tigers play the Mariners... The Mariners, true to their
season this year, lost with a score of 5-0 |
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| 2004.05.15 - SIDS Auction | ||
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I helped out at a SIDS Auction for the local chapter in Seattle. |
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| 2004.05.07 - A rainy drive home... along with a reward | ||
| It was raining like the dickens, and it wasn't a fun drive home with all the snarled traffic, but in the middle of it all, I was treated to a nice view, so it sort of was worth it. |
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| 2004.05.01 - Tolmie State Park | ||
| I took a Saturday Morning jaunt with Nature |
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| 2004.04.27 - Spring Sunrise | ||
| Its always nice when you get a treat from Mother Nature. |
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| 2004.04.17 - A Saturday in Seattle | ||
| The Rangers were in town... so, I made a day of it. |
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| 2004.04.11 - Tulip Festival | ||
| I took a trip to go see the tulips... and got treated to a wonderful array of colors and smells! |
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| 2004.04.07 - Spring Flowers | ||
| Spring is here, and the flowers are in in the front yard... |
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| 2004.03.20 - A Weekend in Westport | ||
| The first day of Spring brought out the Sun, so I went back to the Pacific Coast, this time to the Washington Coast, to a small fishing village that's rebuilding its image. |
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| 2004.03.11 - Great Weather | ||
| We've been having some great weather these last couple of weeks... March is usually a rough month, with rain, run-off and wind... but not this year, so far, at least... |
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| 2004.03.05 - Off to a hockey game | ||
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The T-Birds won, I had a good time... what better way can you spend a Friday??? |
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| 2004.02.25 - I made Wunderground's Editor's Pick list | ||
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Weather underground has a picture gallery where folks from all over the
place post pictures they've taken for all to see. Recently, I've posted a couple, and one got picked up on the "Editor's Picks" list... |
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| 2004.02.15 - Trip to Seaside Oregon | ||
| I headed down to Seaside to enjoy a 3-day weekend... a great way to start off a Mid-Winter Break! |
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| 2004.02.07 - Look who won the Pic of the Week... again! | ||
| I submitted another picture, and won again! That means I'm now 3 for 3! |
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| 2004.02.04 - Watching the Jellies | ||
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I had a few minutes, so I did the "Zen" thing and slowed down a bit to
watch jellyfish swim along the Olympia Waterfront. You can't get much more peaceful than that... |
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| 2004.01.30 - Pile-up on I-5 | ||
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Talk about a rush! A "Sunburst" happened (a patch of blue sky, where
the big yellow thing can shine through), and shortly afterwards 60 cars,
8 semis, 3 busses, and a few military vehicles crashed into each other
-- all around me! I managed to get through it without a scratch... and, of course, I had my camera... I was driving through it, and some of them are through my windshield, but some come came out OK. |
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| 2004.01.06 - A good amount of snow | ||
| For the fourth time since Christmas, we're getting snow... this time, though, its quite a bit. I ended up with about a foot or so... Respectable, even for the New Englanders in my family! |
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2004.01.04 - Snow in the Lowlands... Again |
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Global warming? Not this year! I got another round of snow...
this time, though, it wasn't as expected...
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2004.01.01 - Snow in the Lowlands |
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It RARELY snows down near sea level in Western Washington, but the cold
trend that ended the year in 2003 started off the year in 2004 with more
white stuff...
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