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Shoshone Falls

September 19, 2015 admin

In Twin Falls, Idaho, just outside of town is the Shoshone Falls Park. This is nice, well kept little park along the Snake River with an impressive view of the falls. It’s only a few miles south of I-84 so if you’re driving past there and need a place to stop and stretch your legs I can highly recommend this place. This picture is from my trip across Idaho in the summer of 2014 where I stayed in Twin Falls for the night and went to the park when it opened in the morning.

More pictures can be found here by clicking on the picture:

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

July 5, 2014 admin

On a recent trip through Kansas, I stopped that the Sternberg Museum which is operated by Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, USA. Along with their collection of local fossils they had a display of rattlesnakes that was quite fascinating. He’s one of the little guys:

So if you are ever driving through Hays, KS and have a little spare time, pop into the museum. It’s worth the visit.

More pictures here

Whidbey in the Morning

March 29, 2014 admin

The nice part about visiting the Pacific Northwest in the winter/early spring as opposed to the summer is that you don’t have to get up at 5am to catch the sunrise. On this particular morning there happened to be a deer in the yard, though I’m sure he didn’t care about the sunrise as much as I did.

Little buddy in the yard

Southeastern Oregon Highway

August 10, 2013 admin

Oregon, where I was born and attended both high school and college, is an interesting place. When it comes to the roads there, the interstates have a maximum speed of 65 mph and all of the other highways have a maximum of 55 mph. I guess they think Carter is still the president.

Highway 78, known as the Steens Highway (it goes past the Steens Mountains), is the road you take to get from Burns to Burns Junction. While driving long this stretch of road, you’ll be able to count on one hand the number of cars you’ll see. Most of the road is straight and flat with good pavement. Needless to say, no one drives 55 along that road. Take a look at it below – I challenge anyone to drive that road while keeping it under 55 mph and still arriving with your sanity intact.

Burns Junction

Fort Casey Searchlight

August 10, 2013 admin

A new addition to Fort Casey, by “new” I mean they dragged it out from some bunker, is an old searchlight and accompanying generator. No telling how long this thing has been out of action. It was used for night spotting of targets, though I’m sure they made some bitchin’ shadow animals or even a bat signal on the clouds with it. I know I would have.

Here’s who made the generator:

Old Generator 4

Here’s a few more pictures of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/captuslumen/9483541852/

Captus Lumen Photography