Green, facing west

Jan. 31, 2012. Tumwater

Somewhere in Tumwater

Jan. 30, 2013

Parking garage

Jan. 30, 2013. Washington State Dept. of Health, Tumwater

Go Hawks!

Jan. 29, 2014. Washington State Library, Tumwater, 2014 Super Bowl.

Shelter for feral cats

Jan. 28, 2015. Westport.

Clock Tower and Red Square

Jan. 28, 2014. The Evergreen State College. 

Clocktower and CAB

Jan. 28, 2014. The Evergreen State College.

Cab Exterior, West

Jan. 28, 2014. The Evergreen State College. The original architecture from ca. 1970 has been modified and softened with organic wooden curves.

CAB interior, west

Jan. 28, 2014. The Evergreen State College

Corner of the CAB

Jan. 28, 2014. The Evergreen State College

Matt Groening was here

Jan. 28, 2014. Today these doors lead to the student organizations area, I think, at The Evergreen State College in the CAB. Before the building was upgraded, this was the entrance to the student newspaper office, The Cooper Point Journal, where Matt served as a writer, cartoonist, and editor in the 1970s.

House construction

Jan. 27, 2012. Thurston County

Blue and red chairs

Jan. 27, 2011. Olympia

Oil change waiting room

Jan. 27, 2011. Olympia

For Rent

Jan. 26, 2014. Montesano

Homemade customized pen by a diehard Seahawks fan

Jan. 26, 2014. Montesano.

Chehalis River

Jan. 26, 2013

Main intersection in town, Montesano

Jan. 26, 2013. Montesano and Elma are the only towns east of Aberdeen in Grays Harbor County with traffic lights.

Montesano sidewalk

Jan. 26, 2013.

Toutle River Safety Rest Area

Jan. 26, 2012

Burgerville

Jan. 26, 2012, Vancouver.

The original Burgerville in Vancouver as I recall was called "Burgerville USA," which was always fun to say out loud. Today Burgerville is a major Washington-Oregon restaurant chain extending from Centralia to Corvallis to The Dalles.

Monument to the Three Kichis

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver. Three Japanese sailors drifted into the Olympia Peninsula coast in 1834. Their story is worth reading at HistoryLink:

http://www.historylink.org/File/9066

Palisades and tower, Fort Vancouver

Jan. 26, 2012.

View from the northwest tower, Fort Vancouver

Jan. 26, 2012.

Bell tower

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver

Winter sun

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver

Uncovering old foundations

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver

Cannon in the field

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver

Red doors

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver

Weathered slats

Jan. 26, 2012. Fort Vancouver