May 3, 2022

Vancouver, Washington

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May 3, 2022

No road trips with possible photo ops planned for today. It's possible I'll see something interesting to take photos of on my way to and from Skin Vet Clinic where Mac and Duff will have their ear infections which were treated a month ago checked.

Meanwhile you can read some of my recent Daily Kos stories:

Stories by HalBrown


May 1, 2022

It was a beautiful day and perfect for patio waterfront dining on the mighty Columbia River at WildFin (website here).






 This is the cruise ship American Song (website here) that goes up and down the Columbia and Snake rivers. It left port during lunch and cruised close to the impressive Vancouver Waterfront Park cable-stay suspended pier shown below. Here's a website with numerous photos showing the construction of the pier.



The pier goes over the river about 100 feet where there were lots of people waving at the cruise ship.



 The ship tooted their horn at them.






Two bridges have to open to let it pass.

Walking along the riverfront path.






Driving around and found the Amtrak station, the rail yard, and a few other photo ops.














Below: A seedy section of the city.






30 Barbies: Not good at parenting or at the maths. By Hal M. Brown

 In the past few days we’ve had Trump or his minions prove that they probably failed their math  (or as the Brits say “maths”)  in grade sch...