Jay's tribute to Dad

Unca Jay and Auntie Deana... swimming through the air

My bro and sis-in-law have taken to the air, to which I have to say, I am really damn impressed. Check 'em out here (Jay is in the middle, Deana on the left).



Kate loved watching it, too. "Unca Jay is a monkey!" she said. Of course, we already knew that.

(Note: the "getting stuck" was fake, the smack upside Deana's head was an accident!)

James' visit and clouds in the Olympics

My youngest brother James was visiting this past week, and as per usual we did the usual redneck pastime of going out in the woods and blowing crap up. Oh yeah, we went hiking, too. Here's a pic from up on Deer Ridge, the eastern shoulder of Blue Mountain on the north side of the Olympics, James going the extra redneck mile with the "Ozzy" hand:

It is usually sunny and blue in the summer around here, but occasionally we get this crazy wet and cloudy weather coming through. So it makes for some cool cloudscapes at times. Got this great shot looking toward the Blue Mt. summit not far from where I took the (above) pic of us:

Also managed to get him to Canada finally (after about 4 visits in the past 4 years); we spent a day eating and drinking our way around Victoria. What a great city--I wish it was on our side of the water!

Back from Arizona...

Spent a week and a half visiting the folks in Arizona (blessed sun!), then back to the PNW in time to catch the last (probably) snows of the winter down here in PA.

Here's a spot near Sedona, off in USFS land and away from (most of) the touristas.

Here's a pic one of the rock walls near that same spot, catching some reflected rays from the midday sun:

And here's a close up of one of the alcoves within that rock wall. Eat your heart out Sistene Chapel!

And what vacaction blog would be complete with a great pic of me and my daughter playing in a creek? (Much love to all the fam out there!)

The Monkey Uncle ('s not included on purpose!)

Unca' Jay chases Kate!

Kate's revenge...

Unca' Jay getting chased by Kate!