A few highlights; we stayed 2 days in LA, 3 days in SF, and 2 days in Portland. You can click on the pict to see the full thing (its large, be warned)




This is a sculpture of Jackie Robinson (famous Brooklyn Dodger player), and my friends S & V and my wife are posing.



This is a church J & I went to in LA for mass. (It's St. Andrew's church in Pasadena (thanks J))



This is a view from the Santa Monica Pier near Venice Beach.



This is J & I near the famous Hollywood sign.

This is the ship (Balclutha) that docks near Alcatraz Island, next to Ghirardelli square. The light from the lighthouse on the island is to the right of the ship. Shot at night without flash.



This is Ghirardelli square at night.



This is J enjoying her bread bowl with clam chowder and a glass of wine near Fisherman's wharf.



This is J near the cork cow; yes, its entirely made out of wine corks, in the city of Sonoma during our wine country tour.



This is the Golden Gate Bridge, as shot from the Legion of Honor museum. We saw the Monet exhibition there; it was pretty good (but insanely crowded).



This is J again with the Golden Gate in the distance. We hiked all the way from the Museum to Cliffhouse, this haute restaurant (which, after a 2 or 3 mile walk, was too rich for our blood). It boasts good views though.

I'll post portland picts later.

So I finally got the good picts uploaded to yahoo. The URL is here. You can click on 'view slideshow' in the upper right to see the picts. Unfortunately yahoo picts isn't the best photo website, but it will do.

Here are a few picts from our Ramona Falls hike at Mt. Hood in August.