Category Archives: video
PNW 2026, Days 9 & 10: South Lake Union
We returned from Canada to Seattle on Independence Day, our nation’s 250th birthday. Knowing that Seattle traditionally had a big fireworks show on Lake Union, I had booked us a room at the Silver Cloud Hotel there with a view … Continue reading
PNW 2026, Days 5-8: Victoria
My only ventures beyond the United States have been to Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. I visited them in 1999 and returned to Victoria in 2005 and 2008. Wendy and I traveled to Victoria from the Olympic Peninsula … Continue reading
A Bit Gamey for My Taste
I have never been much of a video gamer. I remember playing Pong on a 1976 Coleco Telstar console at a friend’s home in junior high and rapidly losing interest. I played a few games on a friend’s early 1980s … Continue reading
1940 Postcard: Tucker Tower
Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of Tucker Tower at Lake Murray. That is east of I-35 way down south of Ardmore, only thirteen miles from the Texas border. It was a boondoggle rising 65 feet above … Continue reading
1940 Postcard: Bear Falls
Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is from what was once Platt National Park. The image is of Bear Falls, a surprising choice to me given the other opportunities there of Sulphur’s artesian Vendome Well, the old mineral … Continue reading
Meador Manor 