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What a view.
After visiting my friend in Stanwood we took a drive around Camano Island. Sometimes you just have to take roads that leave off the main road because you never know what your might find.
In this case we found a development of pretty boring homes but also came upon this wonderful view.
Remember you never know what you might find when you take the road less driven...
I always like the colors of Boise-Winnemucca Stages buses. Their newer buses are even better looking that some of their older ones.
One irony is the name of the bus company that started out by providing bus service from Boise to yes Winnemucca where it connected to Greyhound.
The company stopped running that route about a decade ago but the name lives on.
If you go through my blog you will quickly notice that I love taking pictures of almost anything that is transportation related.
After my trip to Portland and Seattle back last October we flew from Seattle to Salt Lake City on Delta. We had to turn in the rental car by noon and it was raining hard so we decided to just get to airport early and have lunch there.
Of course that left me plenty of time to take pictures of planes at SEATAC.
This is Icelandair 757 being taxied to its gate from the Delta hanger.
You never know what you might encounter driving down the road...
After spending some time in Portland at a conference I took Washington State's Cascade train service up to Seattle and met my wife who flew directly up to Seattle.
While driving the next day to have breakfast with my best friend, his wife and daughter a truck pulled off the same off ramp we did.
When we started to pass the truck we realized that he was towing a replica of Tow Mater from the Cars movies. Fortunately he pulled into the same shopping center we did so we were able to get some pictures.
Here is the final picture of neon at Portland Union Station.
Here is another one of the lovely neon signs at Portland Union Station in Portland, Oregon.
I took this photo with a General Electric X5 camera. While the camera did good on these types of photos, it did horrible with anything that moved even if you tried to speed up the shutter speed.
Here is another one of the outstanding neon signs in the Portland Union Station in Portland, Oregon.
While the number of telephones is obviously decreasing, this lovely sign still points the way to room that once housed multiple pay phone booths.
This is one of several neon signs located in the building that is worth a visit when you visit Portland.
My first full day in Portland last October was mostly spent walking around the downtown area and the areas immediately around it.
I left my motel and walked west along Burnside crossed the Burnside Bridge. This area can be scary for some because of the number of vagrants in the area but of course that would not stop me...
This sign is over a staircase that takes you down to 1st avenue which is the home of the Portland Saturday Market (which also runs on Sunday's).
I like that they put in a classic looking sign that goes so well with the neighborhood including the building next door.
While many cities may have a classic train train station, most of them have been altered sometimes beyond recognition.
However, Portland Union Station still looks like it did back in the hey day of the railroads including a wonderful waiting room.
I plan on getting some more pictures of this beautiful train station in the near future.
Another photo of the Portland Streetcar as it is making its stop at the Urban Center of Portland State University.
The streetcar travels directly through the center of the Urban Center with a coffee shop having tables directly next to the stop on the other side of the streetcar.
I hopefully will be attending school here next year after I take a few classes at PCC.
