8-9-05: Aurora in her spot. The picture is slightly out of focus... but I think that's okay in this case.

8-9-05: This year when my parents came to visit, we finally made it to the San Juans! This is the lighthouse on the southern tip of San Juan Island.

8-9-05: A lovely view of the islands behind the lighthouse, with my parents looking at them.

8-9-05: This little guy was just sitting by the side of the road on our drive back. I think he's just too young to realize that he should be afraid of cars. The photo is slightly blurry, but is probably about as good of a picture of a fox as I'll likely get.

8-9-05: Same mountain, different day. This is still either Glacier or Baker, and I'm still not sure which.

8-10-05: We had a little time to kill in Anacortes before going on a fishing trip, so we decided to visit Causland Memorial Park. It includes a bunch of structures made from local rock and shells, such as this shelter.

8-10-05: It is a memorial to war veterans from Anacortes. I like this picture of my dad, a Vietnam veteran, next to the memorial.

8-10-05: A star inside a sort of eye-shaped sculpture in one of the walls in the park.

8-10-05: The view of the trees outside of the shelter.

8-10-05: The park includes a tree that I know only as a monkeytail tree. Its an odd type of evergreen, with big scale-like leaves.