Many trips were made to assist the Patton family in Richland in the Winter & Spring
Rattlesnake Mt. hidden in fog, black shapes are Elk grazing
Returning home, view of snow topped Rattlesnake Mt.
Wide angle view, as we cross the Hanford reservation.
A "Canyon" building, where Plutonium was separated from the reactor output.
Highly toxic, waste from the chemical process was stored in large tanks which are now a problem.
Crossing the Columbia River - at one of the few places the river runs as it did
before all the dams were built.
On one trip we took a detour through the now irragated fields above the river.
Vast Apple orchards, with large boxes stacked ready for this year's crop.
View looking West from the same road.
As we approach the Cascade mountains, we always enjoy the view of Mt. Stewart, 9415 ft.
Also in January, we visit Terry & Donna with Marianne & Ken
We visit Terry's mechanical creative friend...
Who built this V-8 motorcycle!
My creative attempt including Mt. Baker
MARCH
Classmate of Anne's photographs her in this familar pose
We take a trip to Sprague
Sprague lake
With grandkids Adah & Eli
Downtown Sprague and the well known truck collection
South of Sprague we drive through the Palouse wheat farm country.
Further on we view the channeled scablands, created by the great ice age floods.
Among the scablands are many lakes.
Back home... we go to the Seattle Center in order to see Anne in a school play.
Glimpse of the Chihuly Glass Museum at the Seattle Center.
The tiny theater is upstairs in the Center House, a former armory.
Family and friends in the theater.
The performers - Neil Simon's Play "Rumors"
Spring walk in the woods, native trillium along a trail.
MARCH
Seattle & the Olympic Mountains
On our way to Richland, view as we head toward the freeway.
Trevor gives Jean a lesson in fish preparation, a beautiful (?) Rock fish from Alaska.
Trevor now able to be on his feet for 3 hours at a time.
Fish provided by a neighbor.
Margaret weeding, Ellie resting (my shadow).
Jean & Margaret cleaning up the patio area.
Tom visits the CHREST Museum in Richland, soon to be moved to a new museum
On our way home, a view one usually doesn't want to see...
it's a truck being towed.
Work continues on the Snoqualmie Pass I-90 widening project.
