Portrait of a Bike Ride

[Racoon]

Part 1

 

All right folks! the new digital camera arrived by UPS yesterday, so I had some plans to break it in on a bike ride today.

 

Now, the weather has turned rainy and gloomy yet again, but I seized the opportunity during a break in the showers.

 

I am learning how to do all this uploading and transfer still from the camera, to a file, to Photobucket or Imageshack, and then onto the Net! so bear with me. :D

 

My goal is to have some nice thumbnail attachments, and then you can click on the photos you'd like to see, as opposed to having to scroll down.

 

Anywho's, 2 things went wrong already on this bike ride. #1 I forgot to put in the memory card, 1 GB, and subsequently I was limited to 10 pictures. :blink:

 

#2 - when I got down to the historical Fort Vancouver, a brisk 6 miles away, large ominus clouds began to gather again.

 

Plus, I got a flat tire! , and since I was ill prepared. well, I hopped on the bus, and called it a photoshoot. ;)

 

So, live and learn.

 

This is a road I take frequently, and it leads right to school. on nice days I can skip traffic and enjoy commuting instead. This hill is preety steep, and I usuall get up to 35-40 MPH! Its about 15 seconds of true unadulterated freedom!

 

 

Here is teh College I go to for now. Clark College is nationally renowned for its nursing, culinary, and diesel tech programs. The campus is very green and pretty. Its beautiful in the spring

 

 

Now down the road abit is the National Fort Vancouver historical site. surrounded by old army barracks, Pearson air museum, and Officers Row, which are historical buildings now occupied by business and government.

Again, I still didn't know how to use the flash, and its kinda dark...

 

 

Then after I got a flat, I made my way to the renovated downtown park... where they have a Glockenspiel! and it rings its bells and tells a story of the native indians and their relationship with the salmon! :evil:

 

 

And these are pictures I took of my neighborhood after I left. I live down near the end of this road.

 

 

But, theres been a lot of new subdivisions put in. They have cut down so many trees to build these homes that are squeezed together. Its kinda' ruined the neighborhood in my opinion. More cars, traffic, and assholes to deal with. :cup:

 

 

But they did just put in a new park only a couple blocks away thanks to the parks measure that got passed :) ..

 

 

 

Well, thats it for now!

:cup:

[Tormod]

Excellent idea! Photoshooting trips...I'll certainly try to photoshoot one of my runs when my achilles heal!

[Tormod]

Oh, and we could definitely offer some kind of photo hosting for this stuff here at Hypography.

[Turtle]

Part 1

 

All right folks! the new digital camera arrived by UPS yesterday, so I had some plans to break it in on a bike ride today.

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Well, thats it for now!

 

 

Sweet Rac! Look out Sasquatch next Summer! :rolleyes: :cup:

 

Great shots of our little village; you know the city fathers and mothers know what they're doing when they make a musical phallus the centerpiece of downtown.

 

Looking forward to some new photos of those herbs now too. :cup:

[Racoon]

Sweet Rac! Look out Sasquatch next Summer! :rolleyes:

 

Great shots of our little village; you know the city fathers and mothers know what they're doing when they make a musical phallus the centerpiece of downtown.

 

 

Well, our little village has sprawled immensely over the years we've resided here.

 

I live on the West side of town, and Turtle lives over on the East side.

Enough distance between us to keep the peace in town!

 

the memory card is now in the camera. Sometimes it takes me a while to learn some stuff :cup:

 

 

Here is Information on the Hudsons Bay Company and historical Fort Vancouver

A History of Fort Vancouver

[Racoon]

Part 2 west side

 

Well, I was at it again today, doing cardio and shutterbugging and reaching farthest west of the city. I put in around 25 miles.

 

Here is the Washington State College Agriculture Unit, about 2 miles away from home. They have a plant sale each year, and I have picked up a few plants there including my hedgehog aloe.

 

 

This is one of the best hills to ride dow! Dangerous curves. Gets the adrenaline going at abot 40 mph. :eek_big: Its a pain in the butt to ride up though.

 

 

Heres the edge of town in what is the area called Fruit Valley, as it was a superb area for fruit trees and raspberries!

Now it is a mixture of industrial and old orchards. Those there being rows and rows of rasperies next to oil storage

 

 

Then I crossed over the railroad tracks, which is in the seedy part of town, and close to the Port of Vancouver. The boxes in the lower right hand corner are for the warehouses for holding massive apple harvests. Washington Apples to be shipped worldwide

 

 

Then back downtown. This is Esther Short downtown park. named after the woman who made a big difference here a long time ago... and the trendy little shops and apartments that sprung up around a now popular farmers market :)

 

Read about Esther Short ----->>> Ester Short

 

 

Heres a shot of the Columbia River, which seperates Us from the Portland, Oregonians

 

 

I crossed the trecherous I-5 bridge over to Hayden Island. This Island is a tax free shopping area for Washington residents, and home to some wealthy people who live along the river. This is Lotus Park. I ride here often in the summer to relax and get close to the water.

 

This is a great place for bird watching, and I wanted to get some picks for Cedars, but they weren't around today

 

 

And they put in a Hooters restaurant!

 

 

And then it was time to ride back. I stopped to take a picture of the historic Covington House. My hands were a little shakey after so many miles, but this was home to the very first Piano in Oregon Country, and was the "It" house as far as socializing and whatnot back in 1850. :phones:

 

Heres a link with more info and a steadier picture ---> Covington House - Historic Register - Long Range Planning - Community Development - Clark County Washington

 

 

So, there you have it for now! :santa:

[InfiniteNow]

Your "seedy" part of town looks like our "high end" community. :eek_big:

 

Oh, and Hooters is NOT a restaurant, it's a wings and beer place with spandex. :phones:

[Pyrotex]

Wowee Kazowee, Batman! Nice photo tour. Enjoyed it.

[Tarantism]

very nice picture racoon. are the new subdivisions not completed yet? they look like ought to remain that color so as to fit the surrounding...but i dont know how many modern americans have intrest in log cabins...

[Racoon]

Part 2 - dec. 19th 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Mt. Hood

 

 

And I dropped off Shaun a Christmas present. It was a portable handheld radio. He likes to listen to music

 

[Turtle]

Nice Rac! Ya gotta love a camera eh‽

 

For those of you not familiar with our villiage, the third photo down is our 180 year old apple tree.

[Turtle]

Part 2 - dec. 19th 2006

 

 

There is enough history in our villiage to choke a team of horses. :( We have enough history alone concerning Pearson Airfield to at least make one horse cough. :( So anyway, here is a Hyperlink to the rich History of Pearson, and a trivia tidbit to whet your interest in reading more:

 

On 20 June 1937, the entire world became focused on Vancouver, USA, and Pearson Field, when the Soviet's ANT-25 completed its transpolar flight from Moscow, USSR, to Vancouver, Washington, in 63 hours and 16 minutes. The monument commemorating that flight is on display just west of the museum and was the first monument to commemorate a Russian accomplishment on US soil.

 

Pearson Air Museum

 

Thanks for doing the leg work Rac. :(

[Racoon]

 

 

Pearson Air Museum

 

Thanks for doing the leg work Rac.

 

I'm much abliged. :(

 

Those hills in the background are a lot of fun riding up... :(

 

I did not know however that that was the first Russian accomplishment to be memorialized on American soil. Interesting :(