Pictures from Washington

Mt. Stuart:


A hawk (the brown blur) flying around my parents' front yard ...


... chasing quail (it didn't catch any -- I think the presence of all of us at the window scared it away):


Puget Sound:


Mt. Ranier:


Indian Peaks and home:

Seahawks game

Yesterday, I went with my Mom and Dad, Terri, and Mike to the Seahawks game.


We had great seats: 4th row, 25 yard line!



Here is T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the far sideline right before he made a catch:



And Derrick Ward running along the near sideline:



Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good game -- the Seahawks lost to the lowly Buccaneers!

San Francisco

I just spent a week in San Francisco attending the Fall AGU (American Geophysical Union) conference. I presented a poster Wednesday morning, and spent the rest of the week looking at other peoples' posters and attending their talks.

I didn't do any sightseeing, so I didn't take my camera out very much, but here is a nice (full-size) picture of San Francisco from my flight home:

Brrr!

On my way to work, I took these pictures:





On my way home, it was 2 degrees!

Golf Weekend in Phoenix

I escaped from the single-digit temperatures in Colorado and went to Phoenix last weekend to golf with Brett, his Dad, and his uncle. It was a little on the chilly side, and it rained a little on Monday morning, but we were still able to golf Friday through Monday. I played some of the best golf of my life, too, which helped! We also went to the Cardinals-Vikings game. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures.

Cold and Snowy

It snowed a little bit last night, and today the high was supposed to be 24. By the time I left work, it was dark and cold! The construction onsite shines a bright light to deter burglars, and it made the snow on the trees look kind of neat, so I took some pictures.

Here's one that was too dark, so I enhanced it with my computer:


This one had plenty of light: