Category: walkabout / local

This panoramic image (full view is 7563 x 900 pixels) was shot from “OTEC Ridge”  this morning and sweeps from the west outskirts of the city, with north in the approximate center, and on to the east over the valley.  Under normal conditions, we would expect to see Mt. Emily almost dead center.

And for a little more perspective, directly behind the camera position(s) for the panoramic view, is this view from the AT&T tower on the “near-end” of the ridge.

And, to throw in another view, looking to west and north …

Photographed between 6:30 and 7:30am …

Mt. Emily drops from view again today, as local authorities issue an air quality advisory suggesting that people at risk, including anyone over age 65, stay indoors.  Winds are apparently blowing in a different direction than yesterday.  In other news, Charlie gets a haircut, Nik does some yard work, and Ivi and Dad take the Charles-Beast on a sunset walk through campus.

A morning stroll where we encounter:

• Janet’s neighbor dog
• Some dogs-a-walking
• Clear skies to Mt. Emily for a change
• Possible Early Onset Autumn

Evening stroll down Gekeler, viewing EOU football practice from afar with a Mt. Emily background, circling around 12th Street, bumping into Olivia and Ivi as they walk Charlie through the cemetery, on through campus and the Ackerman gardens, then home by 9:30.

Late afternoon stroll down Sixth Street, dropping in on EONI, then checking out the county courthouse construction and adjoining police station.

A late afternoon, almost early evening, run with the Cantankerous Cur (OK, I’ve got to stop this.  Charlie is actually friendly, furry and almost acceptable).  Cooling down, so we take Charlie for a romp around the EOU campus.