Relaxing lake weekend

Was going to head out hiking this weekend, although a friend had some family problems come up, so the rest of us decided to enjoy the day at the lake with a boat he recent got.  Didn't take many photos, but I'll throw up a quick one I took.

Bend - Lava and Beon

Drove ~600 miles total during the weekend towards Bend and was well worth it.

This was the top of the Lava Butte area and was a wonderful sight.  Unfortunately due to sandles, obsidian, and shorts we weren't quite embraced to tromp through the snow very far.  We still went pretty far from my insane desire for a photo, but couldn't complete the loop.

While driving through the first town after the pass, we were stopped in 10 mile per hour traffic from an ongoing rodeo parade.  There were plenty of places to wonder and this guy happened to grab my attention.

I should of brought my other lens as the mountains look so far away from the wide angle distorting perspective, although still turned out pretty well.  This was at the top of the point overlooking the lava fields with the surviving forest on each side.  The lush greens in the middle give hope that even in the harsh environment there is still hope to survive.

This trail was an insane 7 mile drive through gravel and then a 3 mile hike.  Although seeing tunnels where tree use't to resided was quite an amazing view.

This was the final hike of the adventure which turned out to be an great view.  In a previous life these two waterfalls were merged, although from the rock giving way from the rushing water it continuously changes shape.

Random Animals

Noticed I have a number of animal photos I have never really thrown up.  So decided, why not.

This photo turned out much better than I expected near my house.

A bit creepy and fun to have a mother raccoon and 4 cubs hiding in our tree out front.

Turtle the cat watching the cherry tomatoes grow.

Buddy always in a happy mood

Bucko the goat smiling while enjoying the rays.

Annabelle relaxing while not getting in her curious trouble.

Vegas trip

First time to Vegas and had a blast.  I took a huge number of photos, although felt more artistic than usual so played around a bit with a few of the photos.

New York-New York, the busy buzzling casino within Vegas with a roller coaster surrounding the buildings.

Of course, where there is New York there has to be the Statue of Liberty.  I was mid-way through recreating the statue in its copper shine, although had friends pulling me to go places.

Have always wanted to go to Paris, and now this made me understand how beautiful it would be while visiting.

Will probably post a few more later, although thought I should post what I finished at the moment.

Cannon Beach Adventure

A fun trip out to Cannon Beach.

Haystack rock at Cannon Beach.  Wish I stepped back a bit further for the reflection, although turned out well.

Like this photo for some reason.

Someone spent a lot of time on this and even had an artistic side to add tools, bowls, and random pieces to the hut.

Tools within the hut.