Weekend in Washington D.C.

Every year around this time I find myself in Washington D.C. I pack a small bag, hop a plane and spend a couple days visiting my oldest friend Emily. This year was no different! We didn't do as much sight-seeing as in years past, but I still managed to grab a few photos during my stay.

I shot this out of the car window as we zoomed past what I believe to be Occupy Washington D.C.

Christmas at the Capitol.

Homemade special!

Couldn't pass up a shot of this cheery boat parked in a harbor in Annapolis, Maryland.

On my last night in town we noticed huge flocks of crows circling behind the apartment.

Things I ate while on vaction and other such things

I interrupted my regularly programmed summer with a few days off to hang with the fam at an old school house by the beach in Muskegon. My vacation went at follows: cook, eat, do nothing, buy stuff, ice cream and repeat. Not a bad plan, right?

All this "vacationing" left little time for photo documentation. Turns out I was doing nothing, a little too hard. By the end of the first day I knew I was in trouble. That's when I realized you've gotta work with what you have. So here, my wonderful blog readers (i.e. mom) is what I did on vacation...

Mom's doctored up "spaghetts" sauce, grilled eggplant, romaine and yes our familes new favorite thing, compound butter!

Lox platter, oh yum!

Mark getting in on some photo action!

I did actually do something other than eat, I swear!

Multnomah Falls - Portland, Oregon

When my recent adventure in Portland led to a visit to the Multnomah Falls I found myself breathing deep, literally, a breath of fresh air! Having just survived a cold and snowy Michigan winter, the sight of anything green was enough to send me into photographic overdrive! The benefit of that is a super, earthy-green blog post full of photos!

The falls are located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge and at 620 feet tall, is the tallest waterfall in the state.

Emily and Eryn served in Peace Corps Ukraine together. Here they are practicing their best Russian expressions. At right:
Adam shows off his best ninja in a cave expression.