posts on the trip we took from late september thru early nov 2011 visiting the US and Mexico.
these posts are in chronological order - this and the following 8 posts are all on this trip.
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arriving the US from Oz... we caught up with old friends, charles, jill and their son theron. we ate some good mexican (almost as good as south tucson) and visited the Filoli house and gardens.
theron, charles, jill and katherine
Filoli House and gardens
-- j scott watters
j scott watters
"everyone should believe in something,
i believe i'll go fishing" thoreau
we had a nice visit with my aunt marge and cousins bill, pat and her family on bainbridge island. we also had a nice unscheduled "visit" to the sony store and got a camera to replace my adequate though limited old one.
seattle from the b.i. ferry
Pat, Bill, Jeff, Matt, Marge
view from Marges apt
-- j scott watters
j scott watters
"everyone should believe in something,
i believe i'll go fishing" thoreau
we stopped by ashland and visited with chris - an old buddy of katherine's. ashland is a picture postcard town with abundant parkland and an active arts community (we bought some ceramic masks there).
chris and katherine in front of chris and judy's happy home
ashland's lithia natural water - nasty, don't try it!
park right across the street from chris
-- j scott watters
j scott watters
"everyone should believe in something,
i believe i'll go fishing" thoreau
we lived here for five years so it was good to get back to see some of the sites. we took a visit out to the Kartchner Caverns with mitch - it's a relatively recently opened up living cave. beauty - but i couldn't take any pix inside... i ran out to the Desert Museum (a great collection of flora and fauna of the sonoran desert) while katherine helped terry tend to her horse.
mitch and katherine
scott and kath...
good ol' rincon peak from our old neighborhood
horse whisperer?
tucson from gates pass
images from the Desert Museum:
mountain lion
they had a great demo of rattlers and gila monsters
bobcat
humming bird
-- j scott watters
j scott watters
"everyone should believe in something,
i believe i'll go fishing" thoreau
when we lived in tucson a few hundred miles away, we talked about coming down here to check out this rival to the grand canyon but never did. ironically, now that we live in Oz (about 8,000 miles away) we finally got around to it. although i prefer the grand canyon for its arid beauty and light this was still worth the visit for the views and the copper canyon train trip through the valleys.
in Los Mochis - Museo Regional del Valle del Fuerte
Copper Canyon train leaving Los Mochis
Cerocahui - 1552 Mission Church
Cerocahui - valley approaching copper canyon
Cerocahui - kath helping with grape harvest at Hotel Mision
Hotel Posada Mirador on the Rim - view from room balcony
Hotel Posada Mirador - view from room balcony 2
Hotel Posada Mirador from cable car inside the canyon (zoomed)
birds on the rim
canyon vista
guitarist at the Hotel
moonrise over the canyon
Hotel Posada from rim
canyon vista
Hotel Posada from rim
Posada train station
heading back to Los Mochis
heading back to Los Mochis
owner and family of Hotel Mision of Cerocahui
-- j scott watters
j scott watters
"everyone should believe in something,
i believe i'll go fishing" thoreau
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