On a Trip to Canada

Left San Jose on August 17th ...First night was spent at the Thousand Trails Russian River camp ground...Then we followed the road up the coast and we arrived yesterday at the Cultus Lake Thousand Trails campground in British Columbia.. Here are a few photos of our trip so far:

These were taken at Bandon Beach, Oregon..

Path to the beach:

Face Rock in evening:

Bandon beach

Close up of the Sand with a design provided by nature:

Bandon Beach light house:

We decided to take a boat trip to the San Juan Islands, off anacordes..On the way we ran into this barn:

Then I converted it to to an oldfashioned photo:

Here are a couple of photos taken from the Ferry:

A Photo Painting

We went to a dance last month..I took a photo of Yvonne because she was dressed up so nice...Today I decided make a painting of it with Corel Painter Essentials,photoshop and some ipad applications..it was fun.. I think it turned out great, and so does she..haha

Here is the original photograph: (click to enlarge)

Here is the Photo Painting: (Click to enlarge)

The Palace of Fine Arts

We watching sail boats we went to the Palace of Fine Arts... There were a lot of people wandering around so it was hard to take photographs without people in them.. With the help of photoshop and Trees and Bushes I managed a few... Here are some photo from the day...I always enjoy the palace of fine arts, even when it is overcast and crowded :

Trip to San Francisco to see the Americas Cup Sailboats

We had a good time going to San Francisco a week ago..We changed drivers when we got into the city as Yvonne used to live there and was familiar with the streets. while she was driving I took a couple of photos through the window of the car...I particularly like this one..It was processed on my Ipad..The birds were added for effect. :
(Click to see it larger)

It was an overcast day..When we got to the marina, the Sailboats were practicing right in front of us... here is my favorite photo of the sailboats:

While taking photographs of the Sailboats I looked over at the 

Golden Gate Bridge .. I took a couple of photographs and 

Processed them on my Ipad. I added the birds to the photographs,except the lower bird, which was in the original photograph..I changed the location of the birds in each photo...(Click to Enlarge)

We decided to have lunch at the Safeway store...A bag of lightly salted corn chips, two submarine sandwiches, and a large bottle of peach flavored diet snapple.. around $10-$12..The sandwiches were great.

When we got through eating, we decided to go to the palace

of fine arts..On the way I got a snapshot of a Cable car..

Full Moon in June

I heard that the June full moon would be the closest to the earth...so on June 22nd Yvonne and I went out to find it...We were driving along Silver Creek rd and we saw it rising above the hills.. here is the result of my photographs by the silver creek golf course. I gave it a painterly effect in photoshop cs4: (click to enlarge)

When we were through there we went to the Villages Golf course and took a few photographs through the trees..This is my best result:

Sure beats watching television..haha

Sutters Mill in Lotus, Ca

We had fun going to Sutters Mill...It is a State park in Lotus, Ca.
There is a Museum and lots of old Buildings and Mining  equipment from the 1800's...Here are some photos:
A Protestant church:

A Catholic Church:

An old Brick Building:

A statue to honor the founder of Sutters Mill:

 Here is an antique chair on a porch:

Here is an old car I found during our travels on Hwy 49:
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Sutter Creek, Ca visit

Sutter Creek, Ca is just a little ways from Jackson, Ca.. Here are some photographs of the town:

This is a creek that runs through the town: