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Port Ludlow Golf/Plane Trip

Thanks to a cancellation, I had a very cool last-minute opportunity to take part in a charity auction prize – a private plane trip across Puget Sound to play golf at the Port Ludlow resort. This was right in the middle of the best weather streak we’ve seen in years – an absolutely perfect day. Port Ludlow is a challenging course with lots of elevation change & nice views. We had a wonderful dinner in the Inn at Port Ludlow, then flew back to Seattle for some gorgeous sunset & dusk views. Pictures taken with my iPhone.

Olympic Peninsula Trip

We dropped off Emilie at girl scout camp on the Olympic Peninsula, then spent the rest of the week exploring this beautiful & wild part of our state. Click the picture below to see the full album, which is posted on our Google PicasaWeb site:

2011 Olympic Peninsula

Trip to France

If you’re looking for pictures from our France trip, they can all be found on our Picasa Web photo site (LINK):

Maui Vacation Pics – 2011

Maui Trip 2011

Pictures taken on our vacation to Hawaii, during February 2011. Click on the small picture to browse the entire album.

TFMS Jazz Band Performance

Emilie’s middle-school Jazz 1 performs at a regional jazz festival. She has a nice flute solo on this piece.

JV Basketball – Jan 2011

JV Basketball 2010-01-06

TFMS girls JV basketball. Click the image to see the entire album.

Skagit River Eagles

Skagit River Eagles

I was very fortunate this December 31 – Carol and Emilie treated me to a float trip down the Skagit River, to photograph eagles. Although bitterly cold (25 degrees – hey for Washington, that’s bitter!) it was a beautiful sunny day. Emilie kept the official tally for our boat, final total was 132 bald eagles! I think I shot over 500 exposures – here’s some of the shots that turned out well. Click the small image to see the entire album.

TFMS Band 2010 Winterfest

TFMS Band 2010 Winterfest

The Twin Falls Middle School 7th-grade band performed on the Center House stage at the Seattle Center Winterfest 2010. The kids also got to tour the EMS/SFM (Experience Music Project / Science Fiction Museum) and go skating indoors after dinner. A long but extremely fun day! Click image to see the entire album.

Rattlesnake Lake Sunset

Rattlesnake Lake, 11-23-2010

Thanks to tire chains, I managed to navigate icy roads up to Rattlesnake Lake in time to catch this spectacular sunset, after a heavy snowfall just before Thanksgiving.

Emilie Performs on Flute

Emilie and her fellow students from Twin Falls Middle School got to perform solos & duets for a live audience at Boxley’s jazz club, here in North Bend. Here’s the video of Emilie playing “One Short Day” from the musical “Wicked”:

2010 TFMS Cafe Night from Jim Reitz on Vimeo.

Pinehurst Golf Trip

2010 Pinehurst Golf Trip47 pictures

Full set of photos from golf trip to Pinehurst, NC in early October. Jim and his golf buddy Scott spent 5 days at the Pinehurst Resort, enjoying mostly blue skies & temps in the 70s. Our first round was just down the road from Pinehurst at the Pine Needles Golf Club, home of the US Women’s Open in 2007, 2001, and 1997 – a great old-school Donald Ross course.

Back at Pinehurst, we played the famous #2 course, which is nearly finished with a major renovation to replace all the bermuda rough with waste areas. Doesn’t really look like the “old” Pinehurst #2 anymore, but it’s more faithful to the original Donald Ross design. We also really liked the beautiful Tom Fazio-designed Pinehurst #4 and #8 course.

The most “interesting” course was Tobacco Road Golf Club, about 25 miles north of Pinehurst. Quite possibly the most over-the-top insane course design we’ve ever seen. Would be fun to play a second time, now that we know where all the blind shots go.

Evergreen State Fair

2010 Evergreen State Fair8 pictures

Annual visit to the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, WA. There are actually several “state fairs” in Washington, the largest of which is the Puyallup Fair. The Evergreen State Fair is more like a large County Fair – just the right size for a fun visit.

2010 Wisconsin – summer trip

2010 Wisconsin Visit50 pictures

Various photos from our family trip to Wisconsin from August 2010.

PGA – Whistling Straits

2010 PGA – Whistling Straits11 pictures

Photos taken during Tuesday practice round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, WI.

Minneapolis Photos

2010 Minneapolis23 pictures

Photos from Minneapolis, during our summer 2010 vacation

Taiko Concert – Minnesota

Taiko concert – Minnesota24 pictures

We saw a performance by Kogen Taiko, the Japanese drumming group that Carol used to play with when we lived in the Twin Cities. Her relatives still make up a majority of the group’s members.

Scenic Photos – July

2010 July Scenery9 pictures

Finally got some nice summer weather, after a very cold, wet, and dark May and June. Time to get the camera out and start taking pictures again!

Cannon Beach, Oregon

2010 Cannon Beach21 pictures

After school got out for the year, we spent a few days down in Cannon Beach, Oregon – one of our favorite spots. The weather was pretty much constant grey overcast, except for a few hours on Tuesday – but at least it was dry!  Here’s some pictures from the trip – click the small photo to browse the entire photo album.

2-Gigapixel photo of Cannon Beach

Just over 2 gigapixels, result of 192 separate pics stitched together. View of Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach, taken from our hotel room balcony. Requires Silverlight plugin to view — zoom in to see amazing detail.

For extra bonus credit, find the following:

• A pair of puffins
• Another puffin
• Carol and Emilie

Biking the Iron Horse Trail

2010 Iron Horse Trail8 pictures

We took a nice Mothers Day bike ride on the nearby Iron Horse Trail – a converted rail trail that runs from Rattlesnake Lake, up over Snoqualmie Pass, and across the state. We did the first 6-7 miles or so – up to the first big trestle at Change Creek. Finally, we had some beautiful weather so Carol could try out the new bike she got last fall.