on the road

one last hoorah before school starts (teaching english 101 at a local community college). figured i'd get one last trip in before summer '06 expires. i went with my gentleman friend from portland down to l.a. and back, stopping in san francisco, chico, and crater lake, oregon.


strange brush fire at night. in the middle, oregon does kind off look like iowa, but i never noticed before.


the water in the deepest lake in america is really this blue. someone explained the science to me, but i didn't get it.


all these gorgeous vistas make me think of religious postcards.