Yosemite and More

I recently had to go to Seattle Washington on a business trip. It started out that I would work a couple of days and take a few off. Well work turned out to take a little longer. But that was Okay since it rained almost the whole time I was up there. I did take the time to go to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The day was such that I could only shoot in the inside of the museum. That posed the problem of lots of busy things in your and your cameras sight-line. So closeups or looking up seemed the order of the day. I don't know if this is a distinction to be proud of but apparently the Italians were the first to use aircraft in combat during a war with Turkey. And the first to develop a fighter plane the Beriot. On one of my days off the weather report was cloudy but only a 5% chance of rain. I headed out to a Railroad Museum south of Seattle. Before it started to rain real hard I snapped a few shots, but not many. ...

A friend and I went to the  Castle Air Museum the other day.  If you like aircraft this is the place to go. Exhibits include well over 60 aircraft, an indoor museum and you can get lunch as well. I plan on going back soon.  I took a lot more closeups then of the whole aircraft.  There is a wide variety of aircraft, From the Presidential plane, SR71 Blackbird, WWII, Korea and on and on.  Adding the personal touch to aircraft has gone on since it's invention. Here are a few of the many at Castle. Let's not forget what most of these aircraft were for. Their purpose was to defend the United States and that requires firepower. I liked the symetry of the three jet engines on this B47E And my last photo has nothing to do with aircraft. As I was walking around the grounds I spotted this growing in the grass. Go, See, Enjoy. Dave