Walking Tacoma

I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! I hope the pet turkey I photographed in N Tacoma survived the day! I'm grateful for the opportu...

M y walking project is small potatoes compared to Tom Demaree's. Tom and his friends have walked 6,000 miles across the length and bread...

Love, snow and nightfall cover a multitude of sins. Tacoma is overall a beautiful city, but even the gritty parts are pretty at night. Cris...

Nope. I didn't take these photos, but I knew you'd like them. My friend Sherry Lorentzen sent them to me. The new Narrows Bridge is ...

My Master Gardener tells me that I'm the only person she knows who says, "Doll-yuhs." She says, "Dowl-yuhs." I asked...

I've been walking through some upscale neighborhoods lately, around N Parkview Ln and N Lexington. I've seen some gorgeous houses, m...

Salmon Beach residents, Roxanne, Amelia and Timothy S almon Beach is perhaps Tacoma's most secluded neighborhood. Consisting of about 80...

A hhh! No one is flying the plane!!! N o one was piloting the Boeing 757 because it was sitting quietly on the tarmac at SeaTac Internationa...

Tacoma is a great city in which to stop and smell the roses. And a great place to admire the dahlias. And do both in the same place: the Po...

Roderick on Dege Peak I vary my routine d uring my two weeks summer vacation, even if circumstances require me to stay close to town. Today...

Where have I been? On vacation! But I wanted you to see this new caution sign that appeared on Pacific Avenue, near our home. My guess is th...

Ruston's View of Tacoma and Mt. Rainier I don't plan to systematically walk the streets of any city besides Tacoma. However, there ...

E very summer the Park District sponsors a mini-fair called "Taste of Tacoma" at Pt. Defiance park. I was walking nearby, and so d...

While photographing roses in the Pt. Defiance Park garden, I met this lady. If I hadn't already believed in my little Nikon Coolpix 8700...

I'm surprised to see how long it's been since my last posting; I've been walking more than blogging! Today I directed a geocachi...

As my teaching responsibilities cool down, my walking heats up. The map above shows the territory I've covered by foot so far within our...

I literally took time to smell the roses today. Sprintime is a great time to walk in Tacoma. My wife, Kaaren the Master Gardener, has enhan...

I returned to Pt. Defiance Park on April 24th to hide a geocache I've dubbed "Home Office Eagle." You can read about this geoc...