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My Bicycle Tour Photo Album USA / Canada.

by bicycle while most people just buzz past the scenery, I get to take in all the colorful Here are some of my pictures and thoughtful descriptions.  I travelgarden furniture and smell the sweet smells of the family BBQ as I pass by.

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Washington State
Northwest
Seattle and SW
Spokane and northeast
Palouse and southeast

Oregon
West & Oregon Coast
Eastern & Cascades

California
California coast

Other areas
British Columbia

Northern Idaho

Montana, Wyoming & the Dakotas

The Midwest

Northeast & Ontario





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Northwest Washington
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Pictures, Northwest Washington State


Bellingham

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Artist's Point parking lot.  I bicycle instead.
Whidbey, Fidalgo, Lopez
Admiralty Lighthouse
Deception Pass
Billboard at Air base

Skagit County
Burned toilet
Skagit Bulb farms
Edison to Anacortes
Tide flats trail Padilla Bay
Thompson Trail by Anacortes 
Skagit Cascade Trail
Concrete WA.
At The Net Drive in

Snohomish County
Train mural in Arlington
Snohomish Centennial trail
Ding Dong Park

NW Washington on
Flickr
North Cascades
Bicycling North Cascades
Mount Baker area
Baker Dam
Harts Pass
Gorge, Diablo and Ross Dams
Scenic Hot Spring
Big locomotive in Skykomish

North Cascades on
Flickr


Seattle area
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Pictures, Seattle Area

Trails north & east
Burke Gilman Trail
South of Everett Interurban
Snoqualmie Falls
Fake foliage
Snoqualmie path

South Cascade Mountains

Chinook Pass
Mt. Si
Mt. Rainier
Iron Horse Trail
Lake Keechelus
Mt. St. Helens

Flickr
Heart of city
Blog entries about Seattle
Sightseeing Seattle on Flickr
Columbia Center observation deck
Sound Transit Link Light Rail
Headed to Bremerton
Fantastic library
Smog
Freeway Park
Smith Tower
Water Tank observation tower
Gay City offices
Queen Ann Hill TV towers
Grain terminal
I-90 bike tunnel
Old Kingdome
Path near Alaskan Way
Port cargo

At base of Space Needle
Seattle Center
Headed south
Cedar River Trail and more
Library over river
West Seattle lower pivotal draw bridge
KIRO AM towers, Vashon Island
Duamish trails
Interurban Trail

Tacoma
Stadium High School

Southwest Washington & Olympics

Radio tower in Port Angeles
Hurricane Ridge
Lk. Quinault
Flintstones Fuel
Vietnam memorial in Olympia
Swath cut by freeway
Spoof on mall  
Old Trojan cooling tower
Mossyrock Dam
Cathlamet

Olympics and SW Washington on Flickr


Northeast Washington
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Pictures, Northeast Washington & Spokane

Spokane
Biking around in Spokane
Felts Field airport clock
Steam Plant Grill
Davenport Hotel
Parkade
Centennial bike trail
Spokesman review building
Waterfalls downtown

Northeast Washington
Colville area
Road to Chesaw
Chesaw
Sawdust burner
Ansorge Hotel
Gardner Cave
Boundary Dam
Cutter Theatre
Pend Oreille River

In downtown Spokane
Historic buildings,. Spokane
Northeast Washington continued
Smoky Methow Valley
Open spaces along Hwy. 17
Grain pile
Bust of Roosevelt
Dry Falls
World's largest Lava Lamp in Soap Lake?
Aplets and Cotlets
Lake Easton Park
The first TV in that small town
Steptoe Butte
Barn and train
Ritzville
Sprinklers
Chief Joseph Spillway
Grand Coulee Dam
Historic Kettle Falls
Wenatchee bike path
Chopaka Crossing
Ramshackle house
Bland church
Burned forest by Sherman Pass

Flickr

Monroe St. Bridge, Spokane
Monroe St. bridge, Spokane


Southeast Washington
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Pictures, Southeast Washington

The eastern Columbia Gorge
Columbia River
Highway 14 on north side Columbia Gorge
Closed aluminum plant
"Get Real" Real Estate
Stonehenge at Maryhill
Goldendale space art
Power lines near McNary
Wind turbines
Flickr

Walla Walla area
Cute cyclops
Walla Walla College
Grain elevators
Dry storm
Unfinished green giant
The town of Pomeroy
The Palouse hills

Pullman

Dusty

Channeled Scablands

Snake River
Snake River dam
Snake River Breaks
Grande Ronde River

Flickr

On Whitman College campus, Walla Walla
Atrium, Hunter Conservatory,
Whitman College, Walla Walla
Central Washington
Murals in Connell
Great Plains of WA
Dust storm
Othello water tower
Sprinkler rainbow
Hanford
Vantage bridge
Ellensburg and
Nicholson Pavilion
 
Tri Cities

Middle of no where
Toppenish
Lower Yakima Trail
Teapot filling station
Entering Union Gap
Downtown Yakima 1986
Yakima River
Along Naches River
Rail banking Naches
Yakima Greenway
No in arboretum 
Yakima Trolley
Trolley power

Flickr


Western Oregon
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Pictures, Oregon Coast

Astoria Bridge
Shipwreck
Seaside traffic
Haystack Rock
Down coast
Smokestack
Tillamook  
Pacific City
Stairs up lighthouse
Lighthouse
Gothic Look under Newport Bridge
Fresnel Lens
Quiet beach
Humbug Mountain
S. Oregon coast

Flickr
Inland western Oregon

Northwest
Cooling tower
Wood trestle near Vernonia
In a library

Portland
Portland Esplanade
Spring Water Trail, Portland
Middle of I-205
Portland Bridge Pedal
Steel Bridge
A downtown fountain
St. John's Bridge
Municipal Elevator, Oregon City

Fickr

West Columbia Gorge
Path near Portland airport
Crown Point
I-84
Multnomah Falls
Bridge of the gods
Dams in the gorge

Flickr
Willamette Valley
Oldest brick church in Oregon
Festival at Junction City
Grass fire near Salem
Silver Falls
Art from bike parts
Eugene old rail now bike bridge
Oak Ridge covered bridge
Fire & brimstone
Marys Peak

Flickr

Southern Oregon
Town of Drain
Canyonville area near Roseburg
Medford greenway
Wigwag railroad signal
Narrow alleyway in Ashland
Road crosses itself

Flickr

Narrow, between two buildings, Ashland
Between two buildings in Ashland


Eastern Oregon and Cascades
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Pictures, Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Sahalie Falls
Breitenbush Fairie Gathering
Detroit Lake
Big Cliff Dam
Mckenzie Pass
Business cards on ceiling
Cougar dam
Terwilliger Hot Spring
Aufderheide Forest scenic byway
Wood penstock
Covered bridge near Westfir
Covered bridge over Santiam River
Mt. Jefferson
Climbing South Sister
Crater Lake

Flickr
Eastern Oregon

Eastern Columbia Gorge
Mosier Tunnels
Hairpin turn

Central Oregon, John Day Country
Shanty store
Tiny grocer
Desert stream
Red white & blue
Good church
Painted Hills
Smith Rock
Picture Gorge
Tiny city hall

Flickr
Northeast Oregon
Blue Mountains
Screen door in general store
Wallowa barns
Wallowa Lake
Mount Howard sky ride in Wallowas
Red Hill Lookout
Pendleton
Cockroach town
Sumpter Steam Train
Joseph and Wallowas

Dale Ukiah scenic area
South of Pendelton


California coast
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Pictures, Northern California Coast

Klamath River

Redwoods

Historic Buddhist place for workers from China, Mendocino
Chinese immigrants working on the railroad
worshiped at this historic Buddhist
temple in Mendocino.
Mendoceno Coast


San Francisco Bay Area

Rural north bay paths

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco "The City"
 
South Bay

Flickr

Pictures, Central  California Coast

Santa Cruz

Monterey

Big Sur

Mission at San Luis Obispo

Country roads near San Luis Obispo

Southern California

Coast

Santa Barbara area

Oxnard area

Biking Los Angeles coast route

San Diego

Near LA beach bike path
Near Los Angeles beach path.

British Columbia, Canada
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Pictures, British
Columbia, Canada

Fraser Valley
Abbotsford bridge
Fraser River
Hope
Othello Tunnels
Hope Slide
Manning Park

Okanogan
Hedley
Vaxeus Lake
Radio Telescope
Kettle Valley Trail

BC Highway 3

Victoria
Victoria on Flickr
Water pollution
Dominion Observatory
Vancouver
Blog entries about Vancouver
Stanley Park Seawall
Coal Harbor urban path
Sky Train
Harber centre observation
Near cruise ship
Grouse Mountain gondola
West End neighborhood
Davie St.
Gay march 2003
Public Library
Glass bottom pool
Crowded bus
Cambie St. path
Bicycle Art
Fraser River path

Vancouver on Flickr

Looking north across Burrard Inlet, Vancouver
A park in Vancouver overlooking Burrard Inlet


Northern Idaho
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Pictures, North Idaho

Lewiston area
Hells Canyon jet boat trip
Stinker Oil Company
Lewiston bike paths
Dry hills, wet fountain
Sign simply says "Hill"
Lewiston Grade
Junkyard
Got Ink?
Lake Coeur d Alene
Lake Coeur d Alene
Not far from Moscow
Latah Trail
Advice for bikes
Karl Mark's Pizza
White Pine died
Exit 0 Lookout Pass
Lochsa River
Time zone change
Harvard, Idaho

Coeur d' Alene
Camp N-Sid-Sen
Steam Donkey
Coeur d'Alene Trail
Big compressor
Taft Tunnel Hiawatha Trail
Go carts on country road
Silver mine
Kellog gondola

Sandpoint
Walking town

Flickr


Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas
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Pictures, Montana, Wyoming

Burned Yellowstone

Going east in Wyoming
Big Horn Mtns.
Sandstone formations
Wyoming canal
Wyoming Oil Well
Devil's Tower
Population 15
Going east in Montana
No cows on freeway
Prison museum
Lake Berkely in pit
Pipestone Pass
Ribbed Mountain
Mud Forms
Grain Elevator in Culbertson, MT.
Long Road eastern MT.
Bad Route sign
Thunderstorm

Flickr

Rogers Pass, Montana
Rogers Pass on Hwy. 200 west of Great Falls, MT.  I was there in summer.
The Dakotas

Western South Dakota
Old Garage
Hay fields
Neutrino telescope
Earth dam

Eastern North and South Dakota
Broken Spoke Cafe
Sun Flowers
Buffalo Art
Picnic in the park
Fireworks at Fargo
Entering Fargo
Band shell
Center of continent
Grand Forks flood


Midwest
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Pictures, Minnesota,
Wisconsin 


Minneapolis area
Art bridge
Wild neon lights
Big Spoon
Sun room
IDS Center
Amazon Books
St Croix River
Luce Line bike trail

Duluth
Inside ore ship in Duluth Harbor
Old cyber cafe
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Under Old Pier
Zoning ordinance
Hill country
State Capitol dome
Floodgate
Big bike rack
Sparta Elroy bike trail

Wisconsin along Lake Michigan
Manitowoc brewery
S.S. Badger ship
Algoma WI beach
Sunset at Oconto
Tall Clock
Michigan

Porcupine Mtns.
Munising Falls
Funny road signs 
Entering Christmas
Superior ore dock

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio

Rural Road in Indiana
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Coal power plant
From and near Sears Tower
Ornate stairway in Napolian Ohio courthouse
Metro Parks bypass of Cleveland

Under dock, Ashland, WI.
Under an old ore dock in Ashland, Wisconsin


East
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Pictures, Ontario Toronto area, Canada

CN Tower
Downtown Toronto
Skydome Plaza
Plants growing in car
Niagara Falls Canada side

Lockport, NY.
Lockport, NY.
New York, Pennsylvania, New England

Fort Niagara
Granite Wall
Cornell campus
Giant telescope mirror
Erie Canal bike path
Lockport locks
Odd Name
Syracuse
Atlantic Beach
Going back to forest
Stone Dam
Meadville, PA.
New York City

New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Stock Exchange
More New York
Out my window