Pictures of Stuff

I know a little bit about cameras, and I know even less about photographic scanners. I don't know anything about computers, but I can guess my way through most of that. These pictures are all JPG files, and are all less than fifty kilobytes in size (unless I've noted otherwise).

You'll find links to some of these embedded in my trip reports and elsewhere on my pages, but they're here in one place in case you don't like the way I write and just want to flip through the pictures.

Sorry, all of the pictures are decidedly G-Rated. Maybe, if there's enough interest, I'll take a picture of my soft white ass and post it here.

Four-Corners Trip Pictures

In Maine, I found this Moose Crossing sign. I like mooses because they're soothing.
The Public Library in Blaine, Washington.
The post office in San Ysidro, California.
At the post office in Madawaska, Maine.
The southern-most point in the continental United States is in Key West, Florida.
When I rode my old bike, all I wanted do was zoom zoom zoom.

Cross-Country Pictures

Hoover Dam is big.
A view from one of the western Grand Canyon lookouts.
From the southeast entrance of the Grand Canyon.
I've ridden to all four corners, and in Kansas I was at the geographic center, too.
Rattlesnakes swim across the Columbia River in Washington, from this lookout to the Gingko State Park.
I had a pretty rough break in Montana.
Riding cross-country puts a toll on your bike. Here are before and after pictures!
The Vegas Strip glows at night.
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah share the only point in the US common to four states.
Parked illegally at Arch Park in Saint Louis, where the great arch reaches into the sky.
In Utah's Zion National Park, this huge rock nearly crushed me and my motorcycle!
Crossing into mountain time in western Kansas.
In Oregon, they judge a man by his overalls.
Westbound from Colorado to Kanasas brings a switch to central time.

State by State!

Arizona welcomed me with a wide, blue sky.
Colorado offers no mountains, and nothing else!
The people of Illinois welcomed me with a "No Parking" sign.
Straight roads eventually cross in Indiana
On my way into Kansas, Toto.
I was riding on my Honda, but feelin' Minnesota. Oh, yeah.
On my way into Misssissippi.
While crossing Montana, I was nothing but prudent and reasonable
At McDermitt, Nevada, school kids change states on the way to class.
New Mexico is enchanting.
Commuters from bedroom communities in Connecticut pass by this sign at the New York border.
Ohio welcomes visitors along I-80 with the plainest of signs.
The southeastern corner of Oregon switches back and forth to pacific time, but doesn't have much to show for it.
Pennsylvania's state-line sign is the only one I've seen with a URL for more information!
There definitely wasn't anything else on earth like Wyoming.

Olympic Penninsula

Roads like this one, near Crescent Lake, are what motorcyclists look forward to.

Mount Saint Helens Pictures

The edge of the blast line in Mount Saint Helens.
Swaths of trees in the park are on their way back to life.
Nature is rebuilding Mount Saint Helens from the ground up.

Pictures of My Ugly Self (and My Friends)

John Elsbree took this picture of me doing what I do best. (60k)
Live! What's going on in my office right now? (Usually around 15k)
In a tuxedo (!) at the Visual C++ 6.0 ship party with Carolyn, my date.
Another tuxedo shot.
I start gettin' jiggy with Bob's busted hard drive
Chris and Bob were busy while I worked on the computer.
Jim struggles to get his point accross to Bob.
In Vancouver, I was allowed to handle The Stanley Cup!
Liz and I, hanging out at the '98 Microsoft Christmas Party
Me and Liz, ready to leave the Christmas party

Other People's Pictures

If you own a 1993 or newer Mazda RX-7, you might have received this recall letter.
Bill Gammon found this picture of an RX-7 with impossibly large wheels.
Loren Miller bought a new Porsche! Here's the pictures to prove it:

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Last modified on 12 April, 1999.