An afternoon at the library

The plaza on the west side of the Denver Public Library offers visitors an outsize sense of scale.

Antique tractors at Western Stock Show Parade

This McCormick-Deering Orchard model tractor is a late 1930s or 1940s vintage. Near the end of the annual parade on the third day of the Stock Show in Denver, the antique tractors follow the cattle, horses and beauty queens, but ride before the street sweeper.

Further down Hollywood Blvd.

This Hollywood tourist was soon led off to a detention cell on the Death Star. No word on his fate. This photo was taken on Dec. 23 in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.

La Jolla Cove sea lions

The tide was coming in, but the young sea lions were not.

Hollywood landmark

Haven't taken a stroll down Hollywood Blvd. in years. At the corner of Highland, the old First National Bank Building was built in 1927 and until 1932, was the tallest building in town.

Restaurant sign in La Jolla

The mural outside this restaurant on Prospect Street

in La Jolla caught my eye. The restaurant website is here.

Seminary at Northwestern University

If I'm reading the map correctly, that's the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary building near the lagoon on the NU Campus.

Lake Michigan is a dangerous body of water

That's what the sign at the left says, although on this day it looked pretty non-threatening.

Outdoor art at Northwestern

The letter N inscribed into a sculpture on the Evanston campus.

Evanston's stately old hotel

"Luxury doesn't get any better than this," or so says
the hotel's website. It's a North Shore landmark since 1923.

Thanksgiving in Chicago, hazy skyline

Caught this while on a walk along the lakefront in Evanston;
the Chicago skyline is visible through the haze.

Birds of Prey Monument

Near the entrance to the Beaver Creek Resort, this bird of prey honors downhill racers past and present. This year, the only World Cup event in the US will take place the first week in December at Golden Peak, in Vail, CO. More here.

Late afternoon in Calgary

From my downtown hotel, I'm looking northwest toward Bankers Hall.

Retired California Zephyr

This powerful engine rests at the Colorado Train Museum in Golden. It's last run was Sept. 1984.

Elk sighting at Steamboat

On a warm July evening, an elk near the window announces its presence.

Mid-morning in Billings

Built over the intersection of 2nd & Broadway in Montana's largest city, the tent-like Skypoint can move to provide sunshine or shade.

The Pier at Oceanside

A warm, sunny afternoon in SoCal.

Quality gasoline

Came across this pocked and weathered sign for Red Crown Gasoline, Standard of Indiana's chief brand of motor fuel through the 1950s, on a building in Evergreen, CO.

Beating the heat

Red Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park viewed from Farview Curve a week ago. It was sunny and in the 90s leaving Denver but a light rain overcast the view and temperatures were in the 30s at the top of the park.

View from the top

Rode the cog railway to Pikes Peak. A great view of Colorado Springs from the summit.