Grilleworks

Amongst the entrants at a Classic Car Show in Nederland on July 4th was this 1939 Chevy, gleaming in the mid-day sun.

Friday at the chewing gum building

Before boarding the boat for our river tour of Chicago architecture, I snapped this of the Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue.

Stay off the Off-Airport sign

Mid-afternoon at Denver International Airport waiting for the shuttle bus.

Church spire in downtown Denver

The church steeple is dwarfed by the Wells Fargo Center, also known around Denver as the Cash Register Building. See the previous post for a clue.

Avenue Grill sunset

One of my favorite restaurants in Denver is on East 17th Ave.

Fountain at US Capitol

The fountain at the Capitol Reflecting Pool just before it began to rain.

Glass cactus

Went for a tour of Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix a few weeks ago.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Scottsdale, AZ, complex

At Wright's Taliesin West, recognized among the world's great masterpieces of architecture. This was taken by Devera on a tour while I was golfing.

One lap of the Rockies

The story was posted to the motorcycle group website a couple weeks ago. That's Old Faithful erupting on cue. The trip was a blast.

One lap of the Rockies

We came, we saw, we uplinked

Outside the new White Sox - Dodgers spring training complex in Glendale, AZ

Ducks on Sloans Lake, revised

A trimmed version of the previous but rendered in higher quality.

Sherman Street noon

Out for a lunchtime walk around downtown Denver this week. Looking north on Sherman Street near 17th Avenue.

Boarding from Loveland Pass

On a bright afternoon this week, a pair of boarders rest on the Loveland Pass marker before beginning the trip down towards the highway.

Gull on a wall

One more from the Christmas trip to California. This was taken at Scripps Park in La Jolla.

My regular dashboard

A mileage milestone, just past.

Horse on a chair in Denver

Outside the Denver Public Library, the horse standing on a chair has a great view of the Capitol.

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.