Paragliders cruising along Torrey Pines cliffs

How relaxing. You just sit there floating along the cliffs, casually glancing down the cliff to the beach 400 feet below...

Must be nice!!! This photo and the following ones were taken on 14 April 2006 from Torrey Pines State Reserve.  

  

Paraglider heading north with Del Mar in the background.  

Paraglider with La Jolla in the background.  

Torrey Pines is world-famous for its ideal hang-gliding and para-gliding conditions. This is a view to the south from Torrey Pines State Reserve along the cliffs.  

  

Torrey Pines State Reserve, looking north.  

Continuing Seattle/Vancouver Trip Photos, March 2006

My Dilemma:

Blogs usually have the latest entry at the top, but for a trip it's easier to progress forward in time as you scroll down. But this Seattle/Vancouver tripp had too many pictures for that, so I ended up posting 2 sets.

The earlier set of pictures ended in downtown Seattle at the Symphony Hall, showing a glass sculpture. This picture of the Space Needle takes up where that left off, starting a series that covers the rest of the trip.

  

View from the top of the Space Needle

I stitched together 9 photos to get this 360 degree panorama of all you can see from the top of the Space Needle.  

Panorama of the Olympic Mountains as seen looking west from the top of the Space Needle.   

Rock N Roll Museum, Seattle

Museum with the Space Needle.  

Outside of the Rock N Roll Museum in Seattle.  

Detail of the exterior shows the flowing sculptural look of the Rock N Roll Museum in Seattle.  

View of Mt Ranier as seen from Seattle. Taken on a clear day (!!) from the tower in Volunteer Park, in the Capitol Hill district.  

Camel sculpture in front of the Asian Art museum in Volunteer Park, Seattle. Photo by Katie Wallace.  

View of the Space Needle from the Capitol Hill district of Seattle. It makes a useful landmark, you can see it from all over.  

Snoqualamie Falls

We drove about half an hour to the east from Seattle to see Snoqualamie falls. It became famous in the 90s because of the weird TV series called "Twin Peaks" that was filmed here.
  

A nice espresso at a coffee house in Fremont.  

The other ferry boat.  

Whidby Island / Deception Pass

We took a ferry over to Whidby Island on the way from Seattle to Vancouver, and drove the length of the island. Very scenic, and the Deception Pass area especially. There's a narrow gap at the north end of Whidby Island, where the direction of current flow reverses when the tide changes. There's a huge bridge (see below) and a trail where I took this photo.  

View north under Deception Pass bridge.  

Panorama from Deception Pass Bridge, looking west.  

Panorama from Deception Pass Bridge, looking east.  

Vancouver

Here's our room on the 19th floor of the Century Plaza Hotel in downtown Vancouver. The view is pretty amazing!

For more info on the hotel: Century Plaza Hotel
  

Reflected building in downtown Vancouver.