Ypres, Belgium

The last of this batch of photos from Belgium in 1977 shows the Grote Market in Ypres.

Vintage Weekly

USS Pampanito (Outside)

Following on from the previous post, here are some photos of the USS Pampanito, this time viewing the outside.

Skywatch Friday

USS Pampanito (Inside)

In San Francisco you can tour a submarine that saw service in World War Two, the USS Pampanito. It's worth seeing if you have any interest in these things, and you'll gain more of an appreciation for the men who served on them in close quarters.

You can see the controls.

These photos don't illustrate how cramped the quarters are.

The bridge was lit up in red (to help keep eyes adjusted to the dark for periscope use) so I tried to get a long exposure instead of using flash.

I would have had a hard time spending any extended time on this submarine.

Our World Tuesday

Door Snake

Happy Halloween! Imagine my surprise the other day when I opened my front door to take the dogs for a walk and found this just outside.

And right below it was a buddy.

But they seemed rather friendly.

Camera Critters
Saturday's Critters

Unusual Cloud

I though this cloud would make a fun Skywatch Friday post.

Desolate Coast

In places, the California coastline is very desolate, windy, and cold. This is one of those places, north of San Luis Obispo, where we drove and stopped for a few photos last year

Our World Tuesday

Ghent

For Vintage Weekly, here's a 1977 photo from Ghent, Belgium.