Fox Run Park

I love taking our dog Socks for a walk in the nearby Fox Run Park. Here are a couple of photos from one such walk.

In my mind, Fox Run Park always qualifies for a Scenic Sunday post.

A-10A

For Skywatch Friday, here's a Fairchild-Republic A-10A on display at the United States Air Force Academy.

Garden of the Gods Climbers

Although these photos were taken last year, Garden of the Gods is again open, and was not touched by the wildfire. With proper equipment and registration, climbing is allowed here.

This sport isn't for me. But it is for Tina's Picstory theme of "G" this week (Garden of the Gods), and also part of Our World Tuesday.

The fire is all but out and Colorado Springs is open for business - please visit our lovely city! Almost all the tourist attractions are again open and running on a summer schedule, the major exception being the Flying W Ranch which was burned to the ground.

Seoul Olympic Stadium

The Olympics were held in South Korea in 1988. For Vintage Weekly, here's a photo of the Olympic Stadium, taken from the Han River in Seoul taken 10 years after the Olympics, in 1998.

Summer Flowers

Here are some summer flowers at America the Beautiful Park, near downtown Colorado Springs.

This post is serving double-duty, as I'm linking to both Scenic Sunday and to Weekend Flowers.

Happy Independence Day!

July 4th is the U.S.A.'s Independence Day.

Happy July 4th!

All photographs were captured hand-held at last year's fireworks display at the United States Air Force Academy - due to the extreme dryness there won't be any displays this year. And I'm linking it to Skywatch Friday.

The wildfire is largely under control at this point, and hopefully it won't flare up again.

Helicopters in Seattle

I found these last couple of photos left over from last year's trip to Seattle. These were taken along the waterfront, catching some type of rescue training by the Coast Guard.

It was probably more interesting to see in person than the photographs show. But it's my post for Our World Tuesday, and it does capture the classic grey Seattle skies (it was raining at the time).

Here's a quick wildfire update. 17,827 acres have burned, 346 homes burned, and 2 people lost their lives. I still can't get back into my office building but I consider myself lucky. Containment is at 55%. Hopefully the worst is over for the fire, but there are a lot of people who have lost everything.