Last night we went on a date night and had wonderful Thai food followed up by some Lion King power ballads and reenactments of childhood memories jumping on the couch to Crocodile Rock. Sir Elton John played all the hits for over 2.5 straight hours. He and his fellow 60 year-old band mates had more endurance and energy in them than we did at half their age.
Over the weekend we went on a last minute camping trip, in hopes of seeing the so-called “northern lights”. The aurora magnetic line was to have dropped far south; yet staying up late in the cold we never saw any glowing ribbons in the sky.
At least we had an enjoyable adventure and wonderful view of Mt. Hood. Looks like we just need to travel to Iceland to see the real deal.
The shot above is Mt. Hood illuminated by the moon at 12:00am, and the shot below is Mt. Hood illuminated by the sun at 12:00pm.
We drove up to Mount St. Helen’s in Washington and explored Ape Cave, “the longest continuous lava tube in the continental United States and the third longest (in total mapped length) lava tube in North America at 2.5 miles.” (Thanks Wikipedia)