Fall 2016 - Day 14: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA - Mount Rainier National Park - Portland Art Museum, OR - Lake Oswego, OR

Wednesday, Sept 28, 2016 - Drive south to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, then into Mount Rainier National Park, then down to Portland Art Museum (Oregon), and finish at dinner/hotel in Lake Oswego, OR:

266 total miles today!

A lovely day to visit the Museum of Glass:

Dale Chihuly - Black Basket Set with Cobalt Lip Wrap, 2006

Harvey K. Littleton - Witch of Agnesi II, 1980


Beautiful country on the way up to Mount Rainier National Park:


It was SO COOL being up at Mount Rainier National Park!:


The Mountain DOMINATES the Park:



Its great being here with my Beautiful Bride:


We visited Narada Falls


and there is A LOT OF FOREST up here!


Down at the Portland Art Museum (Oregon), the American Artists section was closed. My favorites of what was on display were:

Claude Monet - Nymphéas (Waterlilies), 1914-1915


Charles-Théodore Frère - Vue de Tunisie, l'Afrique, n.d.


Fun dinner with Wendy's cousin Shelley, then checking into the Crowne Plaza. Thank You God for these wonderful adventures!

Music today was from my big iPod - Y's and Z's:

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice - You Were There For Me, 2004


Bill Morrissey - You'll Never Get to Heaven, 1996


The Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace, 1969


Matchbox Twenty - Yourself Or Someone Like You, 1996


The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980


Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma, 1975


Still playing "Check Off The License Plates" - WY today.

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
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