Friday 28 February 2020

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - Richard Bach (Part II)

The next stretch of the journey would take me from San Filip, (Baja California the peninsula south of San Diego) Mexico to as far north as Fairbanks in Alaska. Apart from the 2 States not yet visited (bringing up a ‘full house’) and the more important matter of another Gull species (the penultimate) this has to be one of the most exciting overland journeys in the whole world! Already conquered on 2 other occasions there were a few other matters that needed addressing with my ‘open’ 2 month Greyhound Coach ticket taking me as far as Whitehorse in the Yukon. Oh how we would like to include all of the images shot on this final trip but doubt my life would last that long, but we hope you find the highlights interesting.

We won’t dwell too long on 
Salt Lake City
capital of  
 the City and
 Mormon Cathedral
or Boise, 
capital city of
with the lingering being far shorter had it not been for the magnificent western fringes of the 
Rocky Mountains.
 Seatle
is a fine city of culture and Rock and Roll with the Museum of Conteproary Music
given over almost entirely to
Kurt Cobain 
but there was a far, far more important and talented Rocker to interest me! 
 BELTED KINGFISHER
came in handy before catching the subway to
Renton
a relatively small town some 30 miles south where at long, long last I would pay homage to my
ALL TIME HERO
 but we cannot go beyond this point without a mention of
Michael and Cherry
who not only befriended me but bought my rail ticket and then transported me to the
Greenwood Cemetary
a few miles beyond where I was able to pay tribute to the greatest guitar player who ever lived!
JAMES MARSHALL HENDRIX
JIMI HENDRIX
 Jimi's Headstone
 and marble seating inscribed with exact copies of his lyrics from his songbooks
along with
 DARK-EYED JUNCO's
 in the 
Japanese Cemetary
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
also thrived.
In keeping with the afore mentioned this time it was a
 Japanese Warship
while in the probably World Renowned
 STANLEY PARK
 there were REAL
WOOD DUCK's
 RACCOON
and Real
CANADA GEESE
 RUFOUS-SIDED TOWHEE
 WRENTIT
 and just up the road
 a sactuary for the rarest and most endangered
 PORPOISE in the World the
VAQUITA
We are going to have to leave it there for now as my finger-tips have gone to sleep,
but hopefully there will be a Part 3 and who knows??