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??