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Ohio

Over the July 4th weekend, we went to Cincinnati, Ohio to vist Jon's sister Sara and our brother in law, Rusty. We started off with an aerial view of Cincinnati in a rented C-182 from the Blue Ash airport - about 2 miles from Sara and Rusty's house. Jon got to fly in Ohio summer haze.

Blue Ash Airport - ISZ Blue Ash Airport
University of Cincinnati
GE Jet Engine Division - Evendale Kennedy Lane
Kennedy Lane


After our flight, we went down to Newport for dinner. A biker festival just happened to be going on on the Newport waterfront. We fit right in.



Jon and Care on the waterfront Cincinnati Riverfront Care with a TasZ jacket
Sara and Rusty Jon and the bikers
The stadium
 

Friday night, we went to Hyde Park to dine with our friends Geof and Kath. We had just seen them in California in June.


Salmon on a Cedar Plank
On Sunday, the 4th, we went Jet-skiing on Caesar Creek, about an hour from Sara and Rusty's house.

Care models the Jet Ski
Caesar Creek Caesar's Creek Beach

On Monday, the 5th, we went to Columbus to visit Maw, Jon's grandmother - still going strong at 94. We also spent some time with Jon's uncle Roger and aunt Robin.


Maw Roger, Robin, Maw, Care
Jon and Maw Robin, Jon, and Maw

 

On our last day, Jon and Care toured Mt. Adams and the University of Cincinnati with Sara.
Mt Adams - WEBN Mt. Adams
Care, Sara, and the skyline

Cincinnati Tourists

 

The UC campus...

Graves Engineering Building looks like Jon's thesis
UC College Babes more thesis Arnoff DAP center - Eisenman
Arnoff Center Arnoff Center
Sara and Jon Jon

Scott and Megan

In mid-July, our niece Megan and her dad, Scott, came to visit. Megan has just been accepted to UC Berkeley (the "other" UC)  and they came up for orientation.

Scott, Asia, and Megan Study practice
A middle-aged frat boy and Megan

Portland

In mid-July, Jon visited the Autodesk office in Portland and saw the river and Portland Historic district.

View from the Century Hotel View from the Century Hotel - Tualatin
River walk in Portland The River

Deborah and Lee's Excellent Aerial Adventure

In mid-July Jon took Deborah and Lee on a bay tour. It was a nice summer evening, with ocean fog drifting in over the city.

 

Fog City Fog over the City
Golden Gate Angel Island
 

Mount Tamelpias and the Coast Trail

On July 24th, we hiked one of our favorite hikes - the Coast Trail at Mt. Tamelpias. This one one of our favorite hikes because of the spectacular views, varied terrain and vegetation. This time, even though it was late July, we were in coastal fog most of the trip. It made for a very mystical kind of setting. We missed the views but enjoyed the hike anyway.

Mt. Tamelpias Hike Mt. Tam fog
Mt. Tam Cloud Care
Moss Spring

Mondavi Jazz Concert

On July 31st, the last day of the month, we went to The Mondavi Winery to see Dave Brubeck at a benefit jazz festival. We had a picnic and watched the concert. It got pretty chilly when the sun went down.

The stage

Care picnics
Care hides from paparazzi Japanese student pilots enjoy a picnic

On to August

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