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Places

Pins for cities and regions I've visited, dropped roughly at city center.

Visit log

  • Jun 19 – 23, 2023 Michigan, USA
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • May 22 – 25, 2023 Oregon, USA
    Bend, Oregon
    Hotel Peppertree Bend
    A snow-covered Cascade peak seen from the plane on the descent into Central OregonThe Deschutes River winding past basalt cliffs in the evening lightThe Deschutes River with Cascade peaks on the far horizonLooking up the Deschutes River from a red footbridge, ponderosa pines lining the banksCascade peaks silhouetted at sunset, a tree-disguised cell tower on the ridgeline
  • Jan 9 – 20, 2023 Hawaii, USA
    Ko Olina, Oahu
    Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club

    Family-invite trip that became a Marriott Vacation Club ownership and the resume that became my next job.

    View from the Ko Olina room at night — distant harbor lights stretched across the dark, the resort grounds and palms in the foregroundByodo-In Temple in golden afternoon light — red pavilions, fountains in the green pond, mountains rising behindA rusted gun turret of the USS Arizona breaking the surface of Pearl Harbor, the Honolulu skyline visible across the waterA vibrant full rainbow arcing across Manoa Valley after a showerA single palm tree silhouetted against a brilliant sun starburst in a deep golden skyA pond crowded with koi — orange, white, and gold fish swarming around a rocky edge
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  • Nov 11 – 15, 2019 Texas, USA
    Houston, Texas
  • Oct 22 – 26, 2019 Florida, USA
    Naples, Florida
    A large banyan tree on a lawn at a river's edge under a blue skyA gray Craftsman-style winter estate house with a wraparound porch, visitors gathered out frontRoyal palms and a spreading fig tree on a lawn running down to a wide riverLooking up into the dense canopy and aerial roots of a giant banyan treeView through a screened lanai over a pond and fairway, cypress trees and flowering shrubs in the foreground