The Ultimate Adventure Report

Gallowbraid · Sep 9, 2020

View coming into Houston this evening.

Storms rolling through.

Twin Magnolias · Sep 9, 2020

More Houston, huh. I can't recommend much in Houston. Well, if you want a weird tattoo experience I know a shop that looks like it's a mashup between a tattoo parlor and a Chinese opium den that fell out of a Quinten Tarrantino film. The Chinese tattoo artists don't speak English very well and they all have names like Mr. White, but they do great work.

I kid you not.

Gallowbraid · Sep 9, 2020

Twin Magnolias said:
More Houston, huh. I can't recommend much in Houston. Well, if you want a weird tattoo experience I know a shop that looks like it's a mashup between a tattoo parlor and a Chinese opium den that fell out of a Quinten Tarrantino film. The Chinese tattoo artists don't speak English very well and they all have names like Mr. White, but they do great work.

I kid you not.

I'm down to my last few projects of the year. Houston, Austin, Homestead FL and East Riverside CA. I'll be in Portland next week scoping sites for next year followed by a quick vacation in Montana.

Houston is my least favorite of locations, but at least now if I want a tattoo I know where to go!

Gallowbraid · Sep 17, 2020

Arrived in Oregon earlier this week and was amazed at the smoke. Not sure what I was expecting, but I don't think most folks from the east coast can appreciate the devastation these fires have caused. Landing in zero visibility was quite an experience. Took a break from working and headed out to the coast hoping for clearer air. There was still quite a haze.

Found a new favorite restaurant here in the PNW, Elmer's. Fantastic breakfast selections that have had me skipping lunch.

Drove from Longview WA over to Yakima today and took in some of the sights along the way. Headed for Kalispell MT.

Road closures routed us through the National Forest surrounding Mt. Ranier, but we never caught site of it due to the low visibility.

Gallowbraid · Sep 19, 2020

Ashley Lake outside Kalispell MT this morning.

Gallowbraid · Sep 19, 2020

As a storm front moved through it began pushing the smoke from the Oregon fires out of the Kalispell area today.

Unfortunately the storm front made visibility up at Logan's Pass zero...

Haggis · Sep 19, 2020

Nice photos!

Gallowbraid · Sep 21, 2020

I love Montana. Took my Dad up to see Polebridge, went to Bowman Lake and drove up to check out a $12,000,000 piece of property near the Canadian border that I've had my eye on for awhile. Just need to find that winning lottery ticket...

There are rules, even in the wilderness:

The weather started to break on the drive back to Kalispell.

Today we drove from Kalispell over to Spokane via Hwy 2. So many areas to explore. Drove for several hours through areas without another human being. Stopped to look at the water just outside Troy MT.