Back Seat Dogs

 

Happy dogs... Melon (Left) and Mango (Right)

Palm Springs Building Sculpture

 Well, not sure what this art is supposed to do, other than be art.  Pretty curious...

New Year Sculpture

 During our NYE sojourn in Palm Springs, I ran across this interesting sculpture.  I present several shots since the piece itself changes with one's position and with the light.  Actually, this is quite fantastic...

Season's Greetings

 

A Little Hawaii

Off to Maui again this year.  Since Lahaina has burned, we tried a resort at Kehei.  Just across the street from a wonderful park/beach area, great place for sunsets.

 

We found a great restaurant, Threes...  Blackened Marlin one night, ginger spiced Marlin another.  

If you ever go, asked for Walter...

The resort offered an afternoon of music and hula at the pool.  I loved this older woman, her gentle hand movements, and especially her hair decoration.

One night, steak was in order, so it was off to the Four Seasons hotel.  The food was fine, but we loved the ambience, and photo ops.

My existential best...

A daytime hike explored the park...

Our final day found us exploring Paia, a major tourist trap but fun anyway.  We also cruised over to a big surfer beach.

All in all, a fun time exploring other parts of the island.  

Fall Sunset

 This summer our neighbors removed some diseased trees across our circle.  Hated to see the trees go, I guess necessary, but now we have a fabulous view of the Fall sunsets.  Here's a recent one...

Junkyard Or Museum?

 Driving around one Sunday on the West Side, we spied an open gate in an opaque fence.  Looked like an auto junkyard, but I spied something interesting so of course we drove in, parked, and wandered around (nobody there to question us).  We soon realized this was no ordinary auto junkyard, but a collection of old cars and trucks lined up, often in a pattern.  This was a very curious and unknown auto museum!

Some old trucks...

Ah, the days of fins!

Classic Volkswagens...

A Jag...  can't believe this doesn't have some value...

A stereotyped spiderwebbed windshield, hate to have been in this crash!

I couldda taken  a million pics, this junkyard had so many old vehicles, what a trip!  So finally, from the 20's?, check out the wooden spoked wheels...

What a find!  I suspect if we ever went back, we'd fine the gate locked with no way to get in and explore more.  Whoever owns this place could charge admission, it's so cool!

(Update...  I think this is Rio's junkyard...  from this Facebook page).