Experiment With Sound

I had made a short sound recording related to our last post but could find no way to just add a sound file so I created a very short slide show with just enough pictures to go with the sound recording I made.  So if you like the sound of steam whistles turn up your speakers and click above.

Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad

Arriving to pick us up.

Yesterday Arlyene treated me to a ride on the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad and it was a treat.  I do think the name should be changed to the Close To Mount Rainier, Kinda Scenic, Railroad.  We only saw the mountain on the drive down, never from the train and the scenery is what you might expect traveling down a valley near a big Pacific Northwest mountain.  We crossed a few creeks and a river once or twice, saw a farm or two and some pretty dumpy living abodes close to the tracks.  What this trip is really about however is old railway stuff and on that score I rate it much higher.  I am not what you would call a railroad buff like my friend Craig but I really do appreciate these steam engines and all the old steam powered logging equipment and the history that goes along with it.  The ride is about a half hour one way at the blazing speed of 10 mph but it feels faster then that because the track is old and so are the cars.  At the far end is a museum and rail yard called Mineral.  There we found lots of cool stuff including several engines and steam operated logging equipment.  The entire trip is about 2 hours.  There is also a  later in the day trip that includes dinner cooked at Mineral.

Following are a few pictures.  Click on any of them for a larger picture then to go back press the ESC key.

Blowing off steam while waiting to pick us up.

Do we look excited?

Not very good at "Seflies"

Not butt friendly.....

Old time roadside in Elbe

This one is for Craig.  Well...they are all for Craig.