Martin's father David came to visit us for several weeks in May and June 2007.
Here are some of the pictures we took while we has here.


Fran and David
on Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park.  This is only 90 minutes from home but several thousand feet higher up, and many degrees cooler.

Martin and David on Trail Ridge Road,
Rocky Mountain National Park, with Mount Ypsilon behind them.

David, Alex and Fran at the Forest Canyon overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park.

All of us at the Alpine Visitor Center, Rocky Mountain National Park – 12,000' above sea level and the remnants of winter very much in evidence.

Alex on the shores of Nymph Lake, Rocky Mountain National  Park.

Martin and David standing at the continental divide.  This was on the way to Aspen, Colorado.

David and Alex in Glenwood Canyon, on the way to Aspen.

Fran and Alex in Glenwood Canyon.

Fran, Alex and David in downtown Aspen.

Martin, Alex and David in front of the Maroon Bells, near Aspen
– probably the most photographed view in Colorado.

David, Martin and Alex at dinner at Rustique Bistro in Aspen.

Alex at High Mountain Pies, her favourite pizzeria in Leadville, Colorado, on the way back from Aspen.

David and Alex on the ferry to Whidbey Island, near Seattle, Washington

Alex and a friend of hers in Langley, a waterfront village on Whidbey Island.

Alex, Fran and David with the troll under the Fremont overpass, Seattle, Washington.

David, Alex, Fran and Sally (David's first-cousin-once- removed) at the Ballard Locks, Seattle, Washington

Alex at the Ballard Locks, Seattle.

Sally, Fran, Alex and David at Sally's house in Seatlle

Alex at the Pike Place Market in Seattle

Alex and a companion in Seattle

Fran and Alex admiring the view from the Seattle Space Needle.

Fran and Alex in front of the Experience Music Project in Seattle.

Martin and Alex at dinner at Etta's Seafood, Seattle.

David, Martin's cousin Andrea, Andrea's husband Roy, Fran and Alex at Roy and Andrea's home in Issaquah, near Seattle.

David and Alex in front of the Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco


David, Alex and Martin at the V. Sattui Winery, Napa Valley, California.

Martin's cousin Rob and his wife Sandy at their home in Berkeley, California.

Alex, David and Fran stepping off a cable car in San Francisco.