{"id":3003,"date":"2017-02-22T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:03:54","slug":"bellingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/bellingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago, Roger and I went to Bellingham for an exhibition of National Geographic\u2019s 50 Greatest Photos. (I got distracted before finishing this post.) The photos were amazing to see, and each included an explanation of how the shot came to be. Very interesting! I wish I could show them here,but they are copyrighted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=national+geographic+50+greatest+photographs&amp;espv=2&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjK5o3o8J_SAhVMz2MKHRz8BiAQ7AkIvQE&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=735\">Try this link to get an idea.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a clear and cold morning when we left, so we stopped at Starbucks first. From Carillon Point, the view of the Olympics was spectacular. My lens couldn&#8217;t really do it justice, but I got the duck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_8970a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3048\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_8970a-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"578\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roger had a longer lens, and his photo was beatiful! Click here for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10208717685160077&amp;set=pcb.10208717685840094&amp;type=3\">Roger&#8217;s photo from Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also visited the Spark Museum of Radio and Electricity. It is jammed full of antique electrical equipment, phonographs, radios, TV\u2019s and had a ham radio section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8984a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3050 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8984a-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"280\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P1050005a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3052\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P1050005a-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"226\"><\/a>I was delighted to see among the relics a short-wave radio receiver just like one I built from a kit when I was in Jr. high school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8975a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3049 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8975a-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8975a-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8975a-768x947.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They also had a surplus aircraft transmitter like the one I converted for use with my first ham license when I was in high school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8994a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3051 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_8994a-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"326\"><\/a>On the way home, we happened to see a bunch of swans, so we pulled off for a couple of shots.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-3003 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='3003' data-nonce='ed2a85f0c2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-3003 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-3003 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='3003' data-nonce='ed2a85f0c2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-3003 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-3003 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago, Roger and I went to Bellingham for an exhibition of National Geographic\u2019s 50 Greatest Photos. 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