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About That Kennewick Lighthouse

Cari McGee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:15:48 +0000

There are quite a few things in this world that I don’t like/don’t understand -

why my husband bites his nails
why my son nibbles on paper
why Jo married Professor Bhaer instead of Laurie, like she should have
why people include raspberry in chocolate-based desserts

but the big one, and the subject of this post, is the Kennewick Lighthouse -

They say this is the first lighthouse built in the U.S. since 1962. That’s right, the first in almost half a century. Gee, could it be because there is no reason to build one?

(photo taken earlier this month)

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About That Kennewick Lighthouse

Columbia River Sunset

Matt McGee — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:11:11 +0000

They say the iPhone has a pretty lame camera and it doesn’t take good pictures but, I dunno, this one seems to have come out pretty well. It’s the Columbia River at dusk, taken from the lookout stations near Cedars Restaurant on Clover Island.

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Columbia River Sunset

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Cable Bridge in Kennewick

Matt McGee — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:14:17 +0000

One of these days, I’m gonna grab my better camera and tripod and go find a good spot to shoot photos of the cable bridge at night, when it’s all lit up. Yes, everyone has already seen pictures like that of the cable bridge, but I still want to do it.

Until then, I had to settle for this daylight photo (from my iPhone) that we took last weekend after dinner at Ice Harbor Brewing Company.

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Cable Bridge in Kennewick

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J. Michael Kelly Flips at Columbia Cup

Matt McGee — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:49:40 +0000

Another great weekend of hydroplane racing is in the books, with Steve David and the Oh, Boy, Oberto winning the title. But the thing that everybody will be talking about is J. Michael Kelly’s flip this afternoon during the Columbia Cup heats. Have a look at this:

That’s a one-and-a-half flip in mid-air, and Kelly was okay. Amazing.

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J. Michael Kelly Flips at Columbia Cup

Smell the flowers…

Matt McGee — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:30:13 +0000

Found this nice, little flower display a few days ago outside the Windermere Real Estate office on Kellogg Street while going in to say hello to Cari. Looked nice, smelled even better.

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Smell the flowers…

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Best Buy is Ready for Black Friday

Matt McGee — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:02:05 +0000

Looks like the Kennewick Best Buy store is ready for Black Friday, and anticipating a big lineup of people on Thanksgiving night. I was doing some shopping there this afternoon and couldn’t resist taking a shot of the two port-a-potties in front of the store’s main entrance.

(By the way … Best Buy was packed this afternoon with shoppers, as were the two other stores I went to. What economic slowdown??!!)

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Best Buy is Ready for Black Friday

Scenes from the Benton-Franklin County Fair

Matt McGee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:36:36 +0000

I was out of town last week and we never made it to the Benton-Franklin Fair, but I just read in the Herald that attendance was up 12% over last year, so it looks like a successful event. Most of the concerts were sold out, and same with the rodeo according to that article.

Since I couldn’t be there to shoot some photos, I thought I’d post some of the best photos I found on Flickr from local fair-goers.

Scott Butner took this great photo above on “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” night. Ha! You can see a couple fair photos in Scott’s Flickr stream.

This great action shot above is from Joe Nicora, who has a set of 10 fair photos on Flickr.

Lynda True shot this one of what I think is one of the entrants in the flower competition. You can see Lynda’s full set of 37 photos on Flickr.

Thanks to Scott, Joe, and Lynda for letting me post their photos here. I should also mention that Flickr user ~.michelle.~ uploaded a few fair photos, but hers are marked “All rights reserved,” so I shouldn’t post one of them here.

Maybe next year we’ll get out there and I’ll shoot some photos of my own….

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Scenes from the Benton-Franklin County Fair

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Playground of Dreams: Warm Weather Spot in Kennewick

Matt McGee — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:49:25 +0000

We had a super-warm weekend here in the Tri-Cities. I think we hit 80 degrees on Sunday, or real close to it. (Of course, the temp was down by about 20 degrees on Monday, but that’s spring for you.)

Anyway, as we get closer to the warm weather of summer, one of Kennewick’s hot spots will — as always — be the Playground of Dreams in Columbia Park. In addition to the traditional playground stuff for kids to do, like climbing, swinging, digging, etc., one of my favorite things is the big water park. Here’s a picture of my daughter (light blue shirt) and I all the way back in 2004:

I’m sure there’s an official name for it, but I just call it the water park. It sprays water on and off constantly, and when the Kennewick weather gets hot, this is the place to be. I’m hoping we’ll go back again this summer. It’s one of the best things to do in Kennewick, no doubt about it!

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Playground of Dreams: Warm Weather Spot in Kennewick

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A Kennewick Sunset

Matt McGee — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:08:54 +0000

As warmer weather starts to arrive here in the Tri-Cities, I’ll be on the lookout for photo opportunities like the one you see up above in the “header” of this blog. I took that photo last July 4 along the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick. Cari and I took the kids down to the river to watch the annual fireworks display over the river, and we enjoyed this sunset while waiting for the sky to get dark.

This reminds me of one thing that out-of-town friends and family often say when they see photos I’ve taken around the Tri-Cities area: We have a beautiful sky.

Amen to that.

Here’s a larger version of the photo, and you can click on it to go to Flickr and see what other people said about this one.

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A Kennewick Sunset