Incredible Leaping Cat

Sep 9th, 2008: (Plaktia, Crete) A cat sat near a tidal pool watching fish swim just out of reach. There was no obvious path back to shore for kitty without getting wet. However, in a few minutes, he began working his way from rock to rock eventually reaching a point where the only path forward was to jump five or six feet to the next rock followed by an even longer jump to reach dry land. I figured no way a water hating cat would jump that distance, however, he soon began pacing back and forth so I readied my camera and captured him in mid air. Kitty completed the first jump without getting wet and he almost made the second jump which was even longer than the first but landed in shallow water and sprinted ashore walking up to sit beside us. As we were in Greece, I considered kitty's jump to be a point 9.8 on the Olympic scale.

Seattle - A Place to Stay, Some things to Do

The Warwick hotel is good; as is the Mayflower Hotel which are downtown and located close to:

• Pikes Place
• Icon Grill
• Cutters Bayhouse and lots more eating places
• Walk to Ferry to Bainbridge Island (Walk onto the ferry, see Bainbridge Island, and return to Seattle, with great views of the Puget sound)
• Cab/Car to Argosy Puget Sound Tours
• Cab/Bus to Pioneer Square (daytime only) site of famous Underground Tour
• Cab/Car to Boeing Field Mueseum
• Monorail to the Space Needle and the Museum of Music

Seattle in December

Seattle in December - This classic view of Seattle with Mt. Ranier in the backgroud is from Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill.

Mt Ranier has it own weather which becomes visible in the form of a dome shaped cloud (a lenticular cloud) located directly above the mountain. The cloud can be see in the photo below. The first time I saw a dome cloud over Mt Ranier, it was so perfectly formed it could have been a ship from space. For more impressive views, see Ron Warfield's Lenticular Cloud over Mount Ranier, Ed Book's Mount Ranier Lenticular Cloud, or the photo from living wilderness.

While Mt Ranier dome clouds appear stationary, they eventually they move. In the picture above, remains of a previous dome cloud is visible just to the right of that tall building in the downtown. Below is a close up of the dome cloud.