The Bellingham Rock

Okay, it's another two-picture day. I had to have a "before" picture and an "after" picture!

This is the Bellingham Rock, or Graffiti Rock, or the Painted Rock, or the I-5 Rock; whatever you want to call it, it's the unofficial bulletin board for those with something to say. As you can see from the first picture, it's often a declaration of love (Sorry, Alli + Travis! Hope your love lasts longer than your message did!) or at graduation time classes will paint their graduating classes, etc. When you're driving north on I-5 you see the rock shortly before entering Bellingham.

I thought it was about time Bellingham Daily Photo got a picture of this local icon-- and why not add our own message while we're at it? So my lovely sister helped me out and we had a great time. I like the first picture with me painting the rock because it gives you an idea of how big it is. I've driven by it many times, but had no idea how tall it was till I was standing in front of it.

Thank you, sis, for snapping pics!

We're Back!

This was taken through our dusty, bug-riddled windshield as we sped by on I-5, anxious to get home to our kitties and our shower. Five minutes and an eternity later, we were home.

I'll be relying on some of my archived images for a few days-- that is, unless everyone wants to see pictures of piles of dirty laundry and vegetable gardens overrun with weeds, because that's all I'll be looking at the next couple of days!

Once I have some time, I'll post some pictures from our trip on my other blog.

Ah, it's good to be back!

Awakening

When we started the Bellingham Daily Photo it was intended to be a shared effort, but until now my input has mostly been in the form of occasionally choosing a photo and even more occasionally taking one. To remedy this situation, I will start doing the weekend posts...

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Early morning traffic begins to make its way north on Interstate 5.