Lawrence Hosken: Departures

Travelogues with not much emphasis on the travel.

Location Year
SF Bay 2021
Walking around San Francisco Bay
Boulder 2019
Mountains… whining
Monterey 2018
Vandalism… Aquatic animals…
SF Bay 2016
Walking most of the way around the bay, with few stops…
Washington DC 2016
DASH 008, National Cryptologic Museum, National Electronics Museum…
Sunshine Coast, Canada 2015
Rain, Shine…
Austin, TX 2015
Rain, Shine, DASH 7...
SF Bay 2015
Walking most of the way around the bay, with some interesting stops…
Phoenix, AZ 2015
Uncle Frank's memorial service...
Davis, CA 2014
Strolling and puzzling in Davis CA, a not-so-far-away university town...
New York City, Long Island 2013
'Shreck... Eric and Kelli's Wedding... Woodside...
Los Angeles 2013
DASH5... Hotel Bonaventure...
Saint Louis 2012
Universities FIRST Robotics... City Museum... DASH4... Geocaches...
New York City 2011
Museums, boat tour, puzzle hunt, puzzle hunt, ...
Seattle 2011
just some notes...
Western USA 2010
Green Tortoise bus tour: Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Zion, etc
Seattle 2010
just some notes...
Yosemite 2009
rocks... trees... more rocks...
Chicago 2009
family... architecture... art...
Texas 2009
Johnson Space Center, Galveston, Houston, and Dallas
Los Angeles County 2008
many museums...
Seattle (Eastside) 2007
Kirkland... Buffy Night... MS Puzzlehunt 11.0...
Santa Monica 2007
water treatment... residential streets... canals of Venice CA USA...
Chicago 2007
company science... art... Betsy...
New York City 2006
company apartment... Brooklyn... graffiti...
Saint Louis Photos 2005
Union Light and Power... Riparian Industry... Schwag...
Seattle Business Trip 2005
Seattle... Not so interesting... Sad, yet unsatisfying ending...
Northwest Coast Road Trip 2005
Seattle... Vancouver BC... Tillamook... Eureka... Ferndale... Redwoods...
New Zealand 2004
Giant Ferns... Plenty of boats... Glimpses of puzzle hunts...
Monterey 2004
In Search of butterflies... Monterey Bay Aquarium...
Washington DC 2004
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's Information Age photos... Botanic Garden photos.... long-forgotten conversations...
Seattle 2003
Seattle like I'd never seen it before: sunny and smile-y. Also, 36 Views of the Pier 86 High-Speed Grain Terminal and lots of visits with people you don't know.
Lake Tahoe 2003
This isn't really a travelog. It's some gratuitous photos: Snowboarders, showshoers, and Nyack truck stop.
England plus Paris 2002
England had many Victorian pumping stations which have been converted to technology museums, and Paris had some neat things, too.
Lake Tahoe 2002
This isn't really a travelog. It's some gratuitous photos: Dutch Flat truck stop; geeks working on robots.
Saint Louis 2002
Chocolate bar... recreational mathematics... Dental Health Theatre... pancakes...
Lake Tahoe and Sonoma 2001
distracted by a squirrel... the mushroom eater... pancakes... about "indoctrination"... game night...
Los Angeles 2001
stolen water... My Dinner with Dave... art... history... maritime... pancakes... art... sour cream...
Portland, OR 2001
pancakes... meandering around East Portland... monkey rudders... head clonking.... pancakes...
SF Bay (Sail) 2001
The aptly named "The Very Boring 2001 Sailing Travelog"... You probably want to skip this one...
Seattle 2000
I signed the inflatable sheep sex toy... Ron and Sua got married... I snuck into the ladies' restroom, but somebody saw me...
Saint Louis 2000
Big lawns... Inflatable Buddha statue... Hallowe'en Street Party... Provel...
Sausalito 2000
Regular expressions... Landmarks... Supermodel... Misdirected scholarship impulse... Larry Clark's Tulsa...
Japan/Shikoku 2000
Maritime museums... Jimmy's wedding party... Traditional crafts... Skateboard park... Gardens... Ska...
Seattle/San Juan Islands (Sail) 1999
Sailing on a big ship... Some unpleasant people... Ping flood attacks and conversation hijackers...
Boston/New England 1999
Mount Monadnock, Thomas Manshreck, Maritime history, Computer history, MIT
New Mexico/Southwest 1999
Texas, Mexico, the Manhattan Project, Carlsbad Caverns, Nuclear waste, Lightning, Uranium mining
Seattle 1999
Career chaos... Bacterial phobia... amazon.com... Fisherman's Terminal
Oak Ridge/Loudon TN 1998
Big Science... High Voltage... Long Half-lives
New York City 1998
Celebrities... Vermin... Riots... Baseball's World Series...
Seattle/Victoria BC (Sail) 1998
Train travel... Sailing... Danger... Mooring... Poetry... Canada...
Seattle 1997
Hallowe'en... Ice Caves... Girl...
Santa Fe 1997
Pantsless... MegaBrööce reunion... Wedding banquet... Balloon Festival...
Channel Islands (Sail) 1997
MPath geeks... Sailing... Heroic rescue... Mansion...
Philadelphia 1996
Heat exhaustion... Wedding banquet... Urban decay... Old boats...
SF Bay (Sail) 1996
Sailing... Landlubberly mistakes... Lunch... Halyard disaster...
Seattle 1996
Frantic... Basketball championships... Espresso...
Washington DC/Hagerstown MD 1995
Masons... Curta mechanical calculator... Shepherdstown WV...
Seattle 1994
Scatterbrain... Beeliner diner... Cemetary...
Seattle 1993
Sneaking a minor into a hotel room... U-Way pool hall.. Too windy...
Japan 1992
Suburban apartment... New Year celebration... Whaling museum... Cheese...