Brian F. Allen

United States

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Great Egret landing in the evening at Crissy Field
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A Blue Heron on Blue Heron Lake
Snowy Egret
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Great Blue Heron (juvenile)
Great Blue Heron (juvenile)
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Robin
American Robin
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Western Gull in front of the ferry to Oakland.
Eye of a Western Gull
Western Gull at the Ferry Building
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Stow Lake fly-by
Angry brid
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Water landing
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Thirteen(?) American Robins visiting our backyard
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Juvenile Short-bill Gull in Stow Lake
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Canada Goose with a wet head (Detail)
Canada Goose with a wet head
Western Gull in front of the Embarcadero
Closeup of a friendly adult Western Gull
Rock Dove on Pier 14
Looking out my backdoor
Song Sparrow in the Crittenden Marsh
Long day
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Watching
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Henry waits to play ball
Henry chewing happily
Henry lazing
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Hummingbird visting our backyard
Hummingbird visting our backyard
Hummingbird visting our backyard
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Flower in the park
Creeping
Seeing the panopticon
Fractal fibonacci spiral
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Foosball!
Skyline reflected in an ornament in Salesforce park
Salesforce tower lost in the fog
Thanksgiving day bike ride to Hawk Hill
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Erected A.D. 1893
View of Marin from the top of Straberry Hill
San Francisco from Hawk Hill
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Green Ocean passing under the Golden Gate Bridge
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A pair of fishers
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Eye of a Western Gull
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Lost Earring, Found
Coit Tower from the Embarcadero
Eye-eye
Reflected light
Trolley Control
Morning commute on Market
Waiting and watching
Ubereats on the Embarcadero
Holiday tourists
Scooter in motion
Heavy footsteps
Slipping under Nob Hill
What is that symbol?
Dedicated to Tony Bennett
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Enjoying the empty lounge at SFO
Our plane was at gate G5 in the middle
Empty lounges are so nice in these days
The crew ponders the clues to find the first step in the adventure
Solving the car puzzles gives a riddle
We'll enter on Round Lake from ther Tuscarora Lodge
Dragonfly resting at the outfitter
Unpacking from the cars and packing the Duluth bags at the outfitter's
Scott starting to pack his personal dry bag
Rob contemplating the many puzzles to come
First order of the while still in civilization: hats
And a close second: sunscreen
Duluth bags packed; final prep before getting out on the water
Hauling all the gear to the outfitter's landing
The anticipation wedges open the first cracks in our sanity
Gooch measures up the provided canoes: will these suffice for the adventure ahead?
Ben demonstrates lifting the canoe onto his shoulder
First canoe in the water
And we're off!
A short paddle across Round Lake
And into a bit of a traffic jam...
Rob ponders the lush vegitation while waiting for his turn at the portage
A scouting sortie to see if there's a navigable route from Edith Lake to Brant Lake this way
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Chad points out that maybe this isn't the right way after all...
And back the way we came...
Chad: lord over these lands
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Almost back to Edith Lake, we settle on doing the portage
Puzzle materials were passed between canoes carefully
At last! Entry to the BWCA
A loon
Emerging into Bat Lake after a short portage from Green Lake
Scoot communes with a tiny amphibian
Back on the water of Bat Lake
Setting up camp after a long paddle across Gillis Lake
Rob hides in his tent from the sun, mosquitos and camp-buzz to work on a puzzle
Scott works on one of the jigsaw puzzles at camp
The camp site on Gillis Lake
Chad and Scott contemplate a puzzle
Sore feet are rested while pondering the meaining of the incomplete jigsaw
Fishing for dinner, and puzzle points!
One of the puzzles reveal a map of some sort
Leading finally to a particular spot in a particular tree.
That shows the frame of the next one...
Each has a missing piece...
The jigsaw puzzles seem to be taken in the BWCA
Life jackets provide the only cushioned seating
Rob and Scott consider the possibilities
If this is Little Saganaga Lake, the big version must be gigantic
Evening approaches, but the solutions are more reluctant
Tim taking Anna's picture in the light of the sunset
Tim and Anna in the fading light
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Ben evaluates the craftsmanship of the chess set made of found objects and the board made of charcoal markings
Can a game really be played this way?
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Anna and the aftermath of victory
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Scoot ponders the new puzzle: a star map, but no stars we've seen before...
Rob finds that it's not a star map, but a map of campsites!
Scott admires the trophy carabiners from the day's successes
Ben counts out the prizes on the Tuscarora Lake campsite
Close to the end now, so close to an entrance. Day-campers fill the availlable campsites. We race the oncoming darkness to find a last campsite, dividing the canoes to search separately. What could possibly go wrong?
Back in Minneapolis, we're welcomed with a delicious burrito feast!
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