First Responders Night

SW Bible Church

We come to this event because we have a burning traffic question that we need a clarification from the law enforcement officer on the road. For many years, we just speculate on this question.

Can we make a right turn if we come to an intersection and there is a RED RIGHT ARROW? The answer is YOU CAN only after you make a COMPLETE STOP.

First, we asked this question to the Radar Officer but he is not 100 percent sure, so he sent us to the motorcycle officer. Now we are happy to get the right answer.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/first.html

BCI - Annual BBQ

Annual BBQ Event

Here's the annual gathering for the Beaverton Culinary Institute (now International) but not official yet. It is held at Tony and Kelly's mansion in Beaverton.

Enjoy.....

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/bci/bbq17.html

Beaverton Night Market

Beaverton Night Market

I wanted to experiment with the night sky and night photography but still handheld. My verdict is the sensor is so sensitive, and more like dusk rather than night, I used a very high ISO to capture the images and I went to the third floor parking garage.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/night.html

McMinnville Creamery - Grand Opening

Organic Farm, McMinnville, Oregon

On a cloudy Saturday morning, we drove west to see the Grand Opening of Organic Valley Creamery. We also visited the one of the organic farms that make the co-op of this creamery. As you can tell in the website I took many of the cows in the pasture.

Enjoy the site..

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/creamery.html

Learning Japanese

At an Organic Farm in McMinnville
(Meet Yuka and Risa)

Learning Japanese is easier when practiced with the native tongue. These are the exchange students who learn English for a week or so and at the same time learning the American culture.

Meet Yuka and Risa from Tokyo

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/kurimu.html

Food Trucks

Food Trucks line up

On a lazy Sunday afternoon, we drove a short distance to SW Bible Church (we could have walk) to see the event of Food Trucks. We ended up eating GYRO and it is VEGAN but lack of flavoring we are looking for. O well, we stayed till about 5:45 PM that day.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/foodtrucks.html

Kyoto - Detail Section

Hozu-gawa

In the past 2 weeks I re-live the Kyoto vacation once again, I browsed all 1,900 images and start making website for each section. I carefully pick images that will remind me again and again and as a guide for those who seek to go to Japan someday.

Some people are wondering why we chose to stay in Kyoto for that long? The answer should be in the website itself, even we stayed two weeks, we are still discovering things that we have to see and always surprise us. Kyoto has a lot of history, even Japanese will go to this city for a vacation and shots of history.

Please take time to browse each section and I hope you “go” to Kyoto, Japan with me.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/kyoto/main.html