Photos by Scott Eiler
It has become apparent that, despite the existence of lots of pithy commentary, visitors to Eilertech.com just want to see the photos, nicely captioned one apiece. So let's finally give the people what they want.
Each photo here is the best (or two best) of one directory. Perhaps one day there will be travelogs for each one. But let's start small at first. For now, clicking on each title will just get you a list of related photos. Some lists have displays with captions. A click on each photo there, will get to a bigger photo.
Most recent stuff first.
2018
2018 may be the start of the Second Continental Offensive of the Domination of Eiler. The Domination has taken some preliminary steps - and finally claimed Hawaii.
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Honolulu is hot even in February. But Hawaii is an important part of the whole world. |
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Marysville is about the most Midwestern American town in western Washington State. And then there's the neighboring town and casino of Tulalip. |
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Finally I got to see the eastern part of Washington, more or less the right way. |
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More obscure points north of Seattle. Mostly, the best cuisine is breweries with food trucks. But one point is really popular, despite the rust. |
2014 - 2017
After the Great Western Offensive of 2013, life was quiet. Just one trip or so each year, then normal life. Except maybe that one trip to Chicago.
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Seattle is full of neighborhoods which count as medium-sized towns. This one does scenic cruises and seaplanes. |
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Mass costuming, plus an appearance of the Powernaut. |
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Vancouver has an interesting walkable urban district. It just sucks to drive there. |
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The middle of Washington State needs its own publicity. |
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Quirky neighborhood. |
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Practically downtown Seattle. |
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Scott and his brother and sister, in a trip to downtown Chicago. Plus an art museum. |
2013
The year of the Great Western Offensive, plus separate trips in Washington.
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Landscapes and small-town history. |
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State capitol and aviation stuff. |
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Off-season at the Grand Canyon. |
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The less-populated parts of California, including Lake Tahoe and the Sagebrush Rebellion country. |
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That failed rebel from California? His picture hangs in the Nevada Statehouse! Nevada likes bad boys. |
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Across the state, from statehouse to trailhead. And later back to coastline. |
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Utah has both nature fun and city fun. |
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Coastal Washington has pleasant towns to face the oncoming winter in. |
2012
Numerous small trips within Washington, and a big trip to California.
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The neighborhood of the historic Sutter's Fort in Sacremento is well-representive of California. |
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Bellingham has an interesting parade every year. |
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Fall City is named after Snoqualmie Falls. |
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Mukilteo is best known for its waterfront. Well, its ferry anyway. |
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Various people in various costumes. What if Scott's birthmark were symmetrical? |
Vacations: 2011
Washington, British Columbia, and finally Alaska.
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The harbor view in Ketchikan, Alaska in November. With commentary. |
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A road trip makes it across the border. With commentary. |
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Weekend trips and a road trip over the mountains. With commentaries. |
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Orca-Dominance out of Anacortes, Washington. With commentary. |
Life: 2010 - 2011
Bothell, Washington
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The first Eilertech Halloween Party in Washington. |
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Fourth of July Parade in Bothell. With commentary. |
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In concert at a winery, 19 June 2011. How civilized. With commentary. |
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People really do like phones at the phone company. |
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The last Eilertech Halloween Party in Illinois. |
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Washington weather and industry. |
Perpetual Road Trip: 2010
Coast to Coast!
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Yakima loves apples. Going back to Washington, this time to stay. |
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Scenic Basquetown in Boise. Then Pocatello and the Great Basin. With commentary. |
August 2010: Oregon |
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Astoria, the Most Wicked Place on Earth. Then Portland and the Oregon Trail in reverse. With commentary. |
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Nice shoreline. Not far to desert if you'd rather have that. With commentary. |
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Victoria likes Elizabeth, among other things. With commentary. |
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Forests, mines and canyons at Wallace. With commentary. |
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Montana's the kind of place where you might find either Boot Hill or Applebees. Or both. With commentary. |
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North Dakota is proud of how bad its land is. With commentary. |
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Minnesota remembers Vikings. And grain blight. And twine. With commentary. |
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Chippewa Falls likes the beer industry. With commentary. |
June 2010: Ohio |
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Cambridge really likes the glass industry. With commentary. |
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Harrisburg remembers the oil industry, among other things. With commentary. |
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Danbury is proud of a mineral named after it. With commentary. |
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The Lakes District. With commentary. |
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Rochester and the Finger Lakes on Memorial Day. Proud to be the home of Memorial Day, but they proudly just stuff the flag that day. With commentary. |
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Southern Ontario. Great fun, even if they try to scare people away from downtown. With commentary. |
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The Thumb of Michigan. Flint, Frankenmuth, Port Austin, and especially Grindstone City. With commentary. |
May 2010: Illinois, Wisconsin |
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Life in hotels. You can find some interesting stuff sometimes. With commentary. |
Life and Road Trips: 2010
From Illinois to the Caribbean
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Southern road trip continued. With commentary. |
March 2010: Illinois, South Carolina |
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Life around metro Chicago, and a Southern road trip. With commentary. |
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Life around metro Chicago and Milwaukee. |
New Year 2010: Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, Dominican Republic With commentary. |
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A three-week road trip at the height of winter. |
Life and Vacations: 2009
Nashville, Tennessee and Palatine, Illinois
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A not-so-cheap place for vacation. But nice view. |
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A cheap place for vacation. |
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Tennessee culture. In Nashville, you can see Athena in a Parthenon and bluesmen in church. |
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Land markers in Cherokee country. |
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Team hiking to the LeConte Lodge. |
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The Sunsphere from the Knoxville World's Fair in 1982, plus tacky tourist stuff. |
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Tupelo, Mississippi was home to Elvis Presley and quite a bit of Civil War fighting. |
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President Benjamin Harrison's historic house. |
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The FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. |
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From Lansing to Nashville, 2009. Job-related relocation. |
Holidays: 2002 - 2009
With some commentary. |
| The Flash made it to the party this year, but somewhat the worse for wear. |
With some commentary. |
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There was a party, but the Golden Age Flash missed it. He did hang out with Baptists, though. |
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There was a party, but the Ghost Rider still went out afterward to make friends. |
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The Incredible Bat-Lincoln! |
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AT&T Farewell Parties, May 2006. After some corporate mergers, there was a bit of exodus. |
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World Domination Santa, plus the You Can Be Santa Party. |
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Two costumes: World Domination (of Eiler) and The Powernaut. |
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The Scary Santa Party. |
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Doctor Frankenmolar with his ferocious head gear, and friends. |
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Two costumes: Thunder Bunny and The Colon in the Hat. |
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Two costumes: Gumby and the Mad Scotsman. |
From here, photos are in forward chronological order within sections.
Life and Vacations: 2007 - 2008
Lansing, Michigan
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Lansing is a city for working - but pleasant to live in too. |
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Vacation to Port Huron-Michigan and Sarnia-Ontario. |
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Thanksgiving vacation to Grand Rapids. |
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February beach vacation in Michigan. |
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Vacation to Auburn, Fort Wayne and Warsaw. Lots of automotive museums. |
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Vacation in Michigan - by bicycle. There was some tourism, and the riding was easy. |
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My second lap around Lake Michigan, this time along the Lake Superior shoreline. Very scenic. |
Vacations: 2003 - 2006
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George Rogers Clark came through Indiana once, but a giant peach makes a better monument. |
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I stayed in a well-placed hotel room near St. Louis. |
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Hannibal-Missouri was home to Mark Twain. They still venerate Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. |
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Brazil is the home of Giant Concrete Jesus - plus much charity. I went there with the Christian Children's Fund. |
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The Pointy Room from the House on the Rock, home of bizarre architecture. |
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Arsenal Island is the heart of the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. And they still make big guns. |
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Mackinaw City, Michigan has a historic fort plus a big bridge across the Great Lakes. |
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Southern Wisconsin has at least one place where Abe Lincoln slept. |
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Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is home of a bird and pony show. |
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Milwaukee, home of breweries. |
Vacations: 2000 - 2002
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Canada had snow on the southward-facing beaches of its finest beach district in May. |
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Patriotic North American Non-Airline Vacation of September 2001. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ontario, and Vermont. |
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Sacred resting place of Robert E. Lee in Lexington-Virginia - plus a Beanie Baby from the in-building gift shop. |
Home: Douglas and Hudson, Massachusetts, 2000 - 2002
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Hudson, Massachusetts. Home of Cap Gemini Ernst and Young Massachusetts - and more than one bait shop. |
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Mini-Me! More than one Scott at work. |
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Cheap hair from the Discount Hair Club for Men! I said it was my Halloween costume. |
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Bah, Humbug! A fully belief-inclusive Xmas display. Don't ask about "Oh Oh Oh" in the windows. |
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Ice cream and Memorial Day parades! Douglas, Massachusetts has stuff to attract the old-fashioned vacationer. |
Vacations: 1985 - 1999
Rutland, Vermont 1985 Cultural archaeology. |
The moose that loved a cow. Aside from the Halloween Parade, the biggest show in town. |
I joined the parade as Rorschach... |
... and I wasn't the only one. |
Niagara (and Indiana) 1986 Timeless. |
Niagara Falls. |
On the boat at the Falls. |
Race fans at the Indy 500, later that trip. |
Berlin 1990 Historical. |
The Berlin Wall comes down at Checkpoint Charlie. |
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd put up his own wall. Note how the walls cross, and which one predominates. |
When he left town, the flea markets took over. |
Paris 1991 Timeless. (Aside from my hairline.) |
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Wide tower. |
I got to present a paper at a meteorology conference. |
Labrador 1997 |
The big hydro power dam Manicouagan #5 in northern Quebec. |
The Trans-Labrador Highway at the landward entrance to Labrador. |
 | The safety record of Labrador's big industry. | |
Northern Ontario (and Ohio) 1998 |
 | On the way to the Arctic Ocean. | |
A sign "Thunder Bay 733 KM" says much about northern Ontario. |
 | Put-in Bay, Ohio. | |
Nunavut 1999 With commentary! |
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Ice in the harbor; dogs in the fields. The dogs eat children sometimes. Really! |
I didn't get to hear the trumpet from the angel's hand. The other script on the sign is Inuktitut, not Enochian. |
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 | Kangerlussuaq, the middle of the world. | |
Home of the Midnight Sun. |
Still the home of the icecap - at least in 1999. Note the cars in the foreground. |
