Some recent pics from California

Pics so far are:

Baby Ethan has arrived !!! : Baby Ethan was born on the 19th of September at 2.48am. A lot of baby pictures taken and here are some of them!

May 2006 O'Gorman Family trip : Michelle's Family came to visit. Did the whole California thing by visiting Yosemite, San fran and Los Angeles.... even managed to get some gambling time in vegas.

May 2006 M&E trip : My folks came to visit to check up on me, Michelle and the bump. Went to yosemite where we encountered some freakish weather...actually hailstoned. Next day blazing sunshine...weird. Went to San Fran and saw Alcatraz. Also went to the Calveras National park which has the giant sequoia's. To you and me, some very big trees....

Mar/2006 Monterey Bay : We visited Monterrey Bay where the famous Monterrey Aquarium is as well as being close to Pebble Beach where the USA PGA Open has been held. Checked out the 1st and 18th holes. sweet.

Feb/2006 Sutter Gold Mine : Since Sutter is where the california gold rush started we went to a Gold mine in Sutter.... good fun and they even showed us how to do some paning!

Feb/2006 Monster & Nemo : Some of the things we first did when we got to california. Nemo with Disney on Ice and a very american monster truck show...

21/Sep/2005 Dresden : Went to Germany when we had a few days off.... great city for the architecture... contrasting with buildings left over from russian ownership and the war.

1/Jan/2005 Darren and Michelle's Wedding (by Nash) : The big Day....John took some great photos...have a look and see do you see yourself.

1/Jan/2005 Darren and Michelle's Wedding (by Harrold) : The big Day again ... Dermot took these and you'll definitely recognize a few faces in these....

3/Jan/2005 Disney World : Disney World was great fun...all the better cause I had a big kid with me.

5/Jan/2005 Cape Canaveral : Went to Kennedy Space centre. Saw the launch towers but best bit was probably talking to a real astronaut.

6/Jan/2005 Universal Studios : Went to universal studios. Got partake in some fake movie scenes and the Tower of Terror scared the life out of me.

4/Jan/2005 SeaWorld : All I'm going to say is "Shamu".

7/Jan/2005 Mariner of the Seas : What can I say. This ship was fantastic...climbing wall, Ice rink, theatre, cinema, shopping mall....it had everything.

7/Jan/2005 Cruise Trips : From Scuba diving over wrecked ships to swimming with Dolphins. Once in a lifetime trips.....

14/Jan/2005 New York - 2005 : Spent a few days in New York. From the Caribbean heat to sub freezing temperatures. Went to "Chicago" the musical and of course some shopping...

20/Dec/2003 Paris : Got engaged in Paris.... and did some sightseeing...

25/Dec/2002 Xmas 2002 : Merry Xmas everyone. Here is me and Michelle and some friends celebrating Xmas day in the US. Michelle cooked a turkey, I ate it. We had presents and even a game of monopoly ( Michelle won...are you proud Ger!) anyway, look at the pics.

12/sep/2002 Parents Vacation : Brought the parents out seeing the sights! There should be a caption competition for the first pic!

5/sep/2002 Yosemite : Some amazing views here...don't now if the pictures do them justice. Went walkabout, looked at a few waterfalls, went on a tour of the valley. Also saw a lot of animals as well as a black bear and a mountain tiger.

3/sep/2002 Alcatraz : Alcatraz...very good tour... alot smaller than you thought...only ever held around 150 prisoners at its max. they had a good few escape attempts too.....13 or so with 3 still unaccounted for.

2/sep/2002 San francisco : did the San Francisco thing...Pier 39, Alcatraz, Golden Gate bridge, some Ghirardelli Chocolate, Lombard street ...

1/sep/2002 The Redwoods : Some big trees !!! We drove thru one too! tight squeeze though with the Impala.

1/sep/2002 Safari : Went to a walk thru safari....good fun feeding all the animals....bit scary at times when you ran out of food and they chased you all over the park thinking you still had some!!!

24/aug/2002 Kevin & Nicole's Wedding : Went to a wedding in a forest....turned into a big camping trip. Good fun and we got some wedding cake!

7/aug/2002 Timbers + day out? : We went to Portland Timbers game on Tuesday. Its true that Americans can't play soccer. pretty dire game. Timbers won 6-1. On Wednesday, took the day off and went to the beach. Drove by the biggest tree in Oregon so stopped for that too!

7/aug/2002 Jordan F1 Wheel : Michelle bought me a rear formula 1 wheel. pretty cool. She wanted to clean it but I vetoed that decision, all F1 dirt stays on the wheel!!!

7/aug/2002 Eminem Concert : Went to Eminen concert with Michelle/J and Maria. was good fun but my head was thumping with the music for hours afterwards. pictures are a little fuzzy due to the dry ice fog.

2/aug/2002 Yakima : went camping in Yakima. went for 2 nights. did some wine tasting and some cycling. went to a real hicksville pub aas well. hicksville yet they were doing Karoke...strange!

21/July/2002 Portland Rose Garden : Went cycling with the Michelle. stopped off at the Rose Garden....saw some squirrels..

20/July/2002 Devils Lake : Went Camping... great fun. Also hiking at Drift Creek.

13/July/2002 Bridal Veil falls : Went hiking with the Michelle. only 6 pics but good ones.

12/July/2002 Mickey Mouse : Bought a big Mickey mouse for Michelle. I thought it was funny anyway

22/June/2002 La Torelle Falls : Went hiking with the lads (Ed + J). Not many pictures recently but these are OK. Some great places to see waterfalls here. walked 4 miles into a wood to see the second one. Cool as you can walk down to the bottom of the waterfall.

26/Mar/2002 Vegas : This is my Vegas page. Changed format of showing pictures since someone complained they took too long to download. I'm still talking about you Steve!

16/Feb/2002 Meadows : Went skiing at Meadows with the lads (Ed + J). This is the hardest ski resort here. Went down a few blacks and everything. Broke a ski which I'm quite proud of! J had the camera so there is even some action shots below!!!

03/Feb/2002 Auto_show : Went to the Auto show with J, Phil, Jean and their kids. some nice cars!.

19/Jan/2002 New Shelves : Needed some shelves....bought some shelves....built some shelves!.

17/Jan/2002 Blazers :Went to the Rose Garden to see the Portland Trailblazers play. Excellent, went to overtime but they lost to the Miami heat. We were in the 'nosebleed' seats. Way up so pictures ain't great but have a look .

13/jan/2002 Skiing - Ski Bowl : Day skiing with Michelle at Ski Bowl. Had a great time. Michelle's first time skiing so we had good time learning to ski........ didn't even fall down that much! Scenery was amazing.....you can see Mt Hood in the background.   

1/Jan/2002 Del's at New Year Came home from America for Christmas.....went to Del's for a legend party...it had everything and some...check out the pics. .

24/Nov/2001 Skiing - Timberline : Day skiing with Ed and Kevin.  Kevin can ski but Ed was as bad as me.  Actually, no he wasn't I was really bad.  Some great tumbles in the snow.  I had some snow where I don't think there should be......  

25/Oct/2001 Portland Zoo : Me and Michelle went to the portland Zoo.  It was a good day out.  Not all the pics came out unfortunately but there is a few good ones.

24/Oct/2001 Seatle : Me and michelle went to Seattle.  Did the touristy things.  The spaceneedle, science museum and then a nice walk on the pier.

21/Oct/2001 Ice Hockey : Went to watch the Portland Winterhawks play.  Went to overtime but the game ended  3-3.  It was a good game.  Michelle got to go out on the ice and shoot some baby pumpkins into the net.  She won us a free dinner!

23/Oct/2001 Waterfalls : Went to see some 562 ft falls.  Some amazing scenery and sights of the waterfalls.  We got wet that day I tell you.

1/Nov/2001 Pool : Bought a pool table.  It was $250 and we think it could be worth up to a $1000.  Some girl wanted to get rid of it as it was her ex-boyfriends.  I think we got it cheap.

2/Oct/2001 Apartment : Some standard pics of the house.  I changed the furniture since these though.