This is post 4/30 for #Blaugust2025, and is a rundown of some photos I took on this day in previous years.

On Aug 3 2024,

…we found ourselves in London, on our first full day in the city during our England/Scotland/Wales trip. The primary stop this day was the famed British Museum. It’s an overwhelming place, of course, filled to the brim with artifacts from around the world.

We also stopped by the Bloomsbury Tavern, reportedly Britain’s oldest brewer (dating from 1698), for a quick pint.

On Aug 3 2022,

…we found ourselves in Oregon, enjoying a stop at the cavernous Rogue Brewing, followed by Yaquina Head Lighthouse and a relatively quiet Devils Punchbowl, plus a visit with some friends who had just moved to Oregon (sorry for the unexpected nipple tickle, Matt).

On Aug 3 2020,

…we spent the weekend camping at Big Lake in Arizona’s White Mountains. This was our first weekend away during the covid pandemic, and boy was it great to get away after soooo many months stuck at home.

We also made a number of short stops along the way, including to Arizona’s only covered bridge, the Town of Show Low (famously named after a card game that “won” the town for one of its players), and a yard full of metal art constructed from random parts. I was especially delighted to see this Teddy Roosevelt piece.

On Aug 3 2019,

…we spent the day brewery-hopping in Tucson at Ten55, Pueblo Vida, Thunder Canyon, Iron John’s, and Dove Mountain—all breweries that Jen hadn’t visited yet. Quite the day. I won’t show pics of all of them, instead just highlighting this favorite from the day (I felt the same way about most of the beer that day—only Pueblo Vida is worth driving down for).

On Aug 3 2018,

…we took the long bus ride into the heart of Wrangell-St Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska, a massive park that’s nearly the size of West Virginia. After a several hours-long ride, you’re deposited at a footbridge across the Kennecott River, which is an outflow of the nearby Kennecott glacier. You wander a mile over to the town of McCarthy, then take a shuttle up to the Kennecott mine area, where the NPS visitor center is, before exploring the mining town remains and seeing the glacier. On the way back, we apparently stopped at the lodge; not a bad spot to stop and grab a beer.

On Aug 3 2017

…I got a chance to tour the newly constructed football facility at Sun Devil Stadium. I’ve been a season ticket holder since 1987, so it was cool to see all the behind the scenes locations, from the locker room to workout facility to coach offices to position rooms other than training table to recovery areas, and even walk down the Tillman Tunnel onto the field (the Tillman statue had not yet been installed but I got to tour again soon after it was installed).

On Aug 3 2014,

I said bye to my dog, Sipapu before enjoying a sunset hike in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. I think he was bummed I didn’t take him.