Ha! Just landed and found Vegas limo drivers are putting the iPad to good use.

Our pilot is a newspaper reader. Always a good sign of intelligence (one demerit for reading USA Today).

Daybreak on Commencement Bay.

Oh-so-convenient light rail trains are steps from my hotel room in Portland.

My home for the night, with a view of 10,400-foot South Sister.

The fire-damaged house on North Drive owned by former mayor Ed Garza has been slapped with code violations.

Riding the Government Canyon backcountry.

The giant can of Pearl at the Pearl is getting a new skin. <Like>

Coming to you live from the center lane of a deserted 281.

Icicles hang from my Subaru's muscles.

281 at Oak Shadows: Empty. (Guessing it's been shut down.)

Huge backup at Alamo and Casa Blanca as traffic is diverted off I-35.

Not a car to be found on 281 South downtown.

Lineup of the stranded at 281 North and I-35.