These photos-of-the-week posts are already slipping by about one day per week, which is not all that promising. Anyway, this is a selection of photos from our trip to California, because I spent a while over the weekend processing those. I opted for (mostly) kid-free shots, because you’ve seen plenty of photos of the sillyheads, and because a lot of the best photos I took of them also feature other people’s kids, and I have a personal rule that I try to avoid posting those.

This dog watching us park a few houses down the block from my sister’s house was funny:

On the way up to the Palm Springs tramway, there were a lot of “Steep Climb” signs, and Kate wondered why, because our rented SUV was like driving a Barcalounger, and you couldn’t really feel the incline. This look back shows just how far we did climb.

We hiked up Mt. Rubidoux on Sunday morning, and there was a random biplane flying around. Why? Who knows. It’s California, I assume this sort of thing just happens all the time.

We also went to the California Science Center, and I’d lose my geek card if I didn’t post at least one photo of their Space Shuttle:

Finally, since the whole point of the trip was to attend my sister’s wedding, here’s a photo of the sillyheads in their wedding finery. This is the first time in years that the Pip has agreed to wear a shirt with buttons.

And that’s the past week in photos. Next week’s installment will definitely slip again, because I’m going to Las Vegas for a meeting, but it may at least provide some photogenic material…