2021 Summer Adventures

Heading out to wander. Read more

Follow Insights Calendar Share

Footprints
Photos

2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 34
Thursday, July 8, 2021
⛅ 63 °F
Altitude: 440 ft
United States Lewis and Clark State Park 46.521891, -122.81448146°31’19” N 122°48’52” W
Lewis and Clark State Park, WA
July 8, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
A short trip to see some sites and do some hiking. Went to Mount St Helens. I have been before but Jan hadn't. Unfortunately the visitor center was closed so I had to be the tour guide. It was actually fun trying to remember some of the facts and stories and I was quite proud of myself for being able to recall some of the details. i.e. How the explosion was silent because all the smoke and debris in the air muffled the sound.Read more
1 like
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 35
Friday, July 9, 2021
☀️ 50 °F
Altitude: 14,373 ft
United States Mount Rainier 46.852308, -121.76032346°51’8” N 121°45’37” W
Mount Rainer, WA
July 9, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
Lilly met us at Rainer. Jan and I planned on 2 short hikes but Lilly had other plans for us. We did a long, strenuous 5 hour hike. There were times I thought about turning back but I forced myself to keep going. Jan and I only had light snacks with us but we managed to make it through. The views were wonderful. There was still snow in places. and at the end of the day we were glad we did it. There is no way either of would have made it just a month ago!!!!!Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 36
Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 11:59 PM
🌙 63 °F
Altitude: 30 ft
United States Museum of Glass 47.245501, -122.43401947°14’44” N 122°26’2” W
Museum of Glass, Tacoma
July 10, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
On the way back to Seattle, Stopped in Tacoma at the Museum of Glass. My favorite pieces are always the ones the kids design and draw and then the glass artists create in glass. They are the most fun and creative.

Manage to make it to Seattle right after Odin's bedtime. Slept on the couch so he could come see me in the morning.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 37
Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 11:59 PM
🌙 61 °F
Altitude: 20 ft
United States Hiram M Chittenden Locks 47.665504, -122.39718447°39’56” N 122°23’50” W
Ballard Locks and Bongos
July 11, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
Busy day in Seattle. We hiked in the Washington Park Arboretum UW Botanic Gardens and the Japanese garden nearby. Then headed over to the Ballard Chittenden Locks. (https://www.ballardlocks.org/) Lilly met us at the Locks. I didn't realize how interested they would be in seeing how the Locks worked. I guess since I'd seen them before I already knew. We spent at least an hour or two watching boats go each way through the Locks. The funniest moment was when Jan said "It will fill up really fast" thinking that they would just open the gates and let a tsunami of water flood into the Lock. I couldn't help but laugh as the image kept erupting in my mind.

Then we walked around the gardens too. The salmon ladder was closed as they are upgrading.

That night Jan and I went out to eat at Bongos, a Caribbean restaurant Heather and Josh recommended. (http://www.bongosseattle.com/) . The food was excellent and we had a great time sitting at the group table and chatting with some interesting people. That's the one thing I love about traveling with her, is that she seems to meet people so easily.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 38
Monday, July 12, 2021 at 11:59 PM
🌙 63 °F
Altitude: 43 ft
United States South Waterfront City Park 45.505106, -122.67502645°30’18” N 122°40’30” W
On to Portland, OR
July 12, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
It turned out that Barry was coming to Seattle for a week and of course I did not want to be there. So Jan and I came up with a plan. She was going to Portland to visit with some friends on her way back to TX, so we got me invited to tag along. Kassy lives with her boyfriend in a big house on several acres of land. Jay and I were able to sleep in the van and partake of all the other activities. They have 2 dogs and Jay fit right in. She even got to take a ride in a golf cart and promptly threw up her dinner afterwards.

It was colder than in Seattle and I actually got to wear some of the clothes I brought with me: long pants, jeans, long sleeve shirts and even my winter coat one night!Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 40
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 3:30 PM
☀️ 95 °F
Altitude: 600 ft
United States Stonehenge Memorial 45.69592, -120.8057645°41’45” N 120°48’21” W
Stonehenge, WA
July 14, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F
We drove along the Colombia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The parking lots at all the trailheads were pretty much full. We did manage a short hike but mostly spent our time driving. The north side of the river is in Washington while the south side, where we were mostly driving is in Oregon.

Then finally found a destination goal: Stonehenge in Maryhill, WA

It is supposedly built to scale and is what the original Stonhenge in England would look like if it was intact. It was built as a memorial to WW I by a man who heard that the original was used to sacrifice people to the gods and he felt that "in war we continue to sacrifice our fellow humans".
It was interesting to see it but it was much smaller than I expected. I have no desire to see the original anymore even though friends claim it is full of mystery etc. I have also heard it is very touristy and crowded while this one was almost empty and had awesome views of the river below.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 42
Friday, July 16, 2021
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 46 ft
United States Neilson Slough 45.484581, -123.84272945°29’4” N 123°50’34” W
Tillamook Creamery
July 16, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Took a drive to see what we could see in Oregon. Went to the Tillamook Creamery a supposedly 'must see stop'. (https://www.tillamook.com/) Saw how they make huge batches of cheese, had a crappy fast food type lunch. I do like their yogurt but this is just a run of the mill tourist attraction. HoHumRead more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 43
Saturday, July 17, 2021
⛅ 59 °F
Altitude: 26 ft
United States Depoe Bay Harbor 44.809068, -124.05930144°48’33” N 124°3’33” W
Dockside Whale Watching, Depoe Bay
July 17, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Kassy took us Whale Watching. We did get to see a couple of whales although none of them breached for us. It was still a fun outing and the boat ride wasn't too rough. I barely got motion sick.
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 44
Sunday, July 18, 2021
☀️ 72 °F
Altitude: 138 ft
United States Seattle Central Library 47.60621, -122.3320747°36’22” N 122°19’55” W
Seattle Again
July 18, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Seattle is beginning to feel like home! Yoshi was happy to see me and Jay. Since I will be hear for a while I might end up 'finishing' this trip and starting a new one in the app. But until I have this all updated and all my pictures added, etc; I will leave it "Active"Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 71
Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 3:34 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 36 ft
United States North Beach 48.39814, -122.659548°23’53” N 122°39’34” W
Deception Pass WA State Park
August 14, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Camping this weekend at Deception Pass SP. the NW is supposed to be having a.heat wave. HaHa. It is barely 70 degrees. I have on long pants, 3 layers of shirts but Odin has been in the lake all day.
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 72
Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 1:45 PM
⛅ 64 °F
Altitude: 256 ft
United States Mineral Spring 48.22106, -122.6527648°13’16” N 122°39’10” W
Price Sculpture Park
August 15, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
I happened to see a post on one of my Facebook groups where someone asked about camping around Deception Pass. One of the replies mentioned this sculpture park and posted a picture. Couldn't get Josh & Heather to join me but I decided to stop there on my way back to Seattle. So glad I did.

It is a lovely little walk though a wooded forest with interesting sculpture that fit right in with the setting. And you can listen to the artists talking about their works on your phone.
https://sculptureforest.org/

The nearby town was having an arts & crofts festival and of course I had to stop and brouse.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 74
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
⛅ 63 °F
Altitude: Sea level
United States Pier 59 47.6074, -122.3429647°36’27” N 122°20’35” W
Special Day with Odin
August 17, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Odin had his first half day at Kindergarten. Afterwards I took him on an outing for the rest of the day. We went to the Seattle Aquarium which he enjoyed. It is a pretty small aquarium but there was enough to see to keep us entertained for a couple of hours. Then we walked to the nearby pier.

He was a.little afraid to ride a horse on the carousel but I convinced him to give it a try and he rode the.horse the whole time with one arm around my shoulder.

We also went on the ferris wheel. He was very proud of having over come his fears so easily. I spent a lot more money than I planned but we had a wonderful dayRead more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 76
Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 7:00 PM
⛅ 63 °F
Altitude: 3,789 ft
United States Cut Bank 48.63304, -112.3261648°37’59” N 112°19’34” W
Cut Bank & Glacier
August 19, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Arrived in Cut Bank to meet up with Arlie. Jay and I camped out in the parking lot of her motel. It was a long driving day but happy to be on the road. Last night we stayed in a sad rest stop in Idaho. The rest rooms were closed for renovations so I was glad I had my potty.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 77
Friday, August 20, 2021
⛅ 50 °F
Altitude: 5,561 ft
United States Crystal Point 48.75992, -113.7861648°45’36” N 113°47’10” W
1
Sun Tour of East Glacier
August 20, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
We put some of my stuff in Arlie's room & car so we could take one car today. I had made reservations for a half day tour with Sun Tours. The weather was not very cooperative but it was still a good tour. Our guide & driver was a young native American from the Blackfeet tribe. He was very informative and did an excellent job.

The sun started to come out towards the end of the tour and we had a nice walk to Sun Point.

After lunch we attempted to go to Many Glacier but the road was under construction and it seemed like we would never get there so we went back to going to the sun road and drove all the way to Apgar Village and then around the southern edge of the park & back to Cut Bank.Read more
Traveler This was a great hike. Wish we had had more time with it.
8/23/21Reply
1 like
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 78
Saturday, August 21, 2021
🌧 55 °F
Altitude: 3,087 ft
United States Flathead Lake State Park - West Shore Unit 47.95058, -114.1868247°57’2” N 114°11’13” W
Flathead Lake
August 21, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
Arlie's first night camping in her car!

It was quite a day. After leaving Cut Bank, We drove south and eventually stopped at the Isaak Walton Inn so Arlie could see the train cars converted to 'hotel rooms'. It was rainy which made us both kinda sleepy. I think my memory was playing tricks on me: 1. I remember the Inn being much larger. 2. I don't remember the caboose being on a dirt road so far from the Inn.

Then we drove on to Flathead Lake. We hadn't made any camping reservation since I couldn't find much. Eventually we found a little visitor center in a little town and found out about a state campground up the road. We drove there to see if we could find a site. It was already after 4pm. The only site available was the handicapped site. The woman in the site next to it said if no one with a handicapped license plate showed up by 6pm, we could legally take it. Arlie parked in the site and we went for a hike and came back about 6, and it was ours.

We were awfully hungry by then and drove back to town for dinner. There was a long wait at both of the restaurants that looked good so we ended up at the grocery store, picked up a few things, and went back to the campsite to cook an easy simple dinner in the rain. Not the best 1st day of camping. And to top it all off, Arlie fell getting out of my van.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 79
Sunday, August 22, 2021
☀️ 59 °F
Altitude: 5,420 ft
United States Gimlet Gulch 46.00874, -112.6121246°0’31” N 112°36’44” W
Butte, MT
August 22, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Still raining when we woke up this morning, made us tea & oatmeal in the van. Planning in the rain is challenging. And planning while wildfires are raging all over the northwest makes it extra hard.

We decided to head to Butte today. Arlie is really wanting to go to Craters of the Moon in Idaho & I want to see the Badlands,

On the way to Butte, we visited the National Bison Range. We did get to see a whole herd of bison on the move. And one large elk with massive antlers.Read more
TravelerI made it to Craters of the Moon. I find the volcanic rocks fascinating. Planning to hike more tomorrow.
8/24/21Reply
3 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 80
Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:00 PM
🌙 70 °F
Altitude: 3,323 ft
United States Alkali Siphon 45.81505, -108.4972445°48’54” N 108°29’50” W
Billings Montana
August 23, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
Arlie headed to Craters of the Moon today and I headed east to Billings. Arrived in Billings about 4pm to very ' smoky skys. Kathy has been a lovely host. We went out for a lovely dinner with one of her friends and chatted for a long time, and tonight I get to sleep in a real bed. It's hard to remember when I last did that....maybe in Colorado at Cindy's.Read more
3 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 82
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
☀️ 68 °F
Altitude: 5,404 ft
United States Dry Gulch 44.33865, -103.9633244°20’19” N 103°57’48” W
Devils Tower & Black Hills
August 25, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Devils Tower was pretty impressive. Jay got to play service dog so she could hike around the tower with me. I was glad we went early. The parking lot was full when we were done hiking.

I finally bought a NP Passport book. Should have done it when I first started visiting all the parks. Also picked up a Bark Ranger medallion for Jay. It was kind of an expensive souvenir day. I don't know if I will continue to collect the patches from all the parks. Stickers & tokens would be cheaper, take up less room. Will I really do something with the patches eventually????

I also stopped at the West Texas Trail Museum. Had to see a Texas museum in WY. Turns out the Texas Cattle Drives went through here on their way to Canada 🇨🇦. The museum was free and contained lots of old memorabilia from back then.

Crossed into SD and stopped at a visitor center/rest stop. Lovely reststop but SD does not allow overnight parking. The sign said overnight parking was illegal on the interstate which is BS as it is not illegal in most states. WTF SD & WY!!! Anyway the women at the visitor center was helpful. BUT none of the brochures or information mentions or shows the USFS camping available. I guess they was tourists to spend more $$$$.

I found a lovely site in the ......campground at about 5pm. Which allowed me to spend a little time trying to organize some stuff. If I really stick with Van Life, I think I will have to get a bigger rig. In the middle of trying to organize I suddenly became so so tired.. but after laying down , Jay started growling and seemed worried. And then I couldn't sleep. So ....here I am doing my Journaling.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 83
Thursday, August 26, 2021
⛅ 73 °F
Altitude: 4,898 ft
United States Elizabethtown (historical)44.39838, -103.7141244°23’54” N 103°42’51” W
Tatanka: Story of the Bison
August 26, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Great campsite last night on USFS land.
Short hike to the waterfalls this morning. Then I went to Tatanka:
https://www.storyofthebison.com/
Really enjoyed it. A young native American man, who reminded me so much of David, gave a really interesting talk all about the Lakota and their culture, history and relationship with the Bison. He mentioned that there are now apps for learning many Native languages. And he also mentioned the St. Joseph's School and how it has changed & evolved and is now very important in the education of many of his people.

There was also a movie that explained how the center came to be. Kevin Costner originally planned to build a hotel but that fell through. Eventually he built the center. He donates all the profits to the Lakota people.

There was going to be an event tonight at the center that would feature stories and music. Unfortunately it started raining and I decided to forgo the event.

I did go to a dinosaur park in Rapid City before driving back to the center. But as I got back to the center the rain started up. The thunderstorm got worse & worse, and I decided it was a good night to get a hotel room. So drove back to Rapid City for the night.

Tomorrow I plan to go to Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse memorial & the Badlands. Should be a busy day.Read more
1 like
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 84
Friday, August 27, 2021
☀️ 73 °F
Altitude: 2,602 ft
United States Tyree Basin 43.85538, -102.3396943°51’19” N 102°20’23” W
Lots to See in South Dakota
August 27, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
What a busy day!

Headed to the Badlands in the morning. On the way, there were billboards evey mile or so for Wall Drugs. It was a Must See Attraction in the little town of Wall. It was actually mote of a mall that had grown out of a drugstore. It was about a city block long. They did have a camping goods store and I bought a flyswatter (cause there is constantly at least 1 fly annoying me while driving or relaxing in Vanette), a small purple backpack and a small salt & pepper shaker.

Then onto the Badlands. Jay wore her service dog vest and we did a couple of short walks. BUT as we were walking, I suddenly saw a huge long horn sheep sitting just ahead of us. It was so still I thought it was a statue...but then it saw Jay and stood up. IT DID NOT LOOK FRIENDLY! We slowly backed away. The rest of the tour was a driving tour!

Next we went to Mount Rushmore. It was interesting and we got a little exercise without wild animal threats. I was not all that impressed. It was smaller than I expected and not all that detailed. Could barely tell who was who.

So...headed south with no plan or idea where I would spend the night. I stopped at a FS Campground, they had 1 spot left.....but $30 for a site without any water & only a pit toilet, surrounded by RVs just didn't seem worth it. So I drove on.

It was already after 6 when I got to the Crazy Horse Memorial. They were still open and who knows when I might be back. I'm so gladi stopped. It is much larger than Rushmore and the detail is so much better. It may take another 50 to 100 years to finish it but the story is intriguing and the movie, visitor center are wonderful. The have a restaurant but it closes at 6:30 so I can't say if it is any good. I stayed for the veteran's memorial service and then the laser light show. The show wasn't all that good but the music was lovely.

I hit the road at 9pm and found a truckstop to sleep at.

Quite a dayRead more
TravelerFunny. So many of the students and teachers from Japan had to make it to Mount Rush more and were shocked we had never been. I would have picked Crazy Horse too!
10/15/21Reply
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 85
Saturday, August 28, 2021
☀️ 79 °F
Altitude: 4,856 ft
United States Roy 40.14734, -104.5704240°8’50” N 104°34’14” W
Full Day of Driving
August 28, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Not much to see between the Black Hills of SD and Montrose CO. It was a long day of driving and until I started passing through the Rockies it wasn't very awe inspiring. Drove until late and stopped at a gas station about 10pm. Meeting Arlie in Montrose early in the morning tomorrowRead more
1 like
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 86
Sunday, August 29, 2021
☀️ 79 °F
Altitude: 5,614 ft
United States Serpent Point 38.57539, -107.741638°34’31” N 107°44’30” W
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
August 29, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
After meeting up with Arlie, enjoying a nice shower at her hotel and sharing breakfast, we headed to Black Canyon of the Gunnison. We managed to do a 2 mile even though the elevation was over 8000 ft. And it was pretty warm out. It felt way longer than 2 miles and we really had to pace ourselves. But we did it!!!

Than I did the scenic drive with Jay and Arlie headed to Durango.Read more
2 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 87
Monday, August 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM
☀️ 63 °F
Altitude: 9,298 ft
United States Cement Creek 37.80886, -107.6598337°48’32” N 107°39’35” W
1
Durango - Silverton Steam 🚂
August 30, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
After looking at the possibility of boarding Jay for the day and calling the train depot to find out that they do allow service dogs, I decided it would be easier and less stressful to take her with me. After all I payed $150 to get her qualified. And it turned out great. Arlie just happened to get us seats on the ADA car and although they claimed it was 'full/sold out' there were actually several empty seats. After the train started rolling. I moved up to the front where there was a little extra leg room which allowed Jay to stretch out and take nice long naps (after she got use to the movement and the train whistle)

The views were beautiful and the weather was perfect. It was a bit long as the train doesn't seem to go very fast. But it was relaxing and a nice break.Read more
Traveler You captured the transient rainbow! 👍
9/4/21Reply
TravelerBeautiful!
10/15/21Reply
2 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 89
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
☀️ 88 °F
Altitude: 2,654 ft
United States Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark 38.79416, -100.7631338°47’39” N 100°45’47” W
Monument Rocks & a Massacre Site
September 1, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
After a restless night, Arlie and I headed to Monument Rocks in Kansas. It was a scenic ride while we were still in/near the Rockies, but then it was miles after mile of flat land, grasslands & farms. Cattle grazing, Corn fields, etc.

After driving for hours with not so much as a hill to break-up the skyline, suddenly one comes to these massive rock formations. It is a national monument but it is on private ranch land, no visitor center, just a few signs telling a little about the formations.

Jay immediately defaced the monument. I did clean up after her but later realized there were much larger piles of poop all over the grounds.

Arlie and I took some photos, walked around one of the sites and then took off. It was too hot to really hike or spend much time out in the sun.

We stopped at a Wendy's in some teeny tiny town and then Arlie headed south to Tx and I headed west. I had seen something on the Colorado map that sparked some interest: the Sand Creek Massacre Memorial National Historic Site. I mostly wanted to see how & what they did to address the event. It turns out it was in the middle of nowhere. Truly Nowhere. There were a few scrawny buildings up an eight mile rocky dirt road. It was actually closed, only open Thursday - Sunday. I drove the 8 miles anyway.Read more
0 likes
2021 Summer Adventures Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 90
Thursday, September 2, 2021
⛅ 72 °F
Altitude: 6,427 ft
United States Rock Creek Park 38.70625, -104.8394838°42’23” N 104°50’22” W
Golden Eagle Campground
September 2, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
I hadn't thought about it being a holiday weekend. Lots of campgrounds were full. I headed towards a supposed BLM area but found this RV & Campground. It was $38 a night which is way more than I usually spend but when I found out they had running water, showers and a Laundromat, I was thrilled. And the tent sites (sites with out hookups) were separated from the RV sites.

I've had a lovely day just showering, doing laundry and trying to reorganize AGAIN so I can find and get to stuff easier.

Oh and the weather is perfect. Not too hot. Not too cold.Read more
2 likes