Coast and home again

People built sand castles and threw frisbees for dogs.

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Odd Ends and Mill Ends

Bits and pieces of our smaller adventures in early March.

Mt. Angel Hazelnuts & German Market

Marlene, who keeps a blog at insearchofitall, likes German things, and has a special affinity for German Christmassy things. It was a no-brainer that when I heard about the Mt. Angel-Silverton Hazelnut Festival with a German Holiday Market, the person I wanted to share the day with was Marlene. The hazelnut (also called the filbert) […]

November friends

Friends made the cloudy days brighter and the cold days warmer.

Tourists in southern Oregon

Jack London’s Room is complete with Jack London’s chamber pot.

Oregon’s Wildlife Safari

Wildlife Safari is the only drive-through animal park in the state.

Ashland Shakespeare

Margaret and I met up for a vacation a little closer to home than our two most recent trips to Chile and to Myanmar. This time, we went to southern Oregon! She drove north 5 1/2 hours from Santa Rosa and I drove south 5 1/2 hours from Rainier. We met at a hotel in […]

Indians in the Gorge

The people that choose outlet malls over this are insane. Truly. Off their rockers.

Smoke over the Columbia

Smoke in the air reminds me that the threat is close to me as well.