Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Park managers today are doing a good job of telling a more accurate story.

Bennington Lake Trail

Bennington Lake may actually be a reservoir, but it is still an excellent choice for a winter walk with wildlife.

Pioneer Park Aviary

The most amazing thing about Pioneer Park is its aviary.

Cayuse Sisters

These basalt columns are either Cayuse Sisters frozen in stone, or million-year-old lava carved by an unfathomably huge flood from Montana – either story is incredible.

National Museum of Natural History

If one museum is booked for the day, it’s really no concern when you are on the National Mall. Another museum is only steps away.

National Museum of the American Indian

I hadn’t looked for it before. But now that it’s there, it feels really good.

Capital Capital

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

Dash to D.C.

Right in the middle of it all, we visited our Nation’s Capital.

Working Friends

My friends instantly changed plans so that they could help me with the UHaul. God bless real friends.

Escape to Astoria

Sandy came to pick me up and take me to the coast so we could have fun and catch up on each others’ news.