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 […]

Colchuck Lake

Women outnumbered the men far and away.

Lake Stuart

I purchased overnight camping passes for the Lake Stuart Zone in the Enchantments area of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington state. It’s due east of Seattle and north of Mt. Rainier. It takes me 4 1/2 hours just to get to the trailhead, but I can’t help myself: it is so beautiful there. I’ve […]

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.

Gig Harbor music scene

I was a quiet, wide-eyed witness to musicians simply reveling in the joy of making music.

Bat in the night

I needed to sleep in a bat-free zone.

Tara is 21

Dang, it went like a blink!

Gathering for Neal

Neal is family. So yeah, we were close in that sense.