Salt River Canyon, Arizona

The Salt River Canyon stops me in my tracks, no matter how often I see it.

Paint me Happy

Six miles from Mitchell, OR are the Painted Hills: one of my favourite things about this state.

Mother’s Day in McMinnville

The shape of the tradition might change every year, but the tradition of spending time with my kid holds fast.

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.

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

You guys! You guys!! I have been dying to show you these photos. LOOK at this one.

Cape Perpetua

Who knew earthquakes are what crafted so much beauty?

Petrified Forest National Park

Amazing landscapes, and yes, petrified wood.

Rendezvous in Bend

One of Tara’s summer classes this term was geology field camp. Oregon State University has a great geology program, and Tara has field trips as part of a class multiple times a year. But field camp is when the entire class is on location. This latest class was 5 weeks out in the desert of […]