No Kings in Tigard

America has been pretty clear about this message for hundreds of years: we do not want a king.

Late Start to Winter

Winter snow and ice are dangerous and beautiful.

Exploring Snow Lakes

The chipmunks and whiskey jacks mounted a joint attack force and my resistance was futile.

Mirror Lake: The scenes I missed

In December I hiked to Mirror Lake and Tom Dick and Harry Mountain for the first time. Though the whole region was sunny that day, there was a little microclimate engulfing our local volcano, Mt. Hood. Snow actually fell during the hike. At the summit of the mountain, I was told that it is typically […]

Ice

In between freezing rain storms, the sun came out briefly. I went outside to photograph the ice.

Frozen Waterfalls

I keep finding new reasons to talk about this place because it’s JUST SO AMAZING.

Christmas 2011 – Part I

I’ll suggest you simply add the words, “…and it was damn cold” to the end of each sentence from here on out.