Hummocks Trail

All this beauty before me sprung out from that poor beginning.

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 […]

The Other Side of the Mountain

2000 years ago, Mt. St. Helens erupted with fluid lava.

These Photos Work

I must have been in the camera groove when I went to Mt. St. Helens.

Mt. St. Helens Today

It does not look like any other place in the Pacific Northwest.

Dividends of patience

“Well, in answer to your question I’ll tell you about our 6:15 rule.”

Twenty Years and Three Days

Just like people believe there was no Holocaust, some people believe there was no Tiananmen? But, but, but… I still carry the pain of it! It was real!