Coast and home again

People built sand castles and threw frisbees for dogs.

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Tourists in southern Oregon

Jack London’s Room is complete with Jack London’s chamber pot.

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 […]

Tara is 21

Dang, it went like a blink!

Mini RT Series – five

I hope my friend now feels more keenly his place on this particular spot of the Pacific Northwest.

Mini RT Series – four

I spent time reminiscing.

Mini RT Series – three

Pop quiz: what is Oregon’s state fossil? Metasequoia, of course.

Mini RT series – two

Day two we headed east and then dropped south from the Columbia River Gorge to explore the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.