Oceanside, Oregon
In November 2017 I visited Oceanside, Oregon, a beautiful little town tucked below Cape Meares. Netarts is to the south and the Tillamook Bay to the east. I've stopped here many times over the years and have never been disappointed by the experience...
Oregon Lavender Farm and Eagle Creek Lavender Farm
Though I am slightly allergic to lavender, it is one of my favorite flowers. And on one fine, sunny day at the end of June 2018, I visited two lavender farms in Clackamas County, Oregon...
Los Angeles Incidentals
The following photos I call my LA Incidentals, from my short January 2018 trip there...
Mount Hollywood, Griffith Park
In Los Angeles in January 2018, my friends and I hiked up Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park...
Silver Falls State Park, Oregon (set 2 of 2)
Twice in October 2017, I visited fabulous Silver Falls State Park, just south of Silverton, Oregon. Here is the second set of two. (See the first.) I was amazed how much the tree colors had changed in just a few weeks. Ah, autumn!
Silver Falls State Park, Oregon (Set 1 of 2)
This park is a land of giant trees, lush fern forest floors, streams, creeks, and massive waterfalls (three of which you get to hike behind)...
Taku's Animal House Party
Head up the Taku River in your flat boat, east of Juneau along the Alaska-Canada border, you might find yourself at a place known affectionately as Animal House...
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, November 2017
As always, there were more ducks than you could count, and geese, and for once at least the world's most obese squirrel...
Swan Island Dalhias, Oregon
The fields when the flowers are beginning to wilt, a new perspective from my many previous visits to the farm...