Elk Rock Garden, Winter 2019
Even though it was a cold, wintery day, we found many flowers in bloom already…
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Winter 2019
10 acres of lush beauty, filled with many Pacific Northwest plants, most notably of course rhododendrons…
Sunset at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon
Walking along the multicolored sandstone cliffs above crashing waves never gets old..
Oceanside, Oregon
Any trip to the Oregon coast should include a stop by the little village of Oceanside. Such beauty…
Opening Party for Canopy by Hilton, Portland
In July 2018 Elaine Schimek and I were invited to the opening of the new Canopy by Hilton hotel in Portland, Oregon…
Face Rock, Oregon
Bandon, Oregon, is one of my favorite beaches in the state, filled to bursting with huge rock features; the most impressive of which is the surreal, unreal beauty of Face Rock…
Shore Acres Cliffs, December 2018
The most interesting aspect of the sandstone cliffs is how the water and wind erode the rock into bizarre, alien shapes most succinctly described as “like Swiss cheese”…
Shore Acres Holiday Lights
At Shore Acres park in Coos County, Oregon, they put on a wonderful holiday light display…
Palmer Glacier, Mount Hood
Walking (or snowboarding or snowshoeing or skiing) on an ice field at 9,000+ feet is not something you probably do every day in summertime…
Northwest Coos County Beaches
The terrain at both Horsfall and Bastendorff beaches is wide and flat, surrounded by large dunes where people were riding horses and OHVs…