West of Astoria, Oregon, on the wide and well-preserved historic beaches along Fort Stevens State Park, a visitor may be surprised to find the remains of a shipwreck from 1906. The Peter Iredale, once a 300-foot-long wooden sailing ship with four tall masts, is now only the skeletal remains of its iron hull sticking out of the sand.
Exploring the areas around Cape Henlopen and Rehoboth Beach…
Walking along the multicolored sandstone cliffs above crashing waves never gets old..
Any trip to the Oregon coast should include a stop by the little village of Oceanside. Such beauty…
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…
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?...
Just south of the town of Coos Bay is one of the most wonderful destinations on the southern Oregon coast, Shore Acres State park. Shore Acres is the site of an old estate, whose wonderful gardens are still maintained, and which sits on sandstone cliffs above the Pacific. Truly spectacular ocean views combine with truly spectacular sandstone formations, wow...
In May 2015, I explored the incredible beaches of Bandon, Oregon. The rock monoliths there, particularly the well-named Face Rock, are surreally beautiful, and while I did my best to capture them, they truly must be seen in person to be believed…
The second day of the July 2016 Travel Tacoma and Visit Rainier "instafam" tour was packed. The first thing (after breakfast at the Hotel Murano and checking out) in the morning we went to Gig Harbor, Washington, and met John "Cinque" Synco and his authentic Venetian gondola, Nelly. He runs Gig Harbor Gondola. John rowed us around the tranquil harbor, singing us Venetian songs and giving us a detailed history of gondoliers in America. Pretty great stuff! And the weather was truly perfect, as I think you can see from my photos below.
For Travel Tacoma and Visit Rainier, five of us bloggers/instagrammers took part in an "instafam" tour of the greater Tacoma and Mt. Rainier areas in July 2016. Here is the first of several blog posts about the trip. One of the true must-sees when you're in Tacoma is the Five-Mile Drive through Point Defiance Park. You'll find hiking and biking trails through lush forest; you'll relax on serene Owen Beach with wonderful views of Pugent Sound and Mt. Rainier alike; you'll see thriving wildlife... particularly raccoons (one of my favorite animals).
On June 29, 2016, during my trip through Alaska, we explored the northern end of Douglas Island, across from Juneau. The water and sky were matching shades of bright, light blue. The air was calm and smelled like seaweed (in the best possible way). We drove North Douglas Highway to the end stopping along the way at beaches and overlooks.
Janne Robinson is a writer, a speaker, a force of nature, a cresting wave of positive energy. We did a multi-location brand shoot together in September 2015 on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Here is the third of the sets, in which Janne and Emily Deslaurier walked down to China Beach. (More photos of them at the beach and in the ocean will be posted here soon.)
Janne Robinson is a writer, a speaker, a force of nature, a cresting wave of positive energy. We did a multi-location brand shoot together in September 2015 on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Here is the second of the sets, this one centered on a shirt with the letters: FEMI NIST. We were joined in several shots by Emily Deslaurier.
Just south of Bellingham, an easy drive along the breathtaking coast…
