A beautiful sunny day on the road. A stop right off Interstate 5. Nobody around but me. Built in 1920, the Grave Creek Covered Bridge survives as one of the few remaining covered bridges in Southern Oregon. The farmer who
Every year, the Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon, holds a festival when the flowers are all blooming. On the last weekend of August and the first weekend of September, the farm is alive with live music, a variety of
Just like any other first responder, fire boats and the people assigned to them need to practice their manuevers in order to quickly and efficiently provide the service they are expected to provide when a fire emergency happens. Likewise, if
About an hour east of Portland, Oregon, lies the Mt. Hood National Forest, close enough to the Big City to provide easily-accessed year-round outdoor activities including (just to name a few) hiking, camping, fishing, boating, climbing, and white-water rafting in
Short and sweet: My Mitsubishi Montero tow vehicle with 250,000 miles on it broke down in Cloverdale, Oregon. Angels showed up, and tried to fix it. More work than they could do, so had it towed 85 miles to Hillsboro
Playing a little catch-up here – these Gardens are so spectacular I thought I’d share the pics anyway, even though it’s a been a couple of months since Linda and I visited them. Portland, Oregon is home to the Crystal
Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon. Easily one of the coolest places I’ve ever camped in near the beach. At least, in Oregon. The little group at our site included myself with my tiny trailer and my friend, Tricia, with her