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At the end of July, Stacy sat for the Oregon bar exam. We decided that a reward for all that work was in order, so we took a short camping trip down to northern California via the Oregon coast.

First night, we stopped at a National Park called *ahem* Tillicum Beach, near Waldport OR. Very cool little campground, but very busy. All the campgrounds were on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Next morning, I made coffee, and here is what I saw:

Here’s our campsite, and Stacy fumbling (more…)

Jay Brooks commented on my last post that you could change the map of my route to show the satellite view instead of the map view. The hybrid view that Google Maps can do – combining the map view with the satellite view is cool, too, which is what I’ve elected to include here.

I love this photo. I only wish the point and shoot gave the kind of clarity my SLR can get. Wait a minute…do I really?

Here’s a variation on that (more…)

First and foremost, Happy Birthday USA! I hope all you readers are having a fabulous Fourth of July. Here in Portland as I type, it’s 84F and due to reach 90 by 5pm. There is barely a cloud in the sky – and the sun feels great!

A couple of weekends ago, I took a little trip on my motorcycle. Click this link for a map of my journey. My intent was to do “the Mt. Hood loop”, approaching the area from a different direction than last time.

SO glad I did that. And, lucky you! I tucked a little point and shoot camera away in the front pocket of my leather riding jacket.

The “Rich-eye-view”:

I started at my home and (more…)

One of the attractions to living in Portland is proximity. To mountains, to the Pacific Ocean, to the music scene, to great restaurants, you get the picture. “If you wanted to”, they said, “you could ski Mt. Hood in the morning and be sunbathing on the coast in the afternoon”. Great in theory – of course, I’m gonna need to find out if it’s real.

There is a relic from the age of beautiful public works called Timberline Lodge near the mid-point of Mt. Hood. I took the above photo while sitting at The Ramshead Bar in said lodge.

Now don’t get me wrong (more…)

The title of this post is a bit misleading at this point. When last I posted (”Outbound”), it was from the perspective of someone who lived in MI and took a trip to Oregon. Now, however, I live in Portland…but I’m chronicling a trip I took while I lived in MI. Hmm. So, “Inbound” it is.

On the way back to Michigan from Oregon, we saw a bunch of fabulous sights. On the first day of our drive, we stopped at many of the falls along the Columbia River Gorge. It was a lovely day for it, and many good photos were captured.

Here’s one:

There was a book written by (more…)