During the third week of May, I had an opportunity to visit the area around The Dalles on the east […]
Archive for May 2012
Memorial Day Reflections
Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooo, they’re red, white and blue. And when the band plays […]
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Tough, tough slog
The pathway to the top Is tough and rough and long. But I know where I wanna be And I’ll keep a-struggling […]
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Hot time in the City
Hot town, summer in the city, Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty. Been down, isn’t it a pity, […]
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I’m going down to Hillsdale
Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by. And I’m […]
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Never fade away
It’s better to burn out, Than to fade away. My my, hey hey. In mid-May we journeyed to Silver Falls State […]
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Exploring the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
An early May morning found me at the 2,000-foot Eagle Creek Trailhead about 30 miles southeast of Portland as the crow flies. […]
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Deer at Tualatin River NWR
The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles southwest of town. It’s one of only a handful of […]
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Naked Broomrapes on Stacker Butte?
Ascending Eightmile Creek Canyon, I soon left behind scattered oak trees and emerged into the wide open spaces of the east end […]
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A bully hike with Teddy Roosevelt
Friend Joe Wiegand is the premier Theodore Roosevelt repriser in the United States. The second week of May he visited Oregon to […]