Like all travelers of Route 66 who have ever listened to The Eagles, I’ve stood on the corner in Winslow, […]
Archive for March 2017
Bucket List of Alpine Hikes in the Pacific Northwest #6: Ingalls Lake
Alpine areas are typically found in the higher mountains at about 6,000 feet of elevation, and are usually free of […]
Burdoin Mountain: An Early Season Favorite
It was a late winter outing in the Columbia River Gorge. Temperatures in the high 30’s, the promise of another […]
A Rainy Cape Horn Passage
Rain pouring down in sheets mixed with snow at times. Cold and gusty winds out of the east. Yes indeed, […]
A Pleasant Winter Hike to Butteville
Sunshine and many little birds singing their lilting songs. Champoeg Park is on the Willamette River about 20 miles south of […]
The Urban Vibe of Portland – II
On a cool, cloudy and drizzly weekend day in mid-February, I did a pleasant 12-mile loop hike from home. The […]
Wild Turkeys and Wildflowers
Wild turkeys gobbling, blacktail deer foraging among the white oaks, amorous groundhogs spooning in the intermittent sunshine and colorful wildflowers […]
Has Spring Arrived? The First Wildflower of the Year
Some gardeners believe the first crocus in bloom is the official harbinger of spring. Other folks wait until the spring […]
Bucket List of Alpine Hikes in the Pacific Northwest # 7: Mt. Aix
The other day I realized it had been eight years since I had climbed 7,766-foot Mt. Aix (it’s pronounced like aches for […]
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