The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles southwest of town. It’s one of only a handful of […]
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 […]
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A Redwing on the Attack
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were […]
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Rhododendron Gardens
The last week of April we took advantage of some sunshine and drove to Southeast Portland to spend several hours at the […]
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One of the best low-elevation hikes in North America
Seven large waterfalls, many small falls, a historical trail, exploring a Wilderness area, wildflowers and sunshine – – – the Eagle Creek Trail […]
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Tualatin River Lowlands
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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Snakes and Orchids
Wow! A promise of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s. I grabbed the hiking gear and drove to the Bonneville […]
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For all the Tulip Lovers Out There
Forty acres of tulips and sunny weather brought me to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest near Woodburn in the third […]
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Bloodsuckers in the Columbia River Gorge
Two bloodsucking hitchhikers! I really, really dislike ticks! But, what can one expect? It was springtime, an oak tree environment in the […]