It was a late winter outing in the Columbia River Gorge. Temperatures in the high 30’s, the promise of another […]


It was a late winter outing in the Columbia River Gorge. Temperatures in the high 30’s, the promise of another […]

It was a winter wonderland on a mid-November day. Temperatures in the 20’s, a cold easterly breeze, dense cloud cover, […]

Red-dead nettle and oaks toothwort are odd names for early-blooming wildflowers. It makes one believe that neither had good marketing […]

The 4,390-foot summit of Silver Star Mountain is easily visible from much of the Portland and Vancouver area, and is located […]

Dark-eyed juncos are interesting and expressive birds. They are very common to see on my wilderness outings.

On the last weekend of December, I drove to the east side of the Columbia River Gorge to the Rowena […]

By a vote of 52-50 in 1843 by the settlers of the Champoeg area, Oregon became a provisional territory of […]