Mt. Hood Wilderness The Tarns Pacific Northwest hikers wait with great anticipation for a warm summer day to visit a […]


Mt. Hood Wilderness The Tarns Pacific Northwest hikers wait with great anticipation for a warm summer day to visit a […]

Tualatin Hills Nature Park On a pretty day in early July, we returned to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park for […]

Nature Park With over 200 acres of undeveloped land, Marquam Nature Park is the third largest park in Portland. The […]

Sauvie Island Oak Island is located in the middle of Sturgeon Lake which is enclosed within Sauvie Island, about 15 […]

Into the Wilderness After taking a hot shower, eating a delicious meal at the Twisp River Pub and getting a […]

Crows are very common in the West Hills of Portland, especially in the springtime. They are often associated with carrion, […]

Mt. St. Helens Back in the aughts in mid-summer, I did a fantastic hike on an active volcano that was […]

Pittock Mansion On a nice springtime day I went to the 16,000 square-foot Pittock Mansion. It’s located on a 950-foot […]

Black Butte Ranch On Labor Day weekend in the mid-aughts, we visited friends at their Black Butte Ranch home. It […]

Starvation Ridge It used to be that one of my annual rites of springtime was hiking the Starvation Ridge/Mt. Defiance […]