Rain pouring down in sheets mixed with snow at times. Cold and gusty winds out of the east. Yes indeed, […]


Rain pouring down in sheets mixed with snow at times. Cold and gusty winds out of the east. Yes indeed, […]

A tough, tough hike on Hunchback Mountain beginning at the Zigzag Ranger Station. Nine miles round-trip and roughly 3,700 feet of […]

North of the Columbia River Gorge is a relatively easy hike to an amazing 350-foot, three-tiered waterfall on Falls Creek. Like […]

I enjoy hiking in the Coastal Mountains. It is verdant and beautiful country. On the first day of spring I drove […]

On one of the last days of winter I went hiking in the Columbia River Gorge’s rain forest. There were bright […]

On a mid-March blustery day I did the four-mile loop hike in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park a few miles west […]

On a sunny, shirt-sleeve morning I parked at the Eagle Creek Trailhead about 30 miles southeast of home as the […]

North of the Columbia River Gorge is an easy hike to an amazing 350-foot, three-tiered waterfall on Falls Creek. Like the […]

It was early summer and time to drive to the Paradise Park Trailhead at the base of Mt. Hood, several […]

As many times as I’ve driven on Highway 35 by the trail sign to Tamanawas Falls, I never took the […]