I FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOOD
All right. Way back when, around the time of this crazy westward migration, I said something about making this jawn more photo oriented. Eight months hindsight tells me I haven’t done a whole lot of...
View ArticleHIGH ON HOOD
In today’s installment of Climb Your Local Volcano, we find ourselves high on Mount Hood. The Mount Saint Helens Labor Day hike took me the highest I’ve ever been on land by my own doing, 8,366′. Last...
View ArticleAUTUMN GREETINGS FROM PORTLAND, OREGON
Well, thanks for nothing, California. And most of America too, for that matter. Jeez what a crappy election. Tell you what’s not crappy, though: the colors of fall in the Pacific Northwest. As an...
View ArticleHOOD / HOOD RIVER / HOOD RIVER BRIDGE
MOUNT HOOD: 11,249′ tall, highest point in Oregon. “Dormant” volcano. HOOD RIVER BRIDGE: 4,755′ long, second oldest bridge across Columbia River (opened 1924). Steel truss bridge with vertical lift,...
View ArticleCOOL CREEK TO DEVIL’S PEAK: a sunny (and snowy) summer Saturday in Mount Hood...
After a particularly spectacular Friday afternoon in Portland, during which I supped on Northwest fresh oysters, desserted with Leah Krafft and her nutty strawberry-rhubarb crisp, smelled the...
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