A picture is worth ….   Everyone knows how to complete this sentence.  It is often cliche, but oh so true. The forests of Oregon, and in this case the Columbia River Gorge area, are lush beyond belief.  I hope this image does justice to this fact.  And if so, just imagine what it must be […]

Cloud cover and fog rule this beach.  Yet to me, this brought more of a calm and soothing feeling as opposed to one of dreariness.  It causes one to slow down and experience textures … the visual textures of sand and the “Haystack”, as well as the tides themselves.  And the tide expands beyond a […]

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This will hopefully be the beginning of several blog posts from last week’s trip to Oregon with my best bud Carl.  Oregon was new to both of us, so lots to explore.  We spent months planning (perhaps better stated as Carl did months of planning while I contributed occasionally).  We not only agonized over where […]