Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
For Thanksgiving in 2015, we headed to Bullhead City to spend the holiday with Bob's brother. We scheduled a 4-day weekend, so we took a day trip to Oatman. We got there pretty early, before most stores opened, so we had a chance to wander. We were too early for the donkeys, though. Because it … Continue reading Arizona: Oatman on Route 66 (2015)
We took a trip down Highway 101 from Newport to Tillamook in August, 2011. Along the way, we stopped at Fogarty Creek Beach for a bit. This was the best photo from that 20 minutes on the beach.
On the same day we went to Oneonta Gorge in 2013, we also headed to Hood River to visit the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM). This place never fails to entrance me, so we try to visit when we get out that way. Since I had recently gotten back from a trip to … Continue reading Oregon: Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (2013)
Along the Historic Columbia River highway, there's a waterfall that doesn't see a lot of traffic. The Oneonta Falls is behind large rocks and logjams, so it takes someone willing to go in waist deep water. And probably someone without super expensive and fragile camera equipment. While we won't clamber over rocks and logs, there's … Continue reading Oregon: Oneonta Gorge (2013)
We moved from Oregon to Arizona in 2014. A week after we arrived, we met up with some local Google Plus photographers for a photowalk in Cave Creek, Carefree, and Bartlett Lake. Cave Creek Since we'd never been to Cave Creek before, we walked around town before meeting up with everyone else. There are some … Continue reading Arizona: Cave Creek, Carefree, and Bartlett Lake (2014)
On a cold, rainy, and dreary day in January 2012, I joined a group of photographers at Portland's Union Station to do a photowalk. Brian Matiash, then with Google Plus, organized and led the photowalk. Brian is an inspiring travel and landscape photographer and now has a photography podcast called the No Name Photo Show. … Continue reading Oregon: Google+ Photowalk (2012)
In 2011, one of the local radio stations in the Portland, OR area held a day-long concert at the Rose Festival. There were several acts, but the only reason we went to the concert was for Craig Morgan. I've always loved photographing concerts, but it's not a focus for me. It got harder and harder … Continue reading Oregon: Craig Morgan in concert (2011)
In 2003, we headed to the Coos Bay and Bandon area to meet up with a friend of mine who lived in Myrtle Point, Oregon. Since we love lighthouses, and there are two lighthouses in the area, we checked them out. Cape Arago State Park The beach at the state park. Amazing view. Coquille River … Continue reading Oregon: Southern Oregon Coast (2003)
At the end of 2013, we were spending our holiday break doing "this is our last time doing this" things in the Portland area. We moved to Arizona in February 2014, so our trip to the Pittock Mansion occurred about 6 weeks before we left. Built in 1914, Pittock Mansion tells the story of Portland’s … Continue reading Oregon: Pittock Mansion (2013)
