Detroit Lake is a reservoir behind the Detroit Dam near Salem, OR. During the Winter months, the lake is drawn down, purposefully, to make room for Spring rain and runoff from the Cascade mountain snow pack. Since we were there … Read More
One of the things I enjoy most about San Francisco is walking around and admiring the variety of architecture, street art and, of course, the fog. On this recent trip I even pulled out the iPhone to grab a few … Read More
An annual tradition, going through the photos on Flickr taken this year and putting them together in a “Best of” slideshow. If you’re unable to view the slideshow, feel free to head over to Flickr and see the album!
Cross posted from the Sports Blog. Unfortunately for Oregon State fans, this years version of the Civil War rivalry game against the Oregon Ducks turned out to be more of a massacre than a real battle. The Ducks were just … Read More
After spending the night in Green River, I had a short drive on tap for Tuesday. Frankly, whether it was a planned shorter drive or not, it was going to end up a shorter drive. I had hit a bit … Read More
A lovely little town, Green River. While the river that bears it’s name is a very large, long, river, the town itself isn’t very big. But, it has a hotel right off the freeway, which was really the only prerequisite … Read More
As part of my farewell to South Carolina, I’m posting pics from our time here. One of our favorite pastimes, anywhere we go, is strolling around the local zoo. Greenville did not disappoint in that regard. It might not be … Read More
The image above was captured using my iPhone 5s, with the panoramic feature of the built in camera. It is of one of my favorite areas of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, the Italian Gardens. Sure, the house is lovely, … Read More
It just so happened that we were in Savannah back at the end of April on the same day that SCAD was having their annual sidewalk arts festival in Forsyth Park. Naturally, we had to wander around and check out … Read More
After seeing the Okefenokee swamp on a dreary, rainy day, going back on Sunday in the bright sunshine was actually quite different. Oh there’s still the same wildlife, but everything just seems a little less foreboding, and having other folks … Read More