Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 153

Geo: 45.2536, -123.129On October 20th, we are leaving for the year. With the house rented, a one-way ticket, and an idea of where we want to go in the world, we are starting our adventure.... read more

In late September 2005, NW Exposures took a photo safari from the southern Washington coast, down the Oregon coast to Cape Sebastian. We were on the hunt for beaches, sea stacks and lighthouses. We were not disappointed. See the best of the photos from the trip at NW Exposures. Our lightweight Quicksilver fold-out tent camper was hitched to the four cylinder Subaru Forester, and we were off in the direction of the furthermost southwestern tip of Washington State. We crossed over the Columbia River from Washington to Oregon at Longview. Oregon Hwy 30 west was a rollercoaster ride to Astoria where we took the bridge back to Washington to visit camp near two better known lighthouses of the Evergreen State; Cape Disappointment Light and North Head Light. Next, it was back across the span to Oregon ... read more

Sean: The next part of the story isn’t nearly as fraught with danger and excitement as the previous one. After leaving New Orleans, we boogied fairly quickly across this great nation, eager to get back to the Northwest as soon as possible to spend time with family (and not to mention that we had just driven across the country less than an month before). Hurricane Rita (about to make landfall in the Lone Star State) convinced us to alter our route and not travel across Texas. We definitely didn’t want to keep arriving late at night to “No Vacancy” signs. So this time we went straight north out of New Orleans and spent our first night in Memphis. Then it was up early to make the loooong leg to Sioux City, South Dakota. We stopped briefly ... read more

My curiosity was piqued by a small clip in a local newspaper last week. It stated that Forest Grove would be holding its 15th Annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival, and anyone was welcome to come and participate. Since I had only passed through Forest Grove several years ago, I decided this was a perfect Saturday afternoon activity that would introduce me to the town. The ambitious arrived at 9am, although it appeared that a number of participants had just started not too long before I arrived around one o’clock. For only $10, you were assigned a 3 x 3 sidewalk block and given a tray of colorful chalk. The rest of the creation was up to the individual.Some came prepared with sketches or books to guide their illustrations. Others seemed to employ a freestyle approach to ... read more

Hey everyone. How long has it been? Quite awhile and we have done so much, so this will probably be a lengthy blog. So here it goes: After we left Bellingham we found our way to Mt. Rainier. What a beautiful place. We stayed on the Sunrise side and stayed for 3 days. The first day we hiked 9 miles and did some ridge running. That was fun. It was very hard hiking, but fun. The next day we hiked to the summit of Dege Peak which was only 4.2 miles and an easy hike. We then left the Sunrise side and headed to Ellensburg, WA. The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute is located there with Washoe and her friends so I had to go. It was absolutely amazing! We sat through a lecture and then ... read more