Written by Vanilla Sugar on November 3, 2008
- Florence is a beautiful little city on the central coast of Oregon. It’s #1 over Beaux Bridge, Louisiana and even outranks the Gaspé Peninsula.Florence has a population of just under 9,000 people. Of...
Written by Vanilla Sugar on October 24, 2008
- Whoops? What’s a Whoops Trail?"It’s a go!" Ed called to me through the RV’s bedroom pocket door. "We need to be there by 11 AM."I’d been waiting for this day, watching the weather,...
Written by Vanilla Sugar on October 24, 2008
- When I visit a new place, my curiosity draws me to the unusual. As if I am asking, "What is wrong with this picture?" I look around to check out my surroundings. This...
Written by btwood2 on October 22, 2006
- We took the Pendleton Underground Tour in 1989, during our first visit to Pendleton. At that time, I had no reason to doubt its veracity, and it was entertaining enough. We were led through a...
Written by btwood2 on August 16, 2005
- Sand blown by whipping wind stung my legs as I walked down to the Stonehenge-like edifices which were all that remained of portions of old railroad line built during Barview’s resort days in the early...
Written by btwood2 on August 16, 2005
- Cape Meares is the northernmost cape of Three Capes Scenic Route, above Cape Lookout and Cape Kiwanda. We took an abbreviated loop (about 20 miles), driving out to Cape Meares from Tillamook on Bayocean...
Written by btwood2 on August 16, 2005
- We pulled into the parking lot of the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) Visitor Center mid-day, mid-week, and were surprised how busy it was. Though we shouldn’t have been; more than one million...
Written by btwood2 on August 16, 2005
- Since Paradise Cove, the RV park at which we were staying, was only a mile south of Wheeler, we soon took the opportunity to check out this little town, about which we knew exactly nothing....
Written by btwood2 on September 18, 2004
- Summer 2002: our first summer of full-time living in our new motor home on the Oregon Coast! My husband Bob and I had been moving gradually up the coast in our slow, snail-like fashion,...
Written by Migin on July 16, 2004
- (The following is meant to give my journal Columbia River Gorge: Geology, Myth & Legend context rather than to be an exhaustive study.)
The Geology of the Columbia River Gorge has shaped a startling beautiful place....
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