Visiting the San Juan Islands in Washington has been on my bucket list for some time. Something is appealing about riding a ferry from island to island. Over the Memorial Day weekend this year we traveled to Anacortes, WA with another couple and waited in line to drive onto the ferry to Lopez Island. On […]
Having returned recently from Hawaii where the flowers were in full display, I have been thinking about the role flowers have played in my life. Easter will soon be upon us and the lily has come to represent the resurrection of Christ. Many theories abound as to how the lily arrived at this high symbolic […]
On rainy, cold December day my wife and I decided to explore Salmon River Trail #742 that leads into the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. The wilderness was established in 1984 and has over 62,000 acres. Our first stop was at Joe’s Donut for my maple bar fix. Joe’s Donut is a fixture in Sandy. It has been […]
Acadia National Park has been on my bucket list for years. It’s far from home in Gresham and out of the way even in New England. But in early October of this year my wife and I along with another couple planned a Fall Leaves Trip. From Portland, OR to Portland, MA is a long […]
The Columbia River runs silently without fanfare past our backyard. I have driven along it hundreds of times and never seriously considered its history. Much like having my 88 year old grandmother living with us until her death when I was 15, I never gave a thought about asking her about her family, childhood, or […]
My wife and I grew up in the Yakima Valley, more precisely the Lower Valley in Wapato, Washington. So we have made dozens of trips home from Gresham since 1970. The drive is always a pleasure with the rare exception of a Gorge ice storm. The first leg is the Columbia River Gorge. Mountains, rivers, […]