Not long after my sister Maggie and I spent the day exploring the coast of Oregon, we were off again. For a few hours we would leave behind my sister’s sadness at the passing of her husband. It would be a relief, too, to leave behind the weight of COVID on lives not different then […]
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We visited the three capes in July https://oregonisforadventure.com/3-capes-scenic-loop/ . Summer comes here every year like a burst of new energy. I was visiting my family as I have done every summer for the past ten years. This summer, however, is different. This is the time of the Virus. By July things were getting worse, not better.
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I think that pretty much everyone who lives in Portland is familiar with Sauvie Island. It is one of the largest river islands in the United States and just ten miles from the city. There are some wonderful farms here and a wide wildlife area. And a nudist beach, if that’s your thing. Our plan,
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If you come to Trillium Lake on a day of mist and light rain, as we did, Mt. Hood will be hidden by the low clouds. Come on a sunny day and you will see her in the distance, 7.5 miles from our fisherman. It rained on the morning we were to go to Trillium
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It will snow tonight over the roof of Timberline Lodge. The mountain behind it, Mt Hood, surrounds and cradles the lodge. If you have been there or seen a picture, you know that the outline of the lodge mimics the mountain. You may notice that the lodge is nestled in evergreens but directly above
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We left the rush of highway I-5 below Eugene, Oregon and headed for Reedsport. Our final destinations would be Coos Bay and Charleston on the Oregon Coast. When we pulled off of I-5 and entered Hwy 38 it honestly seemed like we had entered another realm. Time stood still. I felt eight again. I imagined
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