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Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls in Winter
The short version Winter is when the Gorge waterfalls run loudest and the roads are least predictable. You…
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Portland in December
You booked Portland for December, didn’t you. And now you are up at midnight reading weather pages, wondering…
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Oregon Coast in Winter
My winter coast uniform is a wool hat pulled down over my ears, a rain shell that stopped…
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Apple and Pear U-Pick Farms Near Portland
The best apple I ever picked was a Karmijn de Sonnaville that settled an argument with my husband…
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Mount Hood in Winter (Timberline, Skibowl, Sno-Parks, and Chains)
On a Saturday last February my husband and I sat motionless on Highway 26 outside Rhododendron for fifty-one…
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Portland in November
November is the best month to be inside a building in Portland, and I say that as a…
Planning a Portland trip
Field notes from Oregon
Where I’ve been lately, what’s worth the drive right now, and the occasional spot I probably shouldn’t share.