A knock on your door first thing in the morning, and you find out your car was just smashed. When it was parked. Outside your front door.  Looks like its time for a new car. At least the driver should have some good insurance.

Beacon Rock, a former volcanic plug looming 700 feet above the Columbia River. This beauty waits for hikers and rock climbers to visit her, trek up her basalt face and gawk at the Columbia River beneath their feet. For me, it was a moment to capture some photographs from the monolithic boulder, and a testament [...]

I see waterfalls all the time in the Columbia River Gorge. How about one in the southeastern Washington desert? Palouse Falls is one sweet looking waterfall slicing its way through a basalt canyon and then plunging into a bowl before dumping into the Snake River. Palouse Falls State Park is off of State Route 261, fifteen [

Union Blvd. changed to Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Front Ave. changed to Naito Parkway. Portland Blvd. changed to Rosa Parks Way. The latest street renaming:  39th Ave. in Portland has changed to César E. Chávez Blvd.

Car troubles can get you at anytime, as the case was for me on my trip to Bend this past weekend.  My trip starts out fine until the car accelerates up a hill east of Warm Springs, which is two-thirds of the way to Bend from Milwaukie. The engine begins acting rough when I apply [...]

On SE Spokane St., Southeast Poartland’s newest bike boulevard, this is really not a good idea to park your dog at an on-street bike rack. At least it wasn’t 100°F outside were the sizzling pavement would cook the hound.