http://ignoregon.com/rss/milwaukie Aggregated Blog Posts From Milwaukie Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:45:55 +0000 en http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p137 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p137 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:26:00 +0000 Pigeons perch on the I-205 bridge crossing over the Clackamas River in Gladstone, Oregon. View Larger Image http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p126 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p126 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:17:00 +0000 What was with the zombies, the aliens, and the sinister hearses convening at the Double Tree hotel in Portland on the night of January 15?  The West Coast Haunter Convention was filming a promotional video for their upcoming convention in Portland from June 1 to June 3, 2012.  Fans will gather to check out the [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p107 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120130p107 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:15:00 +0000 I head out to Goodnoe Hills, an area about 15 miles east of Goldendale, Washington. Like many areas east of the Cascade Mountains, the land is mostly grassland with very few trees. It also has many wind turbines spinning when the breeze blows. The road I am traveling on is Hoctor Road, a two-lane paved [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120127p99 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120127p99 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:44:00 +0000 Five years ago on this day, the Portland Aerial Tram opened to the public. The $57 million, 3,300-foot long aerial tram has been shuttling passengers between the South Waterfront terminal and the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) almost daily for the past five years. The tram cars also have names: Walt and Jean, named [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120124p79 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120124p79 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:21:00 +0000 What does Clackamette Park in Oregon City look like 48 hours later? I headed out to Clackamette Park today to shoot some follow-up photographs of the park flooded by the Willamette and Clackamas rivers. The scene at the park looks vastly different than it did 48 hours ago when I posted the flood photos in [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120124p76 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120124p76 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:47:00 +0000 Every Tuesday, The Oregonian’s ThisWeek/Food Day complimentary newspaper (I did not subscribe to) wrapped in a plastic bag lies on my driveway. Unless the weather is dry, the newspaper usually ends up soggy no matter how light it rains and it becomes unreadable. The pages tear when flipping through the soaking wet pages gently. The [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120123p54 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120123p54 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:58:00 +0000 Today’s photographs features Cape Horn, Columbia River near Wishram, the Stonehenge replica, and a small rural town named Kent, Oregon. Fog filling the Columbia River Gorge blankets the hillside and Hwy. 14 at Cape Horn. The fog also reduced the visibility to about 200 feet on some stretches of the highway. Despite the recent winter [...] http://www.bjdorr.com/20120122p37 http://www.bjdorr.com/20120122p37 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:18:00 +0000 Last Wednesday, a strong warm weather system dumped heavy rain in the Willamette Valley, causing major flooding, extensive damage, and a few fatalities. Most of the floodwater is draining into the Willamette River and flowing downstream northward to Portland. There is some flooding along the banks of the Willamette River. Clackamette Park is a small [...]