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Fond Memories of a Fiery Polka Night
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The Train to China
No modern mode of transportation quite yields the gravitas for the beginning of a long journey as does the iron horse. The antiquated fussing with door stools at the Portland Amtrak station makes us feel like we are doing something important. A short embrace with sweet Tess and our familiar world contracts to two small…
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Page Spring Creek
Also known as Snake Canyon to these travelers who had never done the chicken dance for so many serpents in one afternoon.
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Malheur
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Millican Store
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The Sands of Florence
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Sea Lion Cave
Descending on your $12 elevator ticket into the cave reveals a scene right out of a Dutch Renaissance painting. Bustling, pushing, shoving, complex overtones of Mongolian throat singing, wafts of rotten fish, fierce seas washing away the muck. Behind the scenes: Sea Lion Cave from Cranky German on Vimeo.
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Finding Broken Top
Broken Top is a volcano near Bend, Oregon. In Summer it looks like a pile of rubble. Add a little snow and its 9175 feet look quite dramatic. Looking to ski to Broken Top from the Nordic Center at Mt. Bachelor? Take your compass and head straight North … the return is downhill and much…
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Mt. Hood
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Traveling with Rock And Roll and a Canoe
James and Daniel near Antelope, Oregon circa 1995.