Transportation

Tall Ships in Rainer

Lady Washington under sail on Columbia River

Some times on May Day I join the masses in the streets. Other times I escape the city, and wind up doing things like watching Tall Ships sail on the Columbia. Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain were visiting Rainier Oregon. I “missed” their mock canon battle, but enjoyed a sunny, quiet day watching the [...]

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Wheatland Ferry Road Trip

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This weekend I did a “shakedown” cruise of my “hybridized” bicycle – a 20 mile round trip between Keiser and Willamette Mission State Park, which is just south of the Wheatland Ferry. Pretty much in the middle of the Willamette Valley – just North of Salem. Willamette Mission State Park has several miles of bike [...]

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Holiday Express Train

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One evening before Christmas I heard the unmistakable sound of a steam whistle in the far distance. Turns out there was a steam training running between OMSI and Oaks Park. I managed to get there a few days later for a night-time ride. I will be uploading some video soon – complete with steam whistle, [...]

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Golden Gate Bridge

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In Feb, 2010 I spent a week in San Francisco working on a video shoot. I managed to escape for a late afternoon, and wound up walking over the Golden Gate bridge. Got to catch sunset from the bridge! Here’s some pictures – click on them to see the full image -

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Rocky Mountains

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I stopped in Denver on a trip back east last month, managed to get some video of the Rockies with the Kodak 9 video camera. Here’s the video – shot out the window at 36366 feet! Click on the map below for a larger map of where I took this shot from.

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The Mini Guppy

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In June I stopped at the Tillamook Air Museum, near the Oregon Coast, to take some pictures and video of the Mini-Guppy, a super-sized air cargo ship based on a  Boeing 377. (Or perhaps several Boeing 377′s ) This plane was built in the 1960′s, and flew to the mid 90′s, when it was parked [...]

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Coast Guard Helicopter off Otter Crest

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I was happy to see how well the Kodak ZI 8 caught this. Right outside the gift shop at Otter Crest on the central Oregon Coast. [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1]

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Powell Street Cable Care Turntable

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While in San Fransico for the CROI I shot this piece. In an age of high tech and automation, it is refreshing to see a 120 year old system that relies on “hand power” to turn the cablecars around! Check here for more info about the SF Cable Cars! [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1]

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Clown Plane

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I shot this at the 2009 Oregon International Airshow. Great Act. But I can’t believe how many the YouTube comments this video has gathered DON”T GET THAT THIS IS AN AIRSHOW CLOWN ACT – it’s amazing flying meant to look “out of control”!

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Modified 747

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I was amazed when this video .. um .. took off. It’s now over 110,000 hits. I’m amazed by what people choose to watch!

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