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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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NCAI Parade 2011

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Here’s some pictures from the Parade this morning for the NCAI Convention in Portland!

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Sumêg Villiage

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This year after the Run to the Rogue ended, I kept heading south, into the Northern California Mist. I visited Patrick’s Point State Park, just a little north of Trinidad. The park contains a cedar plankhouse villiage reconstructed by the Yurok Tribe and used for cultural events. The site looked rather deserted and gray. Even [...]

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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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Wreck of the Emily G. Reed now on YouTube

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The Oregon Coast is a ship graveyard, from the New Carissa (1999) to the Beeswax Wreck (>1800′s). As a child I enjoyed visiting the wreck of the Peter Iredale, just south of the Columbia River at Ft. Stevens. (1906). So when the news reported that the wreck of the Emily G. Reed had been uncovered [...]

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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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Great Northwest Bookstore

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Last Sunday the Great Northwest Bookstore burnt down. I stopped by today to take a few pictures . I will update this over the next month. Click on the picture above to go to the slide show.

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EOS Rebelt2i – very cool camera!

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The Numbers say it all: This was a handheld shot – with the kit lens with the stabilization turned on. Cool! Can’t wait to play more! This is a set of statues at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, with the  dome of the State Capital in the background. Shutter Speed 1/5 sec F-Stop: f/3.5 ISO [...]

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