Date of Visit: October 11, 2018 I’m working through the pictures, descriptions, and accounts of our recent Western US Loop road trip in order to write my posts. But the seasons are turning to Fall so I went out to grab some pictures of the changing colors. I went to the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge thinking… Continue reading Fall at the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge
Category: Wildlife
Summer Trip to Newport – Day 2
Date of visit: July 16, 2018 Our first stop was the Oregon Coast Aquarium – really it is the reason we picked Newport as our destination. We seem to remember visiting here years ago when the kids were young; perhaps driving the 95 miles from Manzanita during a week at the coast there. But I… Continue reading Summer Trip to Newport – Day 2
New Lens Testing
Photos taken: July 6&7, 2018 I retired – again – a few weeks ago. I joked with my friends that I’ve gone back and forth between working and retirement so often in the past four years I should just start calling myself “unemployed”. Who knows, maybe retirement will stick this time – certainly retiring in… Continue reading New Lens Testing
An Afternoon at Cannon Beach
May 18, 2018 We are in Cannon Beach for the weekend and I’m using the time to work through my method of moving photos from my camera’s SD card into LightRoom Mobile and then into my blog. Cannon Beach is named for a cannon that washed up on the beach many, many years ago. But… Continue reading An Afternoon at Cannon Beach
Tualatin Wildlife Refuge
April 21, 2018 A couple of buddies and I went out to the local wildlife refuge today. Even though trains don’t roll through it – like the Ridgefield Refuge – there was plenty to see. Jay is updating his plant field guide so we focused on plants. It’s still early spring but we got our… Continue reading Tualatin Wildlife Refuge
