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Almost every day since we arrived at Whalers Rest I have taken a hike to the beach. Sometimes I go more than once. Today was no different. I enjoy hiking along the beach when the tide is out because I never know what interesting things I may stumble across. Today I hiked as far southContinue reading “Hiking the Beach”

On Monday Barbara and I moved over from Sunriver, Oregon, where the temperatures were in the low 90’s to South Beach, along the coasts, where the high’s are in the low 60’s. Where we are staying, at Whalers Rest, Thousand Trails RV Park, we are approximately 300 feet from the Pacific Ocean. It’s nice toContinue reading “South Beach”

Yesterday Barbara and I spent a few hours exploring the interior of the largest volcano in the Cascade volcanic chain. Rising 4,000 feet above nearby Bend, Oregon the Newberry Caldera hides in plain sight. The Newberry Caldera is home to more than 400 volcanic vents and covers an area the size of the state ofContinue reading “Sleeping Giant”

This morning Barbara and I got up at the crack of dawn and headed south to Crater Lake National Park. It turned out to be a really good move because there were no crowds, which made it easy for us to get the views and photos we wanted without a bunch of selfie takers spoilingContinue reading “Crater Lake”

Today our friends, Keith and Janice, took Barbara and I sight seeing in central Oregon. First we traveled to the Benham Falls trail head. Once there we hiked along the Deschutes River to Benham Falls. After taking a few photos of the falls and the surrounding area, we took a short drive to the LavaContinue reading “Benham Falls and Lava Lands Visitors Center”

On our way to Mammoth Cave yesterday, we made a stop at a rest stop along the way. Inside the rest stop was a photo of nearby Shoshone Falls. So after we visited Mammoth Cave we headed southeast to the Snake River and Shoshone Falls. Take a look!

Yesterday our good friends Linda and Dale took Barbara and I for a drive to visit the Mammoth Cave in Idaho. This actually isn’t a cave at all. It’s actually a lava tube. Well me being a geologist I’m always interested in caves, lava tubes, anything thing that is geology related. Now most people believeContinue reading “Mammoth Cave, Idaho”

Barbara and I stayed at the Welcome Station RV Park, just west of Wells, Nevada last week. It is a nice park that Barbara and I call an oasis in the desert. Trout Creek comes off of the Humboldt Mountains, just to the south, splits and goes around the RV park on each side andContinue reading “The Welcome Station”

About two months ago I purchase a star tracker that I could attach to my camera tripod so that I could take photos of the night sky. Well everywhere we have been since that time it has been windy, cloudy, a full moon or just too much light pollution. Well last night I got myContinue reading “Star Gazing”

Over the Memorial Day weekend Barbara and I stayed at an RV park on the Utah/Nevada border, near Great Basin National Park (NP). While we were there it was either windy or raining most of the time. On Monday, Memorial Day, the weather was good so we drove over to Great Basin NP to theContinue reading “On The Border”