Position: 45°01’46.1″N 110°42’19.6″W In the spring of 1808, no one at Fort Raymond quite believed John Colter’s stories of boiling mudpots, seething water pools, shooting geysers and sulphurous fumaroles. Colter had just returned from a winter-long solo expedition across the …
Position: 47°36’33.8″N 122°20’30.5″W If you are short of friends, night photography is a sure-fire way of meeting people. Grab your camera and a tripod and head downtown. Once you begin setting up, people will flock to you full of curiosity. …
Position: 47°44’39.5″N 121°05’25.5″W “He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Despite its 19th century gender normative syntax, there is, as in many of Nietzsche’s ideas, a kernel of truth in …
Position: 47°35’04.7″N 122°23’11.4″W Walking through residential neighbourhoods in the Pacific Northwest is an exercise in exercise and in architectural diversity. Both Seattle and Portland were established at around the same time. Both cities have old neighbourhoods that grew in stages, …
Position: 47°33’40.2″N 122°23’12.6″W This was to be a light post. A fluffy marshmallow describing our latest housesitting engagement in chichi West Seattle. After 10 minutes of digging around the internet for nuggets of history that might serve as a metaphorical …
Position: 47°44’45.0″N 121°05’14.9″W The high-pressure weather system that sat over the Pacific Northwest for almost all of January finally dissipated. The timing was almost perfect. Taking care of the animals and getting to and from the best dog walking spots …
Position: 45°42’18″N 121°30’38″W Hood River merges with the Columbia River about 60 miles east of Portland. It is known for bougie sports, beer and fruit. Moving to Portland from the east coast 25 years ago, Hood River seemed like it …
Position: RAKING MUCK Getting away from it all is what vacationers have sought for years. No matter how long or how short the holiday, the desire to drop everything and lounge on a beach is as old as Florida. Getting …
Position: SCRATCHING FOR FEED With 10 hungry beaks to feed, you’d think taking care of chickens would be a chore. Turns out it isn’t. The little peckers have grown on us over the past couple of weeks and now they’re …
