Video: The Metolius
The past couple of posts have focused on the Metolius River scenic area. This video brings some of our photos and stories to life. Enjoy a quiet stroll along the banks near the river’s source.
Tag: Wade
Young Women and Fire (Photos)
Position: 44°34’28″N 121°37’10″W Back in late August 2003, lightning struck near Mount Jefferson in central Oregon – twice. Both strikes ignited fires that over a period of two weeks consumed some 90,000 acres of forest. More than 2,000 crew fought …
2020: Time to Accentuate the Positive
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” – my Mum Back when I worked for a living, I used to reassure my clients that as bad as things seem, not everything is broken. With that in …
Freedom’s End – Road Trip Part 3
Position: 40° 21′ 30″N 0° 24′ 27″E MORELLA By the time we arrived in Morella Thursday, March 12, Covid-19 had caught up with us. The Spanish government had just ordered a lockdown, due to take full effect at the weekend. …
How I Learned to Love Shakespeare, or Albarracín – Road Trip Part 2
POSITION: 40° 24’ 23”N 1° 26’ 39”W Like so many of our generation, I went on a middle school class trip to see Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. The adolescent energy of the film, with its foreshadowed glimpse of Olivia Hussey’s …
Pre-Pandemic Road Trip – Part 1
Position: 40° 2′ 51”N 2° 5′ 56”W Perfectly executed rendezvous in foreign countries always amaze me. Transporting two groups of people from opposite ends of the earth to a place none of them has ever seen at an agreed time …
Coping with COVID
Position: 37° 35′ 49”N 0° 58′ 48”W We are on lock down. We can leave the marina only if we’re buying groceries or going to the pharmacy. Marlon can’t leave the marina and can walk only as far as he …
Video: Hiking the Cañón de los Arcos
Position: 40°22’18.1″N 1°34’41.9″W With our friends Lauren and Wade, we discovered this hike almost by accident. About halfway between historical Cuenca and beautiful Albarracín, Spain, we stopped the car at a bend in the river to stretch our legs. Noticing …
Thanksgiving
Position: 36° 48′ 51″N 2° 33′ 40″ W The origin of modern Thanksgiving in America is probably apocryphal. As schoolchildren Americans are taught that the Pilgrims celebrated their deliverance to the New World in harmony with an indigenous people. A …