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Cape Lookout beach
A shot along the north side of Cape Lookout, a long narrow ancient lava flow that sticks out into the Pacific. Note that sunny July weather (this is while it’s in the nineties in Portland). Related posts IQ Test at Moe’s West (0) Cape Perpetua (1) Woodring Tree (3) Tsunami working group (2) The Written [...]
Tagged coast, OregonTsunami working group
You see these along the Oregon coast. Sort of a complicated logo (usually you get something like a neckless guy vaguely doing something in warning signs–this is pretty specific). I like the long explaination of the commiteework behind this graphic. Related posts IQ Test at Moe’s West (0) Cape Perpetua (1) Cape Lookout beach (0)
Tagged coast, logo, tsunami“out-of-control platitudes”
Oh, Onion. Massive Flow Of Bullsh*t Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters Congressional hearings aimed at stopping the bullshit have thus far failed to do so, with officials from BP and its contractors Halliburton and Transocean only adding to the powerful torrents of bullshit by blaming one another for the accident. Along with the region’s [...]
Tagged Humor, oil spill, The OnionGiant Sinkhole in Guatemala
Doesn’t this look more like the result of a laserbeam from space? What’s with the huge Lovecraftian cavern in that pit? BoingBoing now has more on this. And here’s a Flickr version of the hole photo. Related posts You can look but you better not touch (0) The Sky Can Be Pretty Here, Too (2) [...]
Tagged cave, guatemala, nature, sinkholeBrain Eater
Bleah! Another thing to think about when unable to sleep at night. Stumbled upon while researching warm springs in Oregon. Related posts Terrible Tilly (1) Mossy writin’ (0) Hail (2) Cape Perpetua (1) Canyoneering down Eagle Creek (1)
Tagged ameoba, Brain, hot springs, nature, OregonBigfoot!
A distant figure on a snowy mountain, only and hour from Portland! Bigfoot!!! Related posts Ranger Station for Sale (1)
Tagged bigfoot, cryptozoology, mountain, snow, Washington stateYou Know, With a Bridge That Might Not Be Such a Good Idea
from the sidebar of this cool article about a condor egg. Related posts Terrible Tilly (1) Tech Support (1) Roll Over and Play Dead (2) Ridgewood Stone Faces 2 (2) Nice Old Firehose (1)
Tagged architecture, bridge, oyCanyoneering down Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek is a beautiful, waterfall-full, and really really steep creek (anywhere else this would be called a river) that starts near Mt Hood and ends up, thousands of feet and a dozen miles later, at the near-sea-level Columbia River. It makes it way down a dramatic winding canyon, moss and near-rain-forest thickness growth around [...]
Tagged canyoneering, Columbia Gorge, Eagle Creek, kayak, nature, Oregon, oy, waterfallTerrible Tilly
One mile west of Tillamook Head on the Oregon coast sits a lonely rock with an empty seagull-poo-splattered lighthouse. This is its story. On October 21, 1879, four laborers were put on the rock. The rest of the crew followed five days later. Putting men on the rock entailed stringing a 4 ½” line from [...]
Tagged History, lighthouse, nature, Oregon, oy, stormsYou can look but you better not touch
Now that I’m out west I need to learn to recognize the cousin of my old pal poison ivy, poison oak. This article helps explain what’s going on when you get a rash, the oil involved, the structure of the plants, “immunity” (it’s a myth), and some treatments. What surprised me about poison ivy and [...]
Tagged nature, plants“They Grow ‘Em Big In Oregon”
175 lbs pumpkin grown by Larry Kading of Portland, OR. Related posts Woodring Tree (3) The Written Test (3) The McFarthest Place (0) The Border (0) Terrible Tilly (1)
Tagged OregonIdaho
Drove up from Moab through the desert and up into the mountains at Price and Helper, UT. Then down the winding US 6 through the Wasatch mts to Provo, up through the sprawl of Provo/Salt Lake City/Ogden (and some pretty aggressive/bad drivers), then onto 84 west into Idaho. The landscape changes here into the Columbia [...]
Tagged idahoMancos State Park
So we were feeling all cool and prepared from our Durango shopping and ready to take on another chilly night in our next stop, Mancos, CO. The campground was unmanned and completely empty. The reservoir, Jackson Gulch Lake, was so low that the boat ramp ran out before you reached the water. We drove around [...]
Tagged camping, Colorado, Mesa VerdeMesa Verde pt 1
From windy Navaho Lake we make our way to Durango. I was expecting some kind of cowboy town; instead we got a 6 lane highway and a super Walmart. We did find an outdoors store, of the sort that only carries Coleman gear, sports junk, and guns. Assault rifles, from the looks of things. We [...]
Tagged archeology, Colorado, Mesa VerdeBlanca Peak
14,000 ft collection of peaks seen from several angles as we rose above the icy clouds and crossed La Veta Pass and decending into the San Luis Valley. Soon we’ll be following the upper Rio Grande before Wolf Creek Pass. It’s a lot warmer here, though really really windy. Related posts Wolf Creek Pass (0) [...]
Tagged Colorado, travelWolf Creek Pass
Quite a steep drive up over this pass, we put Froggenfreude to a real test. The car seems to have survived. Just after the top of the pass there’s a pullout with incredible views down into a valley and across at a mountain with cliffs and autumnal aspens. A short trail leads to the eroded [...]
Tagged Colorado, travelOut under western skies
Sunset over Tuttle Creek Lake in Manhattan, KS. It’s starting to look like the West. Searched for the campground that supposedly is here until sundown (this state does not appear to be big on signage) before giving up and going into town for a surprisingly good Thai meal. Afterwards we discover most of the hotels [...]