A few North Umpqua River photos

I was recently down on the North Umpqua River, doing an interview for this photography book review. The book and scenery inspired me to take a few photos myself.

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Hart Mountain Day 2: Petroglyphs and Borax Lakes

Hart Mountain Day 2: We started day two with a soak in the hot springs, then headed out for Petroglyph Lake. We did a short hike down a jeep trail from a main road to the tiny lake, ringed by a 20-foot basalt cliff with animal figures and geometric shapes chipped into the rocks. No [...]

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Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge: Photos and Hiking (day 1)

Last weekend, KP and I tackled the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, an awesome 278,000-acre slab of high-desert goodness. From the Hart Mountain NAR Website:
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is located on a massive fault block ridge that ascends abruptly nearly three quarters of a mile above the Warner Valley floor in a series of [...]

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Quality time with the Mule

Spending some quality time with the Mule these past few days — partying down at Wild Bill’s Nuptial Extravaganza, swimming at Fall Creek, escaping the Oregon heat wave by heading to the foggy coast, and crashing into boulders on Martins Rapid. Look for that experience to go up on One Mule Team soon. The short [...]

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Highlight of the Lane County Fair 2008

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YouTube tribute to Mr. Bungle, my hero

My brother found these videos this week and I haven’t been able to stop playing them. Amazing Mr. Bungle fan videos.

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Reccomended Book: E.O. Wilson’s The Creation

Last week while I was in NY I read E.O. Wilson’s book The Creation.  Here are my favorite snippets:
Nature dies hard. Even in the parking lot extremum, notice the resilient little weed that peeps from a crack in the concrete, the tuft of grass holding on at the curb, the faint colorous span of the [...]

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Home again, Tahkenitch Creek Hike photos

Well, it’s good to have the whole fam back together. Buster hasn’t been the same without KP around.

We also made it out to the coast to check out Tahkenitch Creek, a Bill Sullivan hike we’d been meaning to do, but somehow had overlooked. The Sullivan modification routes you to a beach where you can [...]

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Hoping to stay off a plane for the next few months

On my trip back from Oneonta, NY to Eugene, OR, I’ve learned a few things about air travel. My giant 777 jet from Washington Dulles was diverted from Denver to a dusty tarmac in Pueblo, CO because of thunderstorms; I missed my connection to Eugene.
Rather than take a $70 cab ride to an undisclosed [...]

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Wedding wrap up: Post-nuptial hang out at Arnold Lake

Three days after the wedding, the ring feels round and huge on my left hand. We stayed at the camp at Arnold Lake, gorging on blueberries and bathing off the dock, sleeping ten hours a day. On the dining room table, Katie’s veil is piled up next to my cell phone charger and laptop. The [...]

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