These past few days have been very relaxing. The Hosts of the house I’m staying in returned for the week and I hung out with them, friends and neighbors before they leave again for a couple of weeks. This will give me an opportunity to go to some of the places that don’t allow dogs….
I drove almost three hours north to Cannon Beach to photograph Tufted Puffins at Haystack Rock. No luck. Even if they were there, it would have been a hard shot. So…. Astoria Just the Two of You? The hostess said, “You have a cute dog.”I asked if we could sit on the patio. “No, the…
DAY HIGHLIGHTSROUTE Newport Area │ BEST SURPRISE Yaquina Bay Estuary │ BEACH Ona Beach │ PHOTOGRAPHED Sandpipers · Jays · Sparrows Sunday was a relaxing beach day. I just set up a chair in the sand and watched the waves. On Monday I went to the Yaquina Bay Estuary to photograph birds then ate at…
Imagine 60 degrees and breezy on August 22nd. That’s what it was here yesterday and I found it perfect for napping. By around five pm I was hungry and in the mood for chowder and Jack was very well rested. He seemed to try to be telling me to get my butt off the couch….
We spent a couple of days exploring Corvallis and surrounding back roads. Someone recommended I hike Fitton Green Natural Area and that’s where I got the shots of the mountain landscape and wild turkey – there were 8 of them in a field and while they were timid, I was able to photograph them as…
Wonderful day of hiking and exploration beginning with Cape Perpetua. From there we went to the Heceta Head Lighthouse. And finally the town of Yachats. 🐾 Jack’s Notes Bam; you know when I come home tired, it’s been a good day and boy was I tired today. We went to this magical place where I…
🐾 Jack’s Notes If you call drinking beer and sleeping all day doing something then we did something today. Well, I didn’t drink beer but I did sleep. So, here’s the deal – my many fans want to come by and say hello and I tell them how much I love them but I have…
No particular goal or plan so I just drove north. It is the height of the tourist season and although it is Monday there is little reprieve from the weekend traffic. Depoe Bay was slammed but I looked over the ocean and saw a half-dozen or more charter boats near the shore. Depoe Bay calls…
The first time I was in this area I was told the “sand shifted.” It was very hard to imagine at the time but now, a year and a half later I get it. The ocean here will either take the sand away from the beach causing the rocks to “stick out more prominently” or…