Harlequin Duck

Memories of the Dempster Highway

On May 18, 2005, still new to birding, I left for a 73 day ‘trip of a lifetime’ that covered 12,000 miles. All did not go as planned, but it…

Memories of Oregon’s Yaquina South Jetty

In Spring-2022, I drove from my home in southern California, and explored the entire west coastline. When I arrived in Newport, I spent most of the day catching up with…

2022-06-06 The Long Road To Watson Lake

It’s a long and arduous drive from Fort Nelson to Watson Lake, and I planned on several stops along the way. I found that there was highway construction going on…

2022-04-03 Yaquina South Jetty

I arrived Saturday in Newport Oregon, and spent most of the day catching up with my blogging tasks, but after spending the night north of town, I wanted to see…

2015-06-14 Oregon Into California

I made my goodbyes to my family the night before I left Southern Oregon, and I stopped in the town of Rogue River for breakfast. As with so many times…

Memories of Seward – Alaska

2005-07-08: If it’s Friday, this must be Anchorage Driving south on the Parks Highway, I stopped in Anchorage to book passage for July 17th on a ferry for me and…