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A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to get out of town for a bit. Initially, I thought it would be great to drive down the coast to someplace warm(er), like Monterey or San Diego (Sandy Eggo if you’re Steve Poltz). However, I decided because of time constraints to just limit myself to Bend, Crater Lake and the National Redwood Forest. This was my first time doing a totally solo road trip since 2001, and it felt good.

While I did bring my camera, my first priority was to just experience the trip without too much emphasis on capturing everything on pixels. Thus, there are less photos per day on this trip…but there are still some good ones I think.

The photos in this first post are not going to be in any particular order.

Here is sunset on the third day of my trip, as seen from the Redwood National Park scenic coastal drive, near Klamath CA:

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And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Last picture post, I left you with a photo of Hecata Head Lighthouse. Here’s another, from a slightly different vantage point:

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At the end of July, Stacy sat for the Oregon bar exam. We decided that a reward for all that work was in order, so we took a short camping trip down to northern California via the Oregon coast.

First night, we stopped at a National Park called *ahem* Tillicum Beach, near Waldport OR. Very cool little campground, but very busy. All the campgrounds were on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Next morning, I made coffee, and here is what I saw:

Here’s our campsite, and Stacy fumbling (more…)

Jay Brooks commented on my last post that you could change the map of my route to show the satellite view instead of the map view. The hybrid view that Google Maps can do - combining the map view with the satellite view is cool, too, which is what I’ve elected to include here.

I love this photo. I only wish the point and shoot gave the kind of clarity my SLR can get. Wait a minute…do I really?

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First and foremost, Happy Birthday USA! I hope all you readers are having a fabulous Fourth of July. Here in Portland as I type, it’s 84F and due to reach 90 by 5pm. There is barely a cloud in the sky - and the sun feels great!

A couple of weekends ago, I took a little trip on my motorcycle. Click this link for a map of my journey. My intent was to do “the Mt. Hood loop”, approaching the area from a different direction than last time.

SO glad I did that. And, lucky you! I tucked a little point and shoot camera away in the front pocket of my leather riding jacket.

The “Rich-eye-view”:

I started at my home and (more…)