After cruising south through Portland my next firm destination was the city of Corvallis which is the home of my alma mater, Oregon State University. I ran the nostalgia gauntlet by visiting the last house I lived in, eating a couple slices of American Dream pizza, and checking out some live music at Bombs Read More …
Category: Oregon
Crater Lake National Park (NP #34), Oregon
Of all the incredible geologic tales I’ve been told on my tour of our national parks, Crater Lake National Park’s (map / wiki) is the coolest. The now nonexistent Mount Mazama was built layer by layer over the last half million years – similar to Rainier, Hood, and Shasta. Its activity culminated in a Read More …
Seattle Washington and Portland Oregon (State #48)
Seattle and Portland will always be closely linked in my mind. Whenever one of them comes up in conversation the other is sure to follow. I decided to compare them side by side. Seattle and Portland are much more similar than they are different. They both have a solid music scene. Both have Read More …