September 2016

Oregon is rugged coastline and sandy beaches, sand dunes, timber forests, snow-capped mountains, high desert and dry open ranch land. It’s also the soil-rich flatlands and green valleys of farm…

On first glance, you might think the rugged, high cliffs of the Columbia River Gorge, with the Columbia River flowing below, were formed by flooding. But the area is actually…

Let’s start with, “Please don’t hate me.” Like you, I’ve endured many air flights cramped in Coach seats with no food or bad food, and seatmates who only contribute to…

When we traveled to Cuba, our family of five had already spent five weeks in Ecuador and three in Panama. As a last leg of our trip, we booked tickets…