Travel

After 900 miles on the PCT, 10 lessons I’ve learned

But having just finished another section — 217 miles from just north of the Columbia River to Snoqualmie Pass east of Seattle — to...

Living a Yahtzee life

They say if you want to make money in the writing business you find a niche and go to that place again and again. In other words, if the...

Back to the woods and rivers

On August 20, 1905, Oregon wilderness wanderer John Waldo wrote a journal entry from the east slope of Mount Jefferson. In it, he quoted...

New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’

Ah, but some books come more easily. Last spring, in my post-Beachside Writers recovery week in Yachats, I read Laura Hillenbrand’s...

A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past

“Remember to wrap the plastic around the candy before you bury the treasure,” my first mate suggested as, shovel in hand, I prepared to...

Test your Oregon, Lane County history

En route to Yachats Friday, I was reminded that Florence-to-Yachats on Highway 101 is my favorite 20-mile stretch of highway in the state...

Accidentally finding Walden Pond

As with most trips, wife Sally and I experienced some low moments: having to pay $32 a day to park our rental car at our downtown hotel;...