It’s back to shorts weather after the Pike’s Peak Colorado snow! Phoenix is still in the low 90sin the October afternoon. We did a challenging hike in the White Tank Mountains, and placedour Jeep (see “Green Jeep Bug and Bugling…

From Colorado Springs, it’s a short drive to Garden of the Gods. There were some neat rock formations, and lots of climbers, but we’d been spoiled recently by Moab, so we opted for a quick look around and continued on.…

Just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, we started what was probably the most challenging hike of the season. The trailhead was a few miles down a dirt road, and unmarked. We only found it because its coordinates were listed…

Here they are at last. Take a moment to click the links below and see some beautiful photos of the Oregon Coast, the Trail of Ten Falls at Silver Falls Park and the Multnomah Falls area near the Columbia River…

This is just a teaser. We took some gorgeous pictures of the Oregon coast from Tillamook up to Seaside. A link to the photos will appear here soon.

Portland’s Forest Park has miles and miles of hiking trails. After wearing ourselves out with a 12-mile hike on Saturday, Sunday was for a little relaxation. The Japanese Garden at the edge of the park was beautiful and very authentic.…

At about a mile deep, the Lava River Cave is the longest lava tube in Oregon. It was created by lava from volcanic eruptions flowing through to feed the front of the lava flow. The temperature in the cave is…

Idaho in general has proven to have much more to offer than we’d imagined. After a single event in Sun Valley (most of which is owned, supposedly, by Demi Moore and Bruce Willis), we arrived in Boise. We made the…