San Francisco landmark: Coit Tower
Rising 210 feet from the top of Telegraph Hill is one of San Francisco’s best known landmarks – Coit Tower.
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Far Away
Destinations not near Portland
San Francisco in a day: Hyatt Fountain
During World War II, Japanese-American people all down the West Coast were interned. In Portland, 3500 were rounded up in
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Bonaire and the Octopus
Bonaire is an amazing, low key island, known for its pioneering role in the preservation of nature, especially the marine
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McMenamins: Old St. Francis School, Bend
Bend, Oregon is a quaint and beautiful little town surrounded by nature. From the mountains to the high desert, you’ll
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Getting SOAKed in Tidewater 2011
Deep within a tree canopy in sleepy Tidewater Oregon, flowers bloom and birds cheep, water trickles down the steep retain
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A SOAK’n we will go
It is time – time for the fun and festivities to begin, for today SOAK begins. SOAK is the Portland
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Two Towns a World Apart
What do these things have in common: the second largest city in Australia, a small country village in England and
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The Romance of Steam
I did not quite grow up in the age of steam, but there were still a few steam engines running
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Surendorf a hit in Columbia
For the past few days, there have been no blogs because I have been busy helping Cindy Surendorf put on
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An Onion in Time
A few years back (2008 to be exact), Walla Walla had a great exhibition of sculptures along their sidewalks. The
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