This list is built for warm weather rafting, the kind of trip where the water is cold but the air isn't, and you're in shorts and sun gear rather than a wetsuit. Our outfitter's list for our overnight trip on the Rogue River got us started, but it didn't include a few...
Scott and I headed out birdwatching today in downtown Portland, following a trail of charcoal black feathers lying on the ground like breadcrumbs leading to treasure. In anticipation of LAIKA's upcoming stop-motion film Wildwood, based on the first book in the beloved...
A day in Cuemal, Peru: joining a rain dance named for a small bird, visiting the spring where the ritual was born, and eating a seven-potaje feast grown steps away.
"Get on the raft." I was sitting in the sand at the edge of the Rogue River, a few feet from the raft I'd been riding downstream. My husband Scott and I were about to hike up to the Rogue River Ranch, a historic pioneer farm, and then on to Inspiration Point —...
Although Montana proudly claims the title of “Big Sky Country,” southeastern Oregon makes a compelling argument for the nickname too. In spring, the landscape around Malheur National Wildlife Refuge stretches wide beneath dramatic skies, storm clouds hanging low over...
We enjoy living in St. Johns partly for easy access to parks and quiet spaces. One of our favorite places is Forest Park, especially the trailheads along Germantown Road. Scott and I hike there often, whether we need a longer walk, a training hike, or simply a reset....
