A visit to Tualatin Hills Nature Park, 23 March 2021

Camera: Olympus Pen EES-2. Film: Fuji Industrial 100. As I mentioned in the previous post, when it comes to "family adventures", I've been trying to aim for parks in the metro area that either I haven't been to before or haven't been to in a long time. On Tuesday March 23rd Emee had a morning...

A visit to Lacamas Park, 21 March 2021

Camera: Olympus Pen EES-2. Film: Fuji Industrial 100. I've probably mentioned this before, but I've been doing my damndest to visit parks and natural areas in the area that either I haven't been to before, or haven't been to in a long time. It's too easy to just go to obvious and popular places, even...

A visit to Marshall Park, 6 March 2021

Marshall Cascades, Tryon Creek at Marshall Park. Camera: Minolta SR-T 101. (SRT-101) Film: AristaEDU 200 (Fomapan 200) It was "kids weekend". Emee and her ex split custody, and Saturday March 6 we had the kids. We try to have a little adventure with them to counter all the computer time they get. For me it's...

Subsequent Southwest Safaris: Exploring Stephens Creek and Dickinson Woods (26 Feb 2021)

Olympus Pen EES-2. Kodak Portra 400. I've stated previously that Portland's SW "quadrant" is still the "here be dragons" on my Rose City mental map. Despite living in Portland for almost 20 years, the area of SW over the West Hills is still a fairly unexplored area for me. I know the main roads, but...

Getting off the beaten track

Apartments at SE 60th Av at Belmont, 8 Feb 2021. Minolta SR-T 101, PG Rokkor-X f/1.4 50mm lens, Kodak ColorPlus 200. Over the past couple decades I've led bicycle rides in and around Portland. These rides tend to focus on what I call Portlandia Obscuria: The weird and unknown little bits and pieces, often hidden...

An exploration of Cooper Mountain, 12 Dec 2020

Camera: Olympus 35RD. Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan. I've mentioned here before that Emee and I have been using the van to hit up some of the more far-flung and unknown parks in the Metro area. While I love being able to either bike and/or take transit to these spots, many of them are just far...

A hike through the West Hills to Pittock Mansion, 8 November 2020

Camera: Minolta SRT-101. Lens: MC Rokkor-X PG f/1.4 50mm Film: Kodak Ultramax 400 The West Hills is a small mountain range (Tualatin Mountains, in itself a far-flung spur of the Coast Range) that separates Portland from the Tualatin Valley to the west. Some of the hills rise above 1,000 feet in elevation. And there's lots...

Discovering new-to-me parks in Deep SW: Albert Kelly Park

I've lived in Portland for almost 20 years. In these two decades I've gotten a good grasp on most of the 133 square miles of the Rose City, from the central core to the far-flung areas like St Johns and far East Portland. But after all this time, there's one area that I still don't...