A trip to the Oregon Coast, 17-20 Feb 2023

The beach at Manzanita, Oregon, 18 February 2023. Minolta XD5/Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 lens/Kodak Portra 400 It's the annual tradition: Head to the small beach community of Manzanita in northern Tillamook County on President's Day weekend. Emee's son's birthday is around this holiday weekend, so he brings a gaggle of friends to "the beach house"...

Long Beach Peninsula Trip: The photos

North Head Lighthouse, Cape Disappointment. 23 July 2022. Ricohflex Dia/Kodak Portra 160 It's been a few weeks since we got back from the Long Beach Peninsula Trip of 21-24 July 2022. We did a lot of the usual things when we went to this part of the world: a bike ride along the beach, visits...

Another excursion to the Long Beach Peninsula: 21-25 April 2021

A three speed on the beach. Long Beach, WA. 22 April 2021. Olympus 35RD/Kodak Portra 400. As I've stated previously, the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state has become a favorite destination of Emee and myself: beautiful but fairly quiet, as Portlanders end up hitting the Northwest Oregon coast instead, and a bit too far...

A trip to Rockaway Beach

Emee and I had a busy time last weekend. Right after I led my Slough Country Ramble, we high tailed it to the coast! The main reason was that her son was having a birthday celebration at his dad's house in Manzanita, located on the north Oregon Coast. The ride out to the coast wasn't...

A weekend on the coast

Despite some of you readers who think I live a life of leisure (snicker) and am travelling all the time, I really don't. Sure, I have trips, but they are spaced apart. My last extensive time away from town was in August.* So, it was time for Emee and I to get away. Where to?...