The drive from Florence to Sisters is beautiful, winding through thick forests, following a river and then slowly ascending into the mountains. Along the way I stop in Eugene, home of the University of Oregon, and the town doesn’t let you forget it. There are ‘O’ stickers everywhere – on cars, in windows, on T-Shirts, […]
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Oregon’s Playful West Coast
Mission complete, a part of it anyway – I make it to the coast. It’s wonderful to walk towards the beach in my bare feet, cool sand slipping between and around my toes, the big sky above, and the coast stretching as far the fog and haze. I take my shoes off and run towards […]
Billings, Bozeman and Butte, Montana
I drive into Montana – Big Sky country. My first stop is Miles City where I caffeinate for the long drive ahead. Miles City a is still fast asleep on a Sunday morning, but I find a diner/restaurant where I get my coffee, and an entire coffeepot so that I can refill my own cup […]
Beautiful Drive through North Dakota
North Dakota is all green and blue. The sky blankets you. The highway dips into and out of valleys. Each time I emerge over the ridge, I gasp – the sky is big. Montana is called ‘Big Sky Country,’ but I don’t know how the sky can get any bigger than this. The I-94 stretches […]