Traveling the beautiful state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest!
Jan
3
Roaring Dillon Falls just south of Bend on Central Oregon’s sometimes rugged and always beautiful Deschutes River.
Sep
3
a few miles from Bend the Deschutes River plunges through a narrow channel creating turbulence and sound
tranquil water just above the falls
here come the falls …
over the first drop how long has this log been wedged here?
sitting with the roar at the edge of the rapids
the chute through lava banks
surrounded by sound, a kind of meditative experience
once again calm the river enters a meadow below
Aug
26
Whitewater Rafting Excursion on Deschutes River near Bend, Oregon. (photoshop rendering)
Aug
25
Just a few miles west of downtown Bend is The Big Eddy. A local and tourist favorite rafting adventure.
Aug
31
Benham Falls is located on the Deschutes River several miles south of Bend, Oregon.
Mar
16
A mellow place along the banks of the beautiful Metolius River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Mountains near Bend in Central Oregon. Gordon has a long history with this river and it’s one of our favorite places anywhere.
Jan
17
Spectacular 120-foot high falls on the upper McKenzie River, in west central Oregon, about an hour from our home. There are scores of beautiful waterfalls in Oregon, where there is of course plenty of rain to nourish them!
Oct
16
Debby at Central Oregon’s dramatic Smith Rock State Park, a popular rock climbing and sightseeing location 40 minutes north of Bend.
Mar
3
About 2 hours south of Bend is the incredible Upper Rogue River Gorge, many thousands of water per second pounding its way through this narrow gorge cut through volcanic rock.
Dec
1
Central Oregon’s Metolius River flows mysteriously from the base of a cinder cone named Black Butte and meanders through meadow and forest for 25 miles, before arriving at Lake Billy Chinook reservoir. Along the way it provides lovely scenery in this dry Cascade Mountain landscape. The bottom photo shows a waterwheel which provides water to a cabin formerly owned by our family for 40 years.
May
6
The upper Rogue River of southern Oregon thunders at the rate of 400,000 gallons of water per minute through a deep gorge as narrow as 25 feet (upper photo). The gorge is cut through relatively young lava laid down about 7000 years ago by the mammoth eruption of Mt. Mazama, which also resulted in the creation of breathtaking Crater Lake. In the lower picture, the river emerges from a cave at the end of a several hundred foot long lava tube, forming a natural land bridge.
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