In the Woods with FNRL

By Jan Jackson – OREGON CITY, ORE. – Its one thing for high school kids to  spend two days in the woods (learning everything ..

4 weeks ago

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Jet Boating Hells Canyon

Story and photos by Morris R. Pike – There’s something intoxicating about boating on a river as beautiful and complicated ..

2 months ago

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Heavenly Root Wads – a Miracle for Fish and Frogs and Other Little Things in the Water

By Jan Jackson Imagine that you are a fish – a baby fish (a juvenile as they are called). You are swimming in a creek and the water ..

2 months ago

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Alder Island Nature Trail

By Lila Bowen – Alder Island Nature Trail, opened to the public in 2017,  is a short easy hike just off of Highway 101 south ..

2 months ago

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Rent Your Boat Before You Leave Home . . .

Prefaced by Jan Jackson – Glory be! I never expected to find a source to rent boats from any where in the world. You can search ..

4 months ago

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Dragon Boats on the Willamette River

By Jan Jackson – Its dragon boat season on the Willamette River in Salem Oregon and between now through October, you should ..

11 months ago

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Want to go Camping???

Hipcamp makes it easy to discover & enjoy breathtaking landscapes, lodging, and outdoor experiences on private & public ..

1 year ago

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Building the Bridge of the Gods (1928) . . .

By Jan Jackson – This wonderful 1928 film from Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. (see below), makes me want to reach for my smelling ..

1 year ago

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The Pelican and the Gull . . .

Giving flight lessons? The American Pelican (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos) and an immature gull . . . The gull seemed unable to fly so perhaps ..

2 years ago

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Love the Bridge of the Gods . . .

A word from Oregon explorer Larry Rea . . . “The engineers among you will recognize the “Bridge of the Gods” ..

2 years ago

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