Every year, a number of US and Canadian military vessels gather at the seawall in Downtown Portland just in time for the annual Portland Rose Festival. While a typical year brings 15 or so ships, and historically there have been as many as 27 ships of sailors in town at one time, this year’s event [...]
Rooster Rock is a prominent feature at Rooster Rock State Park in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. The column of basalt was noted by the explorers Lewis & Clark as the site of their camp on 2 November 1805. The original name of the monolith was not Rooster Rock, but a similar name that [...]
The Santiam River flows through the Willamette Valley toward it’s meeting with the Willamette River in relative obscurity. Yet there is a wonder of flora and fauna near it’s banks. The stillness of the setting fails to tell just how fast the waters were flowing by on this wet, springtime day. Photo: Taken along the [...]
Sometimes the very old needs to be contrasted to the very new. Yesterday’s photo featured the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis, serving Oregon Route 34 out of Corvallis in an eastbound direction. The same highway is served westbound by the Harrison Street Bridge. A contrast in styles, the Harrison Street Bridge is more of [...]
The Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis was built in 1913 and is still used today as a major thoroughfare in Corvallis crossing the Willamette River. The bridge is the last example in Oregon of a pin-constructed truss bridge, which were used before rivets were used in bridge construction. It is also the last swing [...]
In the park in Cascade Locks, there stands many trees. This tree stands at the edge of the Columbia River. At the edge of the locks, where the river traffic once streamed by. Where, thanks to the dams in the river, is now an unused locks. Now, the tree simply watches the river go by. [...]
The sun comes up to start a new day in Portland. Here, we see the sun taking a relaxing rest on the back of the Cascade Mountains before rising to light a new day over Portland and the rest of Cascadia. In the foreground is the Willamette River and the city of Portland. Photo: Taken [...]
You know that it is Rose Festival time in Portland when the amusement rides start to sprout up in Waterfront Park. That, and the fact that it is raining is another clear sign of an impending Rose Festival. Here, the Ferris wheel can be seen sprouting up behind the Morrison Bridge. The US Bank Tower [...]
Salmon Street Springs is a feature in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Downtown Portland. The fountain has four configurations that seem to alternate one after the other in 15 minute cycles. Here, it can be seen from across the Willamette River. It is near where the vessel Portland Spirit docks when collecting passengers from downtown. [...]
The Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade is a park that runs along the East side of the Willamette River in Downtown Portland. It is nestled between the river and the I-5 Freeway. Along it’s length, the path is paved in parts, and built as a bridge along hte river in other places. There is art to [...]
