Northwest Oregon – Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens State Park Based on Dave’s recommendation, my first stop on the Oregon coast would be Fort Stevens State Park. It was a pleasant introduction to the very fine Oregon State Park system, a well run and well funded operation in stark contrast to what I had experienced in Washington. Touting a sprawling campground […]
Eastern Washington – Snake River Country
The Guinea Pig says: Wheat, wheat, wheat! I thought I had seen a lot of wheat fields in North Dakota, but Eastern Washington figured out that the way to get more wheat per acre was to eliminate everything else, including roads, buildings, trees, brush, rocks & water. For miles and miles you see nothing but […]
Central North Dakota – Devils Lake & Fort Totten
Are you a Good Lake or a Bad Lake? If North Dakota were a pan of brownies cut in nine pieces, Devils Lake would be the inside corner of the upper right-hand piece. It is a problematic place in several ways, beginning with its name. The Dakota tribe that lived here before the Europeans showed […]