When Veronica and I first decided we would start attending Gig Harbor Church of the Nazarene, the biggest drawback in my mind wasn’t the distance, or the toll we’d have to pay every Sunday, but the mere idea of having to drive across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The Narrows Bridge – there are actually two…
Month: September 2015
Whitman Mission Historical Site
Frontier life has long interested me. I’m not sure if it is from frequent playing of the old Oregon Trail game on our mid-90s computers, or perhaps from reading Lonesome Dove a million times. The westward expansion of our civilization across America is infinitely interesting to me. Part of that expansion, of course, involved a…
Friends are friends forever
One of the biggest complaints about being a sports journalist is the schedule. Nights and weekends are not a rarity, they are the norm. Sure, sometimes this job means you get to cover games for a living and gain free entry, but when all the stadiums close and you are finished with deadline and the…
A quick trip to Newport, Oregon
As we were preparing to head to Newport, Oregon, for our friends Geoff and Maria Folsom’s wedding, I asked all the Oregonians I know if they had any recommendations or advice. Nearly all of them either said they’d never been there or that there is nothing to do there. Color me a bit surprised after…
A foggy visit to Yaquina Head
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in Newport, Oregon, has that name for a reason. Views of migrating whales. World class tide pools. A rock beach that makes music when the waves wash over it. A historic lighthouse that was built in 1872. What more could you ask for a weekend visit? Well, you could ask…
Burning Washington
Two weeks ago the sky was orange. The sky was orange and the sun was a ball of red fire. Smoke drifted across the Evergreen state bringing ash and the smell of woodsmoke. Temperatures were rising and the warm days combined with the thick smoke from Washington wildfires let everyone know that the state was on fire….
Traveling the PNW 