Over the years, we are frequently returning to the stunning Oregon coast for vacations. And we always have a great time and a lot of fun adventures. Though Southern Coast is closer to us, the northern part became our favorite recently. So here’s my list of the most epic places. Ecola State Park This park…
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Southern Oregon Coast Trip
Is there a region that is so beautiful it impresses you time after time? Southern Oregon Coast is exactly that place for me! Rugged cliffs covered with evergreens, hills covered with wildflowers, sunsets so stunning you cannot breathe, or foggy days that cover you like a soft blanket, waterfalls, and mountains, how can all of…
Kauai: Photographic Journey
How do you plan your trips, or do you plan them at all? My approach is: find a beautiful photo and plan the day around the location of it. I used the same approach when planned a Hawaiian trip. The only problem is that the whole of Kauai looks like a paradise. So the following…
Winter Weekend at Mt Shasta
Among dozens of places in California where one could spend a weekend, Mount Shasta became my favorite. Especially entertaining this place is during the winter season. Higher elevations tend to get some snow cover during the cold weather, and Mount Shasta becomes a ski resort. If you do ski, visit Mt. Shasta Ski Park. But…
Winter road trip in New Mexico
Two years ago, we drove into New Mexico for a week-long Christmas road trip. I had a long list of places I wanted to see, experience, and photograph. However, a few days before our flight, it became clear that it would not be the case. It was a year of several weeks long government shutdown…
Lassen National Park
If one day someone asks me what my two favorite California National Parks are, I would say Lassen and Redwoods. No, not Yosemite – that is amazing but always busy, sometimes way too busy to be enjoyable. Not Death Valley, which is though very likable but still is a desert that is deadly half of…
Early Fall in Grand Teton
I had a chance to spend several days in Grand Teton, my favorite national park, at the end of August, beginning of September. As always, I wished aspen would already start to turn yellow but no – they were summer green. But fall felt everywhere – brown grasses and bright yellow bushes were first signs…
Glacier National Park
A few years ago we bought National Park journal, where you need to put stickers and dates of your visits, eventually earning a regional sticker. Of course, I cannot leave empty spaces in it. I felt like I must visit at least all of the western parks. And Glacier eventually became my top of the…