Our visit to the Neskowin Beach Ghost Forest was inspired by an Oregon geology exhibit at The Museum of Natural and Cultural History located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Consider this diagram: Low tide on the Northwest…
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Peppered with Main Streets and storefronts and the occasional horse and buggy, much of small-town Iowa still operates like something like out of a modern day Norman Rockwell painting. From the Mississippi River bluffs to the bridges of Madison County…
Roughly the size of West Virginia, many people think of Lake Michigan as more of a sea than a Great Lake. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a system of locks, canals, and channels along the Saint Lawrence Seaway, sailors…
A day’s drive from most of the Midwest, Central Plains, and a good chunk of the South, Kansas City’s charm and character is evident in the depth and breadth of its distinctive neighborhoods. From high-end to bohemian, urban to suburban,…
New residents of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, we’re enamored by the Pacific Ocean. About a one-hour drive from our new house, we’re venturing out from Florence, Oregon. Here are some of our initial favorites. Devil’s Churn North of Florence…
Follow Highway 101 eleven miles north of downtown Florence, Oregon and you’ll find yourself on top of America’s largest sea lion cave. The site of Sea Lion Caves, a privately owned wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary, the caves are the…