Visiting one of Oregon’s Seven Wonders: The Painted Hills and the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Oregon’s Painted Hills are an amazing part of the state and can be found in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in central Oregon. Services are currently limited but you can visit trails and picnic areas within the monument with your dog or loved ones today!

From The Archives: Visiting Tide Pools.

This post is from May 2019 and now includes a few updates and new videos! One of my favorite activities as a child was going to visit and interact with tide pools on different beaches. I grew up just a mile away from Bellingham Bay, just a few miles away from Larrabee...

Otters of the Pacific Northwest.

The Pacific Northwest is home to an array of amazing and wonderful animals. Southern Resident and transient orcas and California Gray Whales frequent many parts of the Salish Sea and the waters off the coast; the largest unmanaged Roosevelt Elk herd is found in the...

Procession of the Species.

Two of the many descriptors you could use for the Pacific Northwest are quirky and passionate. The slogan for Portland, OR, for example, is ‘Keep Portland Weird’ and there’s an entire show slightly exaggerating the weird nature of the city. To...

Dealing with injured, sick, or abandoned wildlife

There are many stories of people interacting with wildlife in a disastrous way. There are stories of injuries or even death involved in people taking selfies with animals; for example, an endangered dolphin died after a crowd of people held it on a beach to take...