Billabong Flats 3 Australian animal adventures by Ria Loader All are welcome at Billabong Flats in the Australian Bush. Who will the new dingo pups become? Can wildly different animals learn to dance? What mysteries are hidden in the oldest … Continue reading
In preparation for a brutal heat wave about to descend on Oregon, I am sitting in semi-darkness, fans whirring, upstairs AC units working at light speed. The garden and the dogs are watered, shorts I have not worn in years … Continue reading
Join Thor and me as we swim at night among giant manta rays off the Big Island coast in Hawaii. NOTE: After way too many months without travel, Thor insisted on an R&R escape to Hawaii this April. He’d been … Continue reading
Join Thor and me as we visit the volcano caldera and expansive lava fields created by ongoing eruptions still building this geologically-new island. NOTE: After way too many months without travel, Thor insisted on an R&R escape to Hawaii this … Continue reading
Billabong Flats 2 Australian animal adventures 2 by Ria Loader All are welcome at Billabong Flats in the Australian Bush. Who will the new dingo pups become? Can wildly different animals learn to dance? What mysteries are hidden in the … Continue reading
Seeing the wild mustangs of the Oregon Wild Horse Corral in Hines was one of my primary reasons for visiting Eastern Oregon. I’d hope to see the famous Kiger mustangs, but they make rare appearances in the corral. And there … Continue reading
Our getaway continues with our favorite snorkeling spot on the Big Island. Come visit our fishy friends! NOTE: After way too many months without travel, Thor insisted on an R&R escape to Hawaii this April. He’d been keeping on eye … Continue reading
The husband and I spent a few days in Eastern Oregon this week. Why, you might ask, does anyone want to go to Eastern Oregon? It’s high desert, endless stretches of sage, bunch grass and cattle. Highway 20 from Albany … Continue reading
Right outside the front door of our house–well, across a little stretch of lawn, fifteen or twenty feet maybe–we have a pond. It was one of the many things we fell in love with when we first saw the house. … Continue reading
Oh look, another glossy magazine article about lovely Orcas Island! You’d think the island would be used to this sort of thing by now, but this innocuous, perfectly decent little article has occasioned a great ruckus on at least two … Continue reading
