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ZIP! Jar Day Trip – Hood to Bend

On a Friday evening back in March, we decided to get up early the next morning, hop in the car … More

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Sunday Drive to Silver Falls State Park

It had been 30 days since my last fix. Cold sweats, anxiety, trembling, nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, headaches, couldn’t … More

daytrip, flora+fauna, geology, state park

Meet Pam & Dave

We’re two friends from high school who parted ways the day we graduated. Thirty years later, we reconnected and fell in love. This website is a chronicle of our adventures through the Pacific Northwest and around the world.

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This Barred Owl is hunting squirrels outside one of our bedroom windows today. He's perched on a branch only 6 feet from our building.
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