It was time for our annual pilgrimage to the Northwest's national forests over the Fourth of July, not to celebrate the birth of our ...

As a native Oregonian, I'm sometimes embarrassed to admit that I haven't been to every corner of the state and seen every single ...

A meditative moment from the Zigzag River on Mt. Hood, brought to you by my brother , who built these rock cairns. Pretty cool!

Despite the fact that we'd heard nary a pop, whistle or boom in the days leading up to the Fourth of July this year—a friend admitted...

Once we arrived I didn't want to leave. Go to the store to pick up an item in the nearby town of Zigzag? No, thanks. We could make do ...