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On June 14, 2007 we went to Silver Falls State Park. My father, son Peter and I hiked on the Rim Trail and then the Canyon Trail, also known as the Trail of the Ten Waterfalls. Here are some pictures from that hike .

For spring break in March 2007 we did some traveling around Oregon. On March 29 we traveled down to Sunset Cove near Coos Bay with a stop to see the Umpqua lighthouse around the way. Then on March 31 we traveled to Multnomah Falls on they way to see the Painted Hills. The next day we traveled to the Sheep Rock unit of the John Day Fossil Beds .

The latest photos that I have added are a recent trip to Silver Falls State Park and also a trip to Crater Lake National Park.

On July 13, 2006 I was a chaparon for a field trip for my son Steven's class at James Monroe Middle School. We went to Oaks Amusement park, then took a ride on the Columbia Gorge sternwheeler. Here are some pictures from the ride. During the trip, I was able to take several pictures on the UP railroad on the Oregon side and the BNSF on the Washington side.

In November 2005, I went to a conference in Montery, CA. Here are some pictures taken of the bay area, including some pictures of some sea lions and sea otters.

As many of you already know, I have started a new position with the University of Oregon and have moved to the Eugene, Oregon area.

Along the way I stopped to take some pictures of the Echo Canyon area near Echo, Utah and also the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Promentary, Utah.

I then traveled along the Columbia River Gorge and on the weekend of June 4 drove through the Three Sisters area.

Here are some pictures taken in the Baltimore harbor area on October 11, 2004. Included are pictures of the USS Constellation, a sailing vessel for the US Navy built in 1854, the USCGC Tany, the last surviving warship from the attack at Perl Harbor, the submaring USS Torsk and the Lightship Chesapeake along with other areas of interest.