Category: Travel

McKenzie Pass Highway

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_397" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Lava field at McKenzie Pass"][/caption] The Old McKenzie Pass Highway, OR 242, has opened for the summer after snow plows were finally able to clear both lanes of the road. This part of the McKenzie Pass...Read More

Hamoa Beach, Maui

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_387" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Hamoa Beach on Maui's Hana Coast."][/caption] Each year for the past twenty years, Professor Stephen Leatherman, aka "Dr. Beach", names what he thinks are the best beaches in the United States. I don't think there's ever...Read More

Photographing Oregon chosen travel book of the year

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), recently honored the best books in 50 categories at the 22nd Annual Benjamin Franklin Awards™ in New York City prior to the BookExpo America tradeshow. Photographing Oregon was named best book of the year...Read More

Mount Saint Helens Eruption 30th Anniversary

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_358" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Mount Saint Helens from Johnston Ridge."][/caption] This month marks the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. On May 18, 1980 the volcano literally blew its top, spewing ash into the sky and causing...Read More

National Park Week

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_352" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Wild Goose Island and Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana."][/caption] The week of April 17-25 is National Park Week here in the USA, and if you need any more incentive to experience what Ken Burns...Read More

Bangkok, Thailand photos

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_341" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Young Buddhist monks visiting Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, in Bangkok, Thailand."][/caption] My trip to Thailand was packed with visits to markets and temples, tourist attractions and local neighborhoods. A multitude of...Read More

Thai Puppet Show

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_333" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Thai puppet show at Aksra Theatre in Bangkok."][/caption] One of the highlights of my visit to Thailand was attending the Thai puppet show at Aksra Theatre in Bangkok. The show, named Aksra Hoon Lakorn Lek, is...Read More

Chatuchak Market, Bangkok

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_329" align="aligncenter" width="341" caption="Flower vendor at Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok."][/caption] There are street vendors all over the city in Bangkok, but one of Thailand's biggest and best known marketplaces is the Chatuchak Weekend Market on the north side...Read More

Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_325" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand."][/caption] Traveling around Bangkok and Chiang Mai, I get the impression that there are Buddhist temples on almost every block in these cities. One of the most famous...Read More

Elephant ride – check one off the bucket list.

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_319" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Yours truly riding an elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand."][/caption] As a kid, my favorite stories were from books like Dr. Doolittle and Kipling's Jungle Books, and ever since then I've wanted to ride an elephant. Finally...Read More