Monday Mutterings: Yaquina Lighthouse

August 04, 2025  •  Leave a Comment
A drive along the Oregon Coast would not be complete unless you stopped at one of the many beautiful lighthouses. One that is very easy to access is the Yaquina Light House just outside of Newport. It has a great information center to walk through and then you can go out and wonder through the grounds right up to the light house itself. This area i...
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Monday Mutterings: A Hobbit Trail

July 28, 2025  •  Leave a Comment
About halfway down the Oregon Coast is this little trail called Hobbit Trail. There are no major markings that this trail is coming on the highway, to be honest I drove right past the trailhead and had to turn around to go back to it. But it is definitely worth the stop. The moment you step off the highway onto the trail it seems to take you to a m...
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Monday Mutterings: Just buzzing around

July 21, 2025  •  Leave a Comment
For Seward, July brings a lot of blooms and with it a few seasonal visitors. One of my favorite of these visitors are the Rufous hummingbirds. They are cheeky little fellows who love to buzz you as you sit sipping coffee on your front porch, or pop by for a hover in front of your face when you take the dogs out in the morning. I am fortunate en...
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Monday Mutterings: Jakob Two Trees, trolling in the PNW

July 14, 2025  •  Leave a Comment
If you have some time to kill in the Seattle area a great little excursion is to go on a troll hunt. A Dutch artist by the name of Thomas Dambo has worked with local tribes and artist to create these beautiful and rustic statues. There are 6 amazing sculptures sprinkled throughout the PNW, specifcally the Seattle and Portland area. Although, the ar...
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Monday Mutterings: Seward Mural Hunt Pt 1

April 03, 2023  •  Leave a Comment
Seward is a very popular summer destination for those that visit Alaska. It offers great fishing, the Alaska SeaLife Center, wildlife cruises and countless trails. For those who don't know where that is, it is 127 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska on the Seward Highway. This small harbor town has a permanent population of 2,625. That population is p...
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