Comments on "Central Oregon Road Trip" - Faerye Net

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-19T14:40:11+00:00

I would too I’m sure. As it stands, I definitely need a change.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-17T10:50:10+00:00

Well, I’ve been to Wyoming, and I really loved the “big sky” feeling there—the way the land is naked to the sky. But Wyoming also has great rents cut into the geologic past, allowing you not only to discover what lies within, but to see beautiful colors and stripes of chemistry running through the earth.

So in short, I think I like prairies.

But as to the grass being greener? Well, I’ve been to some very different places, and Oregon is where I come back to.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-17T10:38:04+00:00

Not fair. I hate you.

Hey, my godson had a volcano cake for his birthday party last night! That was pretty cool…

It’s still not fair. sniff

Isn’t it weird that we tend to appreciate what we don’t have a lot more?

Or do you not appreciate the plainness of my prairies? I have a weird hunch.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-17T08:39:00+00:00

Ah, I see. Because the Warm Springs portion was the most unusual part of the trip for me, I must have assumed that was what you were envying. Yeah, forests and waterfalls, not to mention snow-capped volcanoes, all pretty par for the course around here.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-16T21:49:42+00:00

The badlands extend almost to the northern border of North Dakota. We actually have a national park devoted to them. Spent lots of time in the Badlands; they’ve done me no wrong with the ladies. Used to go out every summer.

But that’s just it. Beautiful? Yes. Lush? Absotively opposite. I’d rather have forest covered mountains and waterfalls and whatnot. Yes, I’ve swam in the Little Missouri which runs right through the badlands. It’s a four-foot-deep murky muddy rivulet. No waterfalls to be found here.

And I love waterfalls.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-16T16:48:26+00:00

Ah, I see. Purty site.

If I recall correctly, there are Badlands in South Dakota. That might do you for mind-bending eye candy.

Re: Pictures!

2003-06-16T16:01:03+00:00

AWESOME! Loved pic 63. Thanks so much for sharing…it brightened my day!

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-16T15:58:41+00:00

Bismarck, ND. Here’s my dilly-o: http://actionplant.com. Should help paint the picture…

Pictures!

2003-06-16T15:04:18+00:00

On the trip, I took some pictures with my new camera (a Canon S45 – I really like it). Hastily scaled down versions of the original images are available at my gallery. Just click on Bend.

Images 45-58 were taken in my wife’s parent’s neighborhood. Mostly views of mountains from the street, and a couple of nice looking houses. The day was kind of hazy, so the views aren’t as good as they sometimes are.

Images 60-71 were taken at Tumalo Falls.

Images 78 and later were taken in the car on the way home (at 70mph, most of the way), so forgive any motion blur or glass reflection.

Most of the images were taken at medium resolution to conserve space (I only have the 32meg cf card that the camera came with right now) and were scaled to 800×600 using ImageMagik convert.

There are some compression artifacts as a result of the scaling. I might re-scale them using the GIMP or something later.

Re: I'm deprived

2003-06-16T12:54:36+00:00

Where are you stuck?

I'm deprived

2003-06-16T12:41:57+00:00

My gods I need to visit there.