View from Soda Creek Campground (Site 9)

If you care more about views than facilities, Soda Creek Campground is glorious. No water or electricity, and the toilet is a bit of walk, but the neighboring Soda Creek meadow is amazing, and you won’t have far to go if you want to hike up South Sister or to Moraine Lake.

Posted on September 12th, 2023 under Oregon. Tags: bend, Central Oregon, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, sunset. Comments Off on Soda Creek Campground

(a small part of the) Petersen Rock Garden (Redmond, Oregon)

When it comes to Oregon oddities, the Petersen Rock Garden property probably cracks the top 10. We were there in March of 2021. In September of 2022 the place sold for $800,000. Google currently lists it as “closed” so maybe a restoration is in the works?

Posted on January 13th, 2023 under Oregon. Tags: bend, Central Oregon, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, petersen rock garden. Comments Off on Sold!

Crooked River @ Smith Rock State Park from Misery Ridge Trail (October 2019)

Posted on December 9th, 2022 under Oregon. Tags: Central Oregon, hiking, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Smith Rock State Park. Comments Off on Crooked parking lot next to Crooked River from Misery Ridge Trail

Smith Rock State Park (Terrebonne, Oregon)

Posted on November 29th, 2022 under Oregon. Tags: Central Oregon, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Smith Rock State Park. Comments Off on Crooked River

October 2019

Posted on July 8th, 2022 under Oregon. Tags: Central Oregon, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Smith Rock State Park. Comments Off on Smith Rock State Park