The AwakeningWarm weather inland typically brings fog to the Southern Oregon Coast. Dawn can be a particularly beautiful time as the warmth of day breaks through the gloom.

a grey whale emerged right below my feet and scraped barnacles off its body on the sandstone cliffs

I was grateful enough not to ask why a mature gentleman actually had a diaper on him

but I will remember it forever

First light begins to emerge over my beautiful home city of Portland

But sometimes you just get lucky with the conditions as I did along the coast of Hawaii one morning

Waves drape themselves over the rocks during a long exposure of the Washington Coast

A waterfall pours over a rocky ledge in the lush Columbia River Gorge area of Oregon during autumn rains

A tiny cavern is filled with interesting formations created by eons of erosion in the deserts of Nevada

A river of lava runs beneath my feet and pours into the ocean

A small ice cave in the Cascades of Washington is a cold

it was all I could do to keep it out of the trees

During twilight