After a looooong day of travel that began at 3am and is now finally mostly over (at 9:30 pm my time), I've reached Victoria. I'll admit that through most of the flight from Seattle I was distracted from the magnificent scenery of the San Juan islands and the Olympic Mountain range by the fear that Canadian Customs would find the half-eaten bag of ( Read more... )

The Oregon Saga continues. I can't believe I'm leaving tomorrow.

Yesterday I contacted Steve Williamson, one of the founders of the Opal Whiteley Memorial in Cottage Grove. I had been emailing with Steve about three years ago, when I was researching Opal at the MHS. He is a great guy, probably the most knowledgeable Opal historian around. He took ( Read more... )