Latest Notes:
2007: Three Months in China.
I spent last July and October in Dongguan China on business trips.
Dongguan is about 100 miles north of Hong Kong and I had plenty of
weekends to explore the area. These pages include plenty of stories
and pictures of local parks, temples, scenic coasts, plus Goulin mountains,
and Hong Kong. The big irony is that July is the perfect time to
explore Portland, and worst time to explore steamy south China.
Other than that, things are moving in slow motion here at Pacific
Coast Travels. The only update to the site in the last year and
a half has been the China section. It sounds like a lot of fun,
but I haven't had the time or money to go places and shoot pictures.
I've been promising trips to Canada and Costa Rica for more than a year,
but the China trip is delaying them one more time.
Even worse, since changing this site from Pikes Peak Trailguide
to Pacific Coast Travels, the numbers of viewers has
dropped to about one fifth of what it was two years ago.
The majority of my hits are still for Pikes Peak info because
Google is still indexing the site as GhostTownSoftware
instead of PacificCoastTravels. I might have to split
this into two web sites to get Google to index it correctly.
Even worse, spammers are flooding my feedback form
using automated bots that crawl the web looking
for forums where they can post their host address,
which gives them free advertising and a higher ranking in Google.
It's a disease that affects feedback forms throughout the web.
It has no affect on me because my form has trick question
that stops bots.
Anyhow, I'm still planning a trip to Costa Rica later this year.
This trip fizzled last year because I couldn't afford it.
I don't want to just sit on a beach for a week but I can't
afford to do much else. I can afford it now, but the China trips
are delaying everything else for a few months. I still want to
squeeze it in this year so I can shoot a rainforest calendar.
I've been trying to find one for years but I've never seen one in the stores.
The latest pictures from China are looking real good, thanks to
the new photo editor that I wrote my self. I didn't like the
way any other editor worked so I made my own and the results
are incredible. It lets me adjust levels, contrast and sharpness
in ways other editors can't and it's a ton quicker. After I
work out a few bugs I'll be posting it on this site, along
with other photo utilities that I have.
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Pictures from the Pikes Peak Trailguide
These pages include pictures I shot between 1998 and 2004 while researching my Trailguide CD-ROM.
Now that the Pikes Peak Trailguide CD-Rom is discontinued, I thought I would post some of the pictures on the web.
These pages span the entire Pikes Peak region, and include 100 of the 450 photos from the CD, plus a few others that I shot sometime later.
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The Second Trip to China 2007
This second trip features mostly local travel in southern China plus a week in Thailand.
The aircraft carrier in Shenzhen China
Parks and temples in Guangzhou and Dongguan
A few days in Sha Tin Hong Kong
A trip to Krabi Thailand
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Dongguan China 2007
This six week business trip features plenty of travel to some of the exciting sights of southern China.
The long trip, Portland, San Francisco, Hong Kong
The hotel and plant in Dongguan
A few days in Hong Kong
The famous mountains of Goulin China
Local parks and temples galore
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Waterfall Extravaganza 2006
I spent half the summer shooting some of the waterfalls in the region.
This is only a fraction of the falls around here, maybe I'll get the rest next year.
Jumping off of Lewis River Falls
Rodney Falls at Beacon Rock
Moulton Falls near Battleground
Oneota Falls in the Gorge
Eutola Falls next to Oneota
Latourell Falls near Multnomah
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Olympic Peninsula 2006
There's a ton of exploring to do around Olympic National Park.
This weekend trip took a drive around the perimeter to check out the beaches and rainforest.
Visit West Coast Beaches
Drive up Hurricane Ridge
Visit North Coast Beaches
Drive down Hood Canal
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Portland Oregon 2006
The Portland area has several good places to go for a bike ride.
Exploring Sauvie Island north of Portland.
Biking Table Mountain Trail by Skamania.
Hiking the Washugal Dike.
Biking Portland's Forest Park.
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Vancouver Washington 2005
Vancouver has a scenic assortment of parks near by.
Salmon Creek Park
Wintler/Marine Parks
Vancouver Lake Park
Round Lake & Lacamas Park
Portland Riverfront
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Portland Oregon 2005
More hiking and biking along the Columbia River.
Hiking up scenic Eagle Creek to Punchbowl Falls.
Hiking above Latourell and Oneota Falls in the Gorge.
Sloshing to Oneota Falls.
Hiking in Lewis River Park, north of Vancouver WA.
Columbia River waterfalls and the giant sturgeon.
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Portland Oregon 2004
After moving to Vancouver Washington, I started exploring the area.
A trip to the Oregon coast including beaches, cliffs and forest.
Exploring the beach and shipwreck near Astoria.
Hiking in the Hoyt Arboretum in West Portland.
Vancouver Lake Wildlife Refuge.
The scenic park in Longview.
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Portland Oregon 2003
In 2003 I made a trip to Portland to visit friends and take a quick tour of the area.
Visiting the falls in the Columbia River Gorge.
Climbing 800 foot Beacon Rock.
Hiking downtown Portland.
Taking a drive up Mt St Helens.
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Maui Hawaii 2002
In 2002 I was in Maui, Hawaii. There's way too much to do there in one week.
Touring the south west coast near Kehei
Touring the north west coast near Kanapali.
Driving the Hana Highway through the rain forest.
Visiting Haleakala and the big Aquarium.
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Malaysia 2002
In 2002 I made a second trip to Penang Malaysia to visit friends.
Sightseeing in Hong Kong.
Sightseeing in Penang Malaysia.
Jungle treking in Taman Negara National Park.
Snorkling at Palau Payar island.
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Malaysia 2000
In 2000 I made a business trip to Penang Malaysia, which included plenty of exploring.
The Equatorial Hotel.
Kek-Loc-Si Temple.
Penang Botanical Garden and Arboretum.
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Colorado 2001
In 2001 I was in Ouray and Silverton with my brother.
This spectacular region includes towering mountains, forest and waterfalls.
It's not exactly on the Pacific Coast, but they're still nice pictures.
Exploring the mountains surrounding Ouray.
Exploring the gold mining district above Silverton.
Checking out the river and hot springs in Pagosa Springs.
Riding my bike from Silverton to Durango.
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