Thanks cuz Adam

For a great night at the Rose Garden

A thousand memories: back in Salem after 11 years

It's been a little more than a decade since I lived in Salem. For 15 years, I lived an worked in Salem. They were significant years: I started my news business, worked in radio and TV at the State Capitol, partied, fell in love and married, bought two homes here and watch the birth of my two kids here.

It is a little spooky walking around here. Deja vu in a way -- somethings have changed, others not.

On this day, I walked from my office to Safeway. It was a Safeway I visited many times when I lived here.

As I walked there, I past these train tracks.

Several memories came back.

One of the funniest was a news event coverings the steam engine 4949.

It is probably Oregon's most famous engine. It was going to travel from Portland to Salem for some really big celebration.

The media was in position on the train tracks not far from here to catch the sight and sounds of mighty 4949.

However, at the far end of what you can see here is where we saw 4949. It had broken down.

It wasn't going anywhere.

Plus it had broken down on a crossing of one of Salem's busiest streets.

So the only news that day was the traffic jam.

OK, not a earth shaking memory -- but one I won't forget.

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Sign near my office

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Near my office in salem

Santa in bend

Bend condo at Thanksgiving

Ricky gets his braces off

Nov. at the coast always makes me want to make music

Seaside @ sunset in November

It was a family reunion/celebration of sorts.

We took a walk on the beach.

As I walked around, I thought about what I learned at my photography class this summer.

Light, water, shadows, reflection.

Seaside with cellphone

Out our room patio

Seaside

On my way home from the coast

Back at the cabin: a simple evening meal

My friend Nancy tries wine glass art

One of my favorite spots -- mouth of Salmon River with Cascade Head in background

Eating my way across the coast: chili bread bowl at McMenamins

Duck victory: finding new friends on the coast

Lines on the beach

Lunch at the chowder bowl at Nye Beach

Salmon River through the limbs

Riverhouse looking at salmon river

Salmon River upstream

The wonderous Cascade Head on a November day

From the cabin bedroom: forest framed by window sill

Cellphone sunset at D Beach

Time for a beer at Pelican Brew Pub in Pacific City

My home away from home