Charles Frenzel

The beginning of an enchanted evening. Star gazers welcome. The sky cleared out later that night. It amazes me how much you can see when the air is clean, even if I’m in the middle of and urban environment.

Summer is here, but the snow lies heavy on Mt. Hood. It’s hard to believe that an active volcano seems to tower close enough to reach out and touch. Of course, it’s a fairly far away. Nevertheless, I can only imagine the havoc an eruption would create if Mt. Hood were to act up like […]

The falls are a lot larger and deeper than it looks in this photo. It’s a place along the trail where I walk quite often, especially when I feel puzzled about life. Age is supposed to bring the possibility of wisdom, but unless wisdom mainly consists of wondering if I ever knew anything at all, […]

These falls are located in the Columbia River Gorge not far from where I live. The experience is more like standing in front of a natural altar than it is watching water falling. Maybe someday I will try to walk up to that bridge you see crossing high up the side next to the first […]

And there we were, crossing another valley near Moab, breaking free of the storms in the mountains and driving into a landscape of our dreams. Vancouver was still four days ahead of us.