Every year I try to get up to the unnamed lake at the eastern foot of Broken Top to shoot its wildflowers. Peak bloom is usually in late August or early September, but this summer I have found most locations to be at least a month early. So I guessed on early August and hit […]
Canyon Creek Meadows & Three Fingered Jack
Canyon Creek Meadows, at the eastern foot of Three Fingered Jack in Central Oregon, often has one of the best wildflower displays in the Oregon Cascades; and every year I attempt to catch its peak during late July. I knew that it would be early this year but never dreamed that it would be the […]
Oregon’s Painted Hills
Every spring I try to visit Oregon’s Painted Hills to catch its wildflowers, especially hoping that the golden bee plant (Cleome Platycarpa) is blooming. This plant must have continuously moist conditions through the entire winter and early spring if it is to bloom. Well, for the first time in a number of years, those conditions […]
South America Trip
This past April we returned to South America. There were two impetuses for this trip. First, our Bend friends Andy & Marcia asked us to join them for a week’s stay at a wine country Finca in Mendoza, Argentina. And together we decided to also visit Bolivia and Buenos Aires. In addition I had obtained […]
New Photography Website
I have moved my blog and photo galleries from our Samco Family website into this new rick.samcos.com website dedicated to my photography and travel work. If you wish to be notified of new blog postings, click on the button at the upper left and choose your method of notification. This new website was created using WordPress, together […]