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Big Kites Pull Hard!- NW Traction Kiting
This site is dedicated to all forms of traction kiting with recent forum updates, kite reviews, weather links, and local links for the NW Oregon kite scene. 
Canyon de Chelly

Amonst the Arizona dessert is reaveled a painted landscape that will astonish the traveller.

Welcome to the Canyon de Chelly National Monument!

Photo courtesy Wikipedia 

Ecola State Park

Ecola State Park and Cannon Beach have some great views and great beach breezes on the mighty Pacific.

This setting has been to a few movies and a few love scenes aswell.  Well there is no doubt that the surroundings have something to do with it!...

Explorers Headquarters
Fort Stevens State Park

From freshwater to salt all it takes is a short walk and your there. 

Enjoy shipwrecks, wildlife and beachcombing in one of Oregons most idyllic destinations.

Ghosts Video Showcase
The world of the paranormal has always held an audience captive from the beginning of time.

The only question is do you believe?

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia
Golden Rectangle

Like the many secrets of the Bermuda Triangle, so like are the secrets of design. 

So I pulled up my sleeves? and waded into the Golden Rectangle to see what I could dredge up. 

You will find lot's of interesting tidbits and treasure, from d...

Graffiti and Streetart

I have been attracted and interested in graffiti and streetart since my youth in Chicago.  This lens is for exploring and appreciating the many froms and styles of urban streetart.  This is an ever changing lens so check back again soon :)

&...

Graffiti Mule

Welcome to the Graffiti Mule @ Squidoo a place dedicated to cronicling the phenomenon of street art!

You might find a new link, an rss feed that tickles you pink or any numerous other tidbits I'm sure will strike your fancy. 

Grand Canyon

Here in Arizona over the span of hundreds of thousands of years, this great jewel was carved from rock by the mighty Colorado River.

Welcome to the awe inspiring Grand Canyon!

 

Photo Courtesy Wikipedia 

Green Building Product Database
This lens is my personal database of green building products organized by CSI division. It is an on going work in progress.  Feel free to leave a comment and share products that you know of that could be added to this lens.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
When you step into these forests some sort of transformation takes place. You are suddenly the dwarf amonst the giants.
Jessie M. Honeyman Mem. State Park

On the southern reaches of the Hwy. 101 in Oregon a unique terrain emerges.  The great sand dunes of Oregon & Jessie M. Honeyman Mem. State Park. 

Along this stretch of the Oregon coast you will encounter new and contrasting terrain.&nbs...

Kite Landboarding Videos
Vote for your favorite kitelandboarding vids
Kiteboarding Videos
Check out these vids. Sick tricks from around the world.
Kitebuggy Videos
sweet vids from around the globe
Kitewing Dirtsurfer Videos
Check out these vids and see how people are puching the limits with a large wing and a  board with two big wheels.  Amazing!
Mono Lake
A look at a natural treasure being reclaimed by nature!
Music Mole Man
Digging up independant music and then "digging" the music that was dug up.
Nether World Artists

A semi regular poke at our Renaissance friends from the Dutch Golden Age!

Check out the links to many fantastic museums that I have visited or long to visit one day, or relax and order some fine cheese. 

  

Ocean Side Oregon
A hidden delight awaiting discovery is nestled here in this idyllic setting.  Somewhat removed from the busy traffic of Highway 101 this destination calls the weary traveller for rest and relaxation!
Ocean World

Along the road a place exist where you can swim with the fishes - - well you can't really swim with the fishes but you can certainly pet a shark!

 

Oregon Caves National Monument

Situated Southwest of Grants Pass on HWY 199 on your way to connect with coastal HWY 101, lies a truly awesome site. 

You are now entering Oregon Caves National Monument located in the Siskiyou National Forest.

From the scrawls of pencil graffiti...

Oswald West State Park

A surfers paradise indeed, a wanderers destination for sure.

Whether your interest is taking to the waves or strolling upon shore or trail this is the destination you've got to see! 

POOP POWER!-Composting with Worms

Composting your food scraps with worms is fast, easy, and good for the environment.  Learn how to build your own worm bin as well as time tested methods and techniques for worm composting sucess!



Currently I have worms for sale as well as worm...

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Just off of Historic Highway 101 is a all in one vacation getaway amongst the redwoods.

This truly beautiful site is a see to believe destination.  So celebrate conservation and visit this gem! 

Roadside Oddities: Avenue Of The Giants

Alongside Hwy. 101 a street bears the name for all of the real giants that lurk amonst the pavement called Avenue Of The Giants.

Quirkiness and splendor abounds at the many real and unreal stops found within the Redwood National Forest! 

photo cou...

Roadside Oddities: Confusion Hill

Nothing is to confusing at this pleasant stop amongst the Humboldt Redwoods.

Welcome to Confusion Hill, another mystery spot vortex located in Northern California! 

Roadside Oddities: Oregon Vortex

In Southern Oregon not to far from Grants Pass lives a vortex of unimaginable power.  Or so they say.

None the less this off the beaten path roadside attraction is a true gem that is a must be seen or rather felt experience.

Roadside Oddities: Prehistoric Gardens

Unbelievable as it may seem the same giants who roamed the world millions of years ago still live on today.

Dragons there be!

Beware and forewarned dinosaurs still rule this actual rainforest located on historic hwy.101. 

Roadside Oddities: Sea Lion Caves

Some 25 million years ago on Highway 101? huh? exists the World's Largest Sea Cave and the home to the Sea Lion Caves.

Tucked underground in this cavern that lies 208 feet from the surface lives the shelter of the Stellar Seal Lion. 

Roadside Oddities: Trees Of Mystery

On Historic Hwy. 101, a blind driver would be able to see the hulking sculpture of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. 

What have you just witnessed?

Here in Klamath California several mysteries await you, Paul Bunyan being the least.

Welcome to the...

Simple HTML tricks to use with Squidoo

Squidoo has a nice editor for your lenses, but things can be improved. This lens will show you some simple tricks to include more than possible with simply using the editor.

These tricks should be used in modules like the link list, or the write modu...

Snowkite Videos
Snowkiting videos from around the globe.
Sustainable Architecture

Climate change is a fact of life today and buildings are responsible for consuming more than half of the energy consumed in the US.  This site looks at what is being done around the world to make buildings more sustainable both in their construc...

The Graffiti Mule Presents
The best in graffiti video, publications, art, pictures and anything else related to this phenomena!
Vernacular Photography
I have a lot of photographs, collected over the last 30-some years in various antique and junk stores. While the main locale was Nova Scotia, several friends have contributed photos found in their travels. Making these materials into coherent present...
Wind Power Energy

Wind power is a 100% clean and renewable source of electricity.  There are many ways that people are harnessing and tapping into this energy supply ranging from large scale wind farms to kites and micro turbines.  This site endevors to expl...

Yosemite
Nothing compares to wonder achievement made possible by our sponsor - Nature!

This gem has earned it mark in the hearts of America, from granite to meadow nothing will cease to astonish all.

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia