Billy & Andy: Far from the madding crowds, the scholar's retreat is a serene oasis in Porland's hive
Billy & Andy: Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts, like most pilgrimage destinations, required persistence and sweating in atypical heat
Billy & Andy: Sturgeon pond along the Columbia River Gorge
Billy & Andy: If only we could grow these beauties in southern Arizona
Billy & Andy: View from Timberline Lodge on the flanks of Mt. Hood
Billy & Andy: Obligatory pose with the snow-capped slopes of Mt. Hood
Billy & Andy: Waves of lupines washed over the lower slopes of Mt. Hood
Billy & Andy: What we often miss when we fail to look "up"
Billy & Andy: A common wildflower along the Oregon coast, reminding us of the Queen Anne's Lace that decorated the perimeters of the cornfields of our youth
Billy & Andy: Only a few feet off the crowded US101 lies terrain uncontaminated by human activity
Billy & Andy: An inviting sandy beach in a sheltered cove along the Oregon coast
Billy & Andy: Dunes south of Florence, OR
Billy & Andy: One of many spectacular views from Oregon's last operational lighthouse
Billy & Andy: We could barely tolerate wading in the frigid waters on the Oregon coast
Billy & Andy: Look past the pregnant guy to a jaw-dropping view
Billy & Andy: Just a little further back, honey
Billy & Andy: Mt. Hood, dormant volcano in the Cascades near Portland, OR
Billy & Andy: The Prince with our Portland hostesses Sandy and Claire
Billy & Andy: Even the roof tiles bear the nuanced imprint of the Daoist ideals
Billy & Andy: The rugged Oregon coast on a rare stormless day
Billy & Andy: A great place to smoke a joint and listen to the wind sawing in the giant evergreen trees
Billy & Andy: We kiss in the shadows of a Chinese garden
Billy & Andy: The kind of beach that begs to be enjoyed in one's birthday suit
Billy & Andy: Unlike Sandy and Claire, the Prince forgot his sensible hat
Billy & Andy: A solitary beauty in Sandy's garden
Billy & Andy: Billy and Dita miming Orville and Wilbur Wright with wings extended on the beach near Florence, OR
Billy & Andy: Trumpet vine (or cowslip in Alabama) graces Sandy's garden wall
Billy & Andy: A giant and riotously blue Pacific NW hydrangea variety
Billy & Andy: Prince with mossy evergreens
Billy & Andy: Tree pollen-colored shore on Crater Lake NP, OR