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So you've booked a tiny house with an outdoor bathroom in December
I did read the fine print, just not recently. I'd bookmarked it as where I wanted to stay if I ever did this trip. I looked at the basic info and the pictures when I booked, but didn't read through every bit of info where you have to click to read more. I did shower outside, because I knew I'd be smelly otherwise. The tiny house has it's heater high up on the wall and the bed is in a loft, so the main area is chilly and the loft very warm. I didn't want to be smelly, but then I put on my jeans after and was like oh, wow, shower or no shower wasn't going to make a difference.
And then I walked down to the municipal elevator, one of 8 municipal elevators in the world, a unique accessibility project because there is a pretty sheer cliff down the center of town. It's the elevator or a 177 step staircase to get to the other part of own. The info center for the town is up in the UFO portion and they keep an eye on the elevator itself.
Partway down the stairs, looking at the UFO:
I then walked, and walked and walked. I don't know how far because I wound up walking past the next town but not all the way to Canby. I spotted a lot of great spots to take a picture of a passing Coast Starlight train and I will get those shots. It's going to be a project and I need to get better at shooting trains first, but I will get the shots.
Celebrity sighting:
I love this building, but need to figure out a better shot of it:
The old brick boilers with stuff growing out of them!
Later shot from the UFO - Better angle but the glass affected the clarity:
View from my lunch spot:
I knew roughly when the train would be through town, but by the time I got back to Oregon City all I wanted to do was sit in the tea and book shop there I like and rest for a bit.
The rain came back and I didn't want my lens rained on again, but I had an idea! I could shoot from the UFO! However, I messed up. The train was running late. I checked online trackers and they showed Coast Starlight southbound as already in Salem. I was like, I could not have missed the train... I know this is the right track. I was just on this train and looking at this view. It was seeing this from the train that made me finally get back here. I eventually gave up, only to hear the bastard honking as I walked away. So I had to rush back and I'd lost my settings and I shot from the wrong angle, so this is the best I got:
Then I went to reshoot the pedestrian underpass of the damned:
It's part of the same structure as the car tunnel:
Next, I wanted to shoot the elevator's holiday lights. I went into a brewpub and hung out and did some writing while I wanted for it to get dark enough. The only good angle is from a crosswalk and while typically I'd be find with a run'n'gun snagging a shot while in a crosswalk, no, not in this town.
Then I went back to Mcmenamins. They can feed me, so I figured why not.
I did read the fine print, just not recently. I'd bookmarked it as where I wanted to stay if I ever did this trip. I looked at the basic info and the pictures when I booked, but didn't read through every bit of info where you have to click to read more. I did shower outside, because I knew I'd be smelly otherwise. The tiny house has it's heater high up on the wall and the bed is in a loft, so the main area is chilly and the loft very warm. I didn't want to be smelly, but then I put on my jeans after and was like oh, wow, shower or no shower wasn't going to make a difference.
And then I walked down to the municipal elevator, one of 8 municipal elevators in the world, a unique accessibility project because there is a pretty sheer cliff down the center of town. It's the elevator or a 177 step staircase to get to the other part of own. The info center for the town is up in the UFO portion and they keep an eye on the elevator itself.
Partway down the stairs, looking at the UFO:
I then walked, and walked and walked. I don't know how far because I wound up walking past the next town but not all the way to Canby. I spotted a lot of great spots to take a picture of a passing Coast Starlight train and I will get those shots. It's going to be a project and I need to get better at shooting trains first, but I will get the shots.
Celebrity sighting:
I love this building, but need to figure out a better shot of it:
The old brick boilers with stuff growing out of them!
Later shot from the UFO - Better angle but the glass affected the clarity:
View from my lunch spot:
I knew roughly when the train would be through town, but by the time I got back to Oregon City all I wanted to do was sit in the tea and book shop there I like and rest for a bit.
The rain came back and I didn't want my lens rained on again, but I had an idea! I could shoot from the UFO! However, I messed up. The train was running late. I checked online trackers and they showed Coast Starlight southbound as already in Salem. I was like, I could not have missed the train... I know this is the right track. I was just on this train and looking at this view. It was seeing this from the train that made me finally get back here. I eventually gave up, only to hear the bastard honking as I walked away. So I had to rush back and I'd lost my settings and I shot from the wrong angle, so this is the best I got:
Then I went to reshoot the pedestrian underpass of the damned:
It's part of the same structure as the car tunnel:
Next, I wanted to shoot the elevator's holiday lights. I went into a brewpub and hung out and did some writing while I wanted for it to get dark enough. The only good angle is from a crosswalk and while typically I'd be find with a run'n'gun snagging a shot while in a crosswalk, no, not in this town.
Then I went back to Mcmenamins. They can feed me, so I figured why not.
