STUMPTOWNBLOGGER

MULTNOMAH FALLS BY RAY ATKESON

SAY CHEESE

FOREST GROVE

LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ( other than the cars) Seaside

BOARDING SEASIDE TO PORTLAND

ACTOR WALTER BRENNAN LIVED IN JOSEPH OREGON & OWNED A MOTEL

A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT THE MOVIE THAT WON FIVE OSCARS

Mel Lambert was a very successful businessman in Salem. He also is in many cowboy hall of fames for his work in rodeo announcing. His son is a very good friend of mine, DJ Roger W. Morgan ( KISN) ….Mel played the harbor master in the film shot in three months for $3.4 million & grossed over $160 million. Mel also recommended to producer, Michael Douglas that Will Sampson ( never acted) should play the tall Indian in the film. He was a painter & lot boy at Mel’s auto dealership. He had a fine career in motion pictures. Movie was mainly shot at the State Hospital where many actors lived during the shooting. 

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST 

FEW FLASHBACKS OF SEASIDE

Shilo sits on this land today 

RARE POSTCARD

ON THE OREGON TRAIL- INDEPENDENCE ROCK IN WYOMING

Over the years thousands of wagon trains stopped her at the granite rock for a rest. Initials were carved into the stone. There’s thousands, all marks of their journey. The mound is 140 feet high and covers 28 acres.