Tom Dempsey's photo favorites from Oregon include: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills and Blue Basin Overlook Trail), Cannon Beach, sunset at Haystack Rock, Ecola State Park, sea stack rocks at Oceanside, Cape Meares, Wizard Island in deep blue waters of Crater Lake National Park, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea nettle (Chrysaora species) at Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, fascinating abstract sand and algae patterns, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Multnomah Falls, Latourell Falls, Triple Falls in Oneonta Gorge, Toketee Falls, North Umpqua River, Watson Creek (east of Roseburg).

Photos of the Oregon Cascades Range include Crater Lake National Park, Toketee Falls, North Umpqua River, Watson Falls & Creek, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.

Photos of Oregon coast seascapes include: Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Ecola State Park, orange sunsets, crashing waves, driftwood, Three Arch Rocks, Oceanside, Cape Meares waterfall with rainbow, Florence, Harris Beach State Park sea stacks, invasive gorse plant with yellow flowers, colorful abstract rock patterns, Arch Rock, Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, winter storm waves, lichen draped tree, Bandon, USA.

Photos of Oregon lighthouses and ships include: Heceta Head Lighthouse, keepers house with holiday lights, orange sunsets, Umpqua Lighthouse State Park at Reedsport, Cape Meares Lighthouse, the "Westward Ho!" 1850's sternwheeler on Siuslaw River at Florence, and Sandy Creek Covered Bridge at Myrtle Point.

Photos of Oregon animals and sea life include: Wild stellar sea lion colony at Heceta Head, Sea nettle (Chrysaora species), crab, fish, Oregon Coast Aquarium, mussel shells, gulls, Lewis and Clark commemorative statue at Seaside, Canada geese on Harris Beach, USA.

Photos of Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area span both Oregon and Washington, including: Multnomah Falls, Latourell Falls, Wahclella Falls, moss smothered trees on Tanner Creek, Horsetail Falls & Creek, Upper Horsetail (Ponytail) Falls, Beacon Rock, Triple Falls & Middle Falls of Oneonta Gorge, Wahkeena Creek, Fairy Falls, blossoms of Red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), tugboat pushing barges of grain.

Photos of Oregon plants and natural patterns include: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Painted Hills Unit, sun rays bursting through foggy trees at Champoeg State Heritage Area, insect-eating (carnivorous) Cobra lilies at Darlingtonia Wayside near Florence, shiny iridescent sea foam bubbles, cool sand and algae abstracts shaped by tides, Riverview Trail in Loeb State Park, world's northernmost redwood grove (in Siskiyou National Forest), Gorse yellow flower and sea stacks at Harris Beach State Park, lichen draped tree, colorful abstract rock patterns.

John Day Fossil Beds preserves layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived between the late Eocene (about 45 million years ago) and the late Miocene (about 5 million years ago). These photos of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument include Painted Hills Unit and Sheep Rock Unit, in Oregon, USA.

From September 11-13, 2016, Carol and I walked 22 miles in 3 days on an enjoyable backback to Mirror Lake in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the Wallowa Mountains, on the Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA. (Its scenery resembles the Sierras.) Our route was as follows: - Hike 7.3 miles from Two Pan Trailhead (5600 ft) up East Lostine River to camp at popular Mirror Lake (7606 ft). - Day hike to Glacier Lake via Glacier Pass (6 miles round trip, 1200 ft gain). - Backpack out 8.7 miles via Carper Pass, Minam Lake and West Fork Lostine.

Hike the Imnaha River Trail in early to mid May (before the poison ivy and blackberries overgrow the trail), in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, north of Imnaha village, Oregon, USA. The entire river is designated Wild and Scenic. Don't step on the cute little rattlesnakes. We saw a group of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) along the access road. See the Wallowa Mountains and Eagle Cap Wilderness from a base camp at Log House RV Park, in Enterprise, Oregon

Hike the Wenaha River Trail, in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Troy, Oregon, USA. See the Grande Ronde River along an access road.

In mid to late May, hike amid fields of Lupinus luteolus flowers (Pale Yellow or Butter Lupine) on Ninemile Ridge Trail, in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Pendleton, Oregon, USA. See also: - Calochortus tolmiei (in the Lily family, Liliaceae), commonly known as the Tolmie Star-Tulip and Pussy Ears. - Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja). - Tragopogon dubius (commonly known as Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Goatsbeard, or Wild Oysterplant).