Author: Jeffrey Kontur

Off-the-beaten-path / USA

Super Kitschy “Tourist Trap” Wall Drug in Wall, SD

There is a place along I-95, near the North Carolina/South Carolina state line called “South of the Border”. Out in the western part of South Dakota is a place called Wall Drug that reminds me of that.

USA

Wyoming is lot nicer than you’d think

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a cold weather person. So it comes as a surprise even to me that I like Wyoming as much as I do. I don’t think I could ever live there. At least not full time. Maybe summers only. Still, I’ve been...

Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering

Cross country road trip with a hunting dog and 3 semi-wild bunnies

After packing up a large house and two-car garage into two storage containers, I helped SB drive over 2,800 miles from Washington state to upstate New York. After cramming three semi-feral bunnies and her large hunting dog into her small SUV-type car, we only had room left for one backpack...

Strenuous / USA

You couldn’t pay me to do this… well, it turns out actually you could.

Housesitting generally entails living in someone’s home and taking care of things while they are away. In my most unusual housesitting assignment yet, the homeowner was there the whole time. She was preparing to move across the country and the assignment was to help her pack and also to help...

Off-the-cuff / USA

Dog taught himself how to crack open and eat hazelnuts!

Homer is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever I’ve been housesitting just outside Portland, Oregon. He has somehow taught himself how to eat hazelnuts! This short video shows him cracking them open, eating the nut inside, and leaving the shells behind.

Sedate / USA

My 1st visit to the world’s largest bookstore

Powell’s Books bills itself as the world’s largest independently-owned bookstore. I pay it a visit and film the experience.

Off-the-beaten-path / USA

Volunteering with Bunnies… at the Salad Bar!

I have been doing a little bit of volunteer work for Bunnies in Baskets. They are a charity that bring therapy bunnies into places like senior centers, hospitals, etc. In this video, the bunnies have been invited to a salad restaurant for a photo shoot and promotional event. We set...

Dining / USA

A chain restaurant unlike any other

McMenamin’s defies the usual definition of a chain, as I explain in this short video.

Nature / USA

Portland Rose Garden

Portland is known as the Rose City. In keeping with its name, it has a very large and extensive rose garden. I visited there recently and was able to get some lovely photos of some of the roses in bloom.

Active / Nature / USA

My first visit to Mount Hood, just outside Portland, Oregon

I climb partway up Mount Hood and get above the alpine tree line. Photos from on the mountain, while approaching the mountain and even of some surrounding peaks.