Travelogue for the Tri-Cities Washington Region
What is a travelogue? The dictionary defines the word travelogue as "a film, video, or piece of writing, or a lecture accompanied by pictures, video or film, about travel, especially to interesting or remote places, or about one person's travels."This section deals with photography collections, video presentations, and travel articles about Tri-Cities Washington and other nearby communities in Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon.
Arid Lands (a film)
An award winning film, Arid Lands, focuses on the environmental and cultural history of the Mid-Columbia Basin. The film tells the story of the changes that have shaped this landscape, from Hanford nuclear production and federal irrigation projects, to more recent forces, such as environmental cleanup, housing development, and tourism. For more information, see www.sidelongfilms.com.
Columbia River Basin - A Slideshow Presentation
A wonderful slide show of the Columbia River Basin is presented with the song Cloud Dragon by Strings Attached playing in the background. The two performers are Robert Burroughs (violin) and Charles Williams (guitar).
The Columbia River - A Photographic Journey
A wonderful photo essay, The Columbia River - A Photographic Journey, explores Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later." According to Lyn Topinka, the journey "includes over 2,500 images of geographic areas and interesting items along 330-plus miles of the Columbia River, covering the area seen by Lewis and Clark in 1805 and 1806."
Endless Discoveries
The Tri-Cities Visitors & Convention Bureau has a video tour that highlights the Tri-Cities area.
In Steppe
In Steppe is a cultural/ public affairs television program that broadcasts in the KTNW-TV viewing area, a region in central Washington known as a shrub-steppe. The program is "in step" with the communities surrounding the Tri-Cities, bringing positive news about people, places, events and issues to viewers. Producer and host Lucy Luginbill is a long time resident of the Tri-Cities. A new episode of In Steppe airs on KTNW-TV 31 and Tri-Cities cable channel 10 the first Thursday of each month at 8:00 pm. The programs repeat the following Sunday at 10 am and 7:00 pm. Previous episodes are available for viewing online.
Joe Nicora - Photographer
Enthusiasm by Joe Nicora
Joe Nicora started his adventure in photography in 2004. In 2007, he published a book containing a collection of his Columbia River Plateau Landscapes. You can view many more of Joe's photos at his photostream.
John Clement Photography
John Clement is a master landscape photographer and his photographs have achieved world acclaim. You can see many of his wonderful landscapes of this region at John Clement Photography.
North American Highways
North American Highways, a travel agency in England, offers both a Washington and Oregon Vintage Wine Tour. The Washington tour lasts 12 nights and covers about 665 miles between Seattle and this region. Several nights are spent in both the Yakima Valley and in Walla Walla. See the brochure (PDF) for more details.
Northwest Journeys
John Crancer, an Emmy award recepient, hosts Northwest Journeys, which shows 30 minute features about the Northwest each week. Shows have been produced about the Prosser Balloon Rally and the Southeastern Washington wine industry that you can view online. The show airs every Sunday at 4:30pm on Yakima KAPP 35 and Tri-Cities KVEW 42.
Northwest Travel Magazines
Northwest Travel Magazines publishes both the Northwest Travel Magazine and the Oregon Coast Magazine. They also published the 2006/2007 Vacation Guide to the Columbia & Snake Rivers Region (PDF). In addition, they also offer other visitor guides for this region.
Richard Doody - Photographer
Richard Doody has a collection of over 30000 photographs in over 700 galleries. The four collections below include photographs he has taken in several counties in this region:
- Along the Columbia - includes Benton County
- Blue Mountain Country - includes Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla County
- Eastern Oregon - includes Umatilla County
- Palouse & Coulee Country - includes Adams, Franklin, Grant, and Whitman County
Sam McLeod's Guide to Downtown Walla Walla
Tourism Walla Walla is sponsoring the production of several videos for posting on YouTube to promote tourism. These videos feature Steve Johnson who plays the role of Sam McLeod. The first video is about Sam's attempt to shoot Sam McLeod's Guide to Downtown Walla Walla for his friend Larry, showing him Walla Walla's beautiful downtown.
Two other videos that have been produced and published on YouTube include Sam McLeod's Guide to Art in Walla Walla and Sam McLeod's Guide to Walla Walla Sweet Onions.
Note: Sam McLeod, the literary alter-ego of Steve Johnson, has authored several books and maintains a website.
Scenic Byways
Experience Washington, the official site of Washington State tourism, describes several scenic byways that are worth taking a drive including the Lewis & Clark Trail where you can follow in the footsteps of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the Palouse where you can follow the route of Native Americans, pioneers and settlers, the Yakima where you cross through the Columbia River plateau in the shadow of Mt. Adams, and the Yakima River Canyon which is an alternative route to Interstate 82 between Yakima and Ellensburg.
Scott Butner - Photographer
Wheat Field by Scott Butner
Scott Butner started out as a sports photographer in Seattle before embarking on a career in Information Technology. During the past few years, he has reconnected with his enthusiasm for photography in the Tri-Cities region. Check out his photostream.
Scott Fischer - Photographer
Scott Fischer takes photographs and publishes them on Google Maps and Google Earth so you can see where he took them. You can visit his web gallery to see some of his photographs. Each of his images posted at Panoramio display along with a Google Map showing the location where the photo was taken from. Once you open an image and select the image location, more image thumbnails are presented.
Terry's Travel Blog
Travels with Terry, by Terry Richards with The Oregonion, is a blog filled with travel stories for many areas in Oregon and Washington. Terry has blog entries for Central Washington and Eastern Washington with topics such as "Chasing wild geese in the Columbia refuge" and "Take a hike (or bike) with Sacagawea." In addition, Terry has blog entries for Eastern Oregon such as "Hermiston watermelons are simply the best."
Traffic & Weather Webcams
Washington State and Oregon State Department of Transportation webcams can be viewed between the Tri-Cities and Yakima, Tri-Cities and Walla, and around Pendleton.
Tri-City Digital Photography Club
The Tri-City Digital Photography Club (requires registration) is an all digital photography club for Eastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon photographers. You may view many member photographs at EyeFetch.
Tri-City Herald - Photo & Video Galleries
Tri-City Herald staff have assembled several photo galleries that represent the Mid Columbia region. In addition, several local news videos are available for viewing.
Walla Walla Downtown Foundation
Jennifer Northam is the Events & PR Manager for the Walla Walla Downtown Foundation which has produced several Downtown Buzz videos.
Walla Walla - My Home Town
Walla2Chick (aka Lynn Suckow) has composed many wonderful photographs in and around Walla Walla where she resides. View her sensory and perceptual experiences of Walla Walla - my home town.