Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer On March 19th , Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, along with dozens of community partners and volunteers, hosted the 23rd annual Children’s Clean…
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Garibaldi – Home of World-Class Dungeness Crab Thanks to Experienced, Professional Commercial Fishing Fleet (VIDEO)
Story & Photos By Don Backman Did you know that Garibaldi, Oregon produces some of the best Dungeness crab? This small-town port has taken advantage of its close proximity to the ocean…
“Don’t Touch the Crab!” 37th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races Run in Garibaldi (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Don’t touch the crab!” Contestants lined up on the upper end of the ramp, each with a thoroughbred Dungeness crab in front of them. One…
Hundreds Greeted New Year with Polar Plunge – Manzanita & Cape Lookout Events 1/1/24 – VIDEOS
Ten days into the new year and we are anticipating the arrival of the “polar vortex” – artic air that will bring frigid temperatures and the possibility of snow down to sea…
Crossing the Tillamook Bar: Garibaldi Crab Fleet Takes to Ocean Dec. 30th – Photos & Video by Don Backman
The 2023 crab season has had partial openings with southern waters opening December 16th; and the northern waters opened on December 31st. Pioneer videographer/photographer Don Backman caught these images of the Garibaldi…
PHOTOS: In retrospect … “Favorite” Photos from the Year
By Don Backman It is useful to look back over your work periodically to determine what you like about it, what you don’t care for, and have an idea for how to…
Garibaldi Light Parade December 19, 2023
Photos & Video by Don Backman Annual Light Parades have now become part of our communities … Garibaldi lit up the streets on December 19th. Garibaldi Fire & Rescue making its annual…
2023 Bay City Light Parade – Video by Don Backman
Santa is stuck in a water meter box! Can they rescue him? Bay City Fire and Rescue led the parade. Lights flashing and twinkling, the parade wound its way throughout the neighborhoods…
December 2023 King Tides – Video by Don Backman
Here’s recent video from the King Tides this past week – by Don Backman.
WANTED: Volunteer Photographers! Photograph King Tides This Winter – King Tides Dec. 13-15
The second series of king tides, the highest high tides of the year, will happen from December 13-15, 2023. If you are on Oregon’s coast, you are invited to take photos of these high-water events. The Oregon King Tides Photo…