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Unofficial Start of Summer and Beach Season (aka Memorial Day Weekend)!!!

Unofficial Start of Summer and Beach Season (aka Memorial Day Weekend)!!!

by Bill Davis
Just a quick post to kick off the unofficial start of summer, and beach season, although we know many of you have the luxury being able to head to the beach and have it be warm 6+ months of the year.  Here in Oregon where we are, we are blessed…
Sunscreen under the Microscope

Sunscreen under the Microscope

by Bill Davis
As we start to enter the peak sunscreen selling season here in the US, we thought it would be a worthwhile exercise to shed some light on this multi billion dollar global industry which generated $5.6B in sales of sun protection products in 2013, by…
Columbia (River) Bar

Columbia (River) Bar

by Bill Davis
While there are some dandy watering holes in Astoria, OR, the Columbia (River) Bar is not one of them.  While the Graveyard of the Pacific is more broadly defined, the most treacherous part is the mouth of the Columbia River where it empties out…