So fortunate to live so close to these trails!
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I love Fall. Here are a few snaps from our daily hike in the arboretum: The Redwood trail: Japanese Maple (Sango kaku): Underneath the Sugar Maple: This is one of my favorite times of year in Portland. We were in the Florida Keys this time last year. Remember? We're making…
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The new rock stairway leading to the deck is almost finished: I know, I'm really not being very fast-flowing with photos of the house remodel. It's because I'm saving up to do some cool before and after shots (it'll be more dramatic that way, I promise.)
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Okay I know I said I'd post some photos of what we're doing around home these days, so here's a start. We're remodeling a bit (mostly on the outside) and taking care of some much needed upgrades to our house in Portland. In the category of "much needed upgrades": a…
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Here's one of the reasons we love where we live in Portland: This is our daily morning hike. We occasionally mix it up a little (there are tons of trails all through this area) but this is the norm. It's nice and hilly, tons of trees, good trails, REDWOODS!, and…
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I mentioned we've been hiking (and occasionally running) the trails near our house every morning while we're at home (and how stupid we feel that we haven't been doing this every day for the last 15 years…30 seconds from our door, etc….). Anyway. They've been installing new signage around the…
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While we've been home we've been taking advantage of the giant system of trails about 30 seconds from our house at the Hoyt Arboretum and Forest Park. This morning instead of our normal (daily) 4 miles, we branched off and headed over to the Portland Japanese Garden. Makes me want…
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Last night after dinner (in the spirit of trying to explore a little more around our house when we're home) we went for a beautiful hike on a different section of the Wildwood Trail. Turns out there's this grove of giant sequoias, about 3 minutes from our house. Hey! How…
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We've been trying to make an effort when we're home to keep exploring the way we do when we're traveling around in the Airstream. There's so much to do near Portland and we seem to get home and just put our heads down, focusing on work and catching up on…
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The sun came out today (SUN!!!!) and so this afternoon we all piled into the car and headed out for a Sunday drive to a couple of the wineries West of Portland. We needed to pick up some wine club shipments that we missed while on the road and today…
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