This is the park that's 30 seconds from our house in Portland (and basically what our "yard" looks like). We're really enjoying the spring (feeling like summer) in Portland this month. Bike rides, hikes, grilling outside on our deck…we love all of it! (And yet, I'm still so excited about…
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It rained and rained and rained all night, and this morning as we started our Monday workday in the Airstream, surprise! It was raining. We'd talked about doing a slightly abbreviated version of yesterday's hike today if there was a break in the weather, but we decided we still wanted…
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This morning we woke up to a tiny bit of sun and blue sky (!!!!). We decided it WAS the day to do the Trail of Ten Falls hike after all. Just as we were dressed, breakfasted, hand-on-the-door-handle ready to go…guess what? It started raining. Oh well. Onward! What's a…
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I really REALLY like hiking in the snow. I think this means we need to get ourselves some snow shoes so we can do it more often (for more than three days a year) up at Mt. Hood! Today's hike looked like that (above) and hiked mostly like this (below)…
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(I know, "Yawn" from all you people in the North/Northeast…sorry. It's rare here in Portland.) 🙂 The road inside the arboretum where we hike most mornings: We went on our hike before breakfast today — four and a half miles this time (in my Bogs!). The main road from our…
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I've been wanting some snow forEVER, and here it is! These are from our daily hike when we're home in Portland. Looks a bit different in the snow: In the sequoia grove: Snowy archery range: Okay and here's a shot I took this morning: And here's almost the same shot…
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Our next stop will be hiking the waterfalls at Silver Falls State Park. The last time we were there it looked like this: It was actually quite lovely and we had fun cooking BBQ in the snow. I'm hoping for some hiking weather this time though, so we can do…
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Wanna know how much stuff we just packed into our last day here at the bottom of the Oregon Coast? 1. Drove down towards Brookings, OR and stopped to check out the campground at Harris Beach. This campground looks amazing and it's now on our list of places to stay…
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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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