Now that Christmas break is officially here, it’s time to finally share what we did for our annual Thanksgiving trip! If you’ll recall, since moving to Oregon, we haven’t been able to spend Thanksgiving with our families. After a pretty lame first Thanksgiving on our own, waaayyyy back in 2012, we decided we should take…
falls creek falls.
Somehow, it is December, and I’m about to blog about a hike that happened in October. Where, oh where, has the time gone? Let’s throw it way, way back to October, when the sun was still shining, the leaves were still golden (to be fair, the tree right outside our window is holding on strong),…
the timberline trail.
Let me tell you about the most perfect day.
indian point.
The Columbia River Gorge is straight up magic. A few weekends ago, we took a hike through the woods, completely unsure of how the weather would cooperate with our scenic vista hike. It turned out to be a fog-filled journey that obscured most of the views at the top, but it’s hard to find anything…
drift creek falls.
I think Oregon has five seasons. Spring, Summer, Sunny Fall, Rainy Fall, and Winter. When Sunny Fall rolls around, it’s all beautiful leaves and cool breezes and pumpkins and long runs and picnics and hikes and boots. But Sunny Fall can only last so long. Then comes Rainy Fall. And it’s cozy and foggy and…
cooper spur on mt. hood.
I started grad school 5 weeks ago, and weekends are suddenly incredibly precious. This takes me back to the two years when Eric was in grad school. Each weekend, he would make a designated “Ally Day,” where we’d do something fun (see a few favorites here, here, here, here, here, and here, if you’d like). This…
priest lake, idaho.
This has been one amazing summer. I keep calling every trip (see Colorado, parts 1 and 2, California, and Crater Lake) my “last hoorah” before grad school. But this trip to Priest Lake, Idaho was the “official last hoorah” of summer, since I started school about 11 hours after we got home. We were super…
apricot lane farms.
As one of my “last hoorahs” before starting grad school (next week!), I took a little trip down to southern California to visit one of my college pals, Mallory. Mal lives and works at Apricot Lane Farms, an amazing biodynamic, organic farm outside of LA. After years of promising to make a visit, I finally…
colorado (part 1).
We had the privilege of kicking off the month of June by visiting our old pals Megan and Jordan, and their new little fella, Simon, in Colorado. We first met when Eric and Jordan started grad school together in Eugene way back in 2012. Now that we live pretty far apart (Portland and Chicago), it’s…
long live the three-day weekend.
As someone who feels the average weekend flies by far too quickly, I love three-day weekends with all of my heart. This Memorial Day weekend was full of hiking, biking, and eating almost every meal outside. It’s what we call summertime perfection.
moulton falls.
Hey, Washington! We live in Portland, which is at the top of Oregon, separated from Washington by only a river (and generally, a lot of traffic). But we constantly forget that Washington is available at our leisure. Last weekend, we finally got around to visiting a Washington park that has been on our list for…
eagle creek trail.
We had the pleasure of hosting some friends from home for a little portion of their Oregon vacation. We squeezed in a day of Portland sights and eats (brunch at Irving St. Kitchen, book browsing at Powell’s, a stroll across the Tilikum Crossing bridge, a hike in Forest Park, and dinner at Verde Cocina) before…
saddle mountain.
The weather in Oregon has been out of this world (if we’re ignoring the past 3 days of rain), and we’ve been spending as much time outside as possible. A few weekends ago, we headed to the coastal mountains to enjoy the sweet, sweet sunshine on Saddle Mountain. I’m pretty sure I raved about this…
backpacking trip to palmateer point.
For my birthday weekend, we went snow camping. Apparently I’m into physical challenges for my birthday celebrations (see last year’s cycling in Bend adventure), balanced out with a healthy number of doughnuts. (Obviously, we stopped at Joe’s Donuts in Sandy on the way to the trailhead and tucked away a sweet treat to enjoy at…
munra point.
This may be the first occurrence of a hike so amazing that I did it two weekends in a row.
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