So, I had the goal of updating the ol’ blog at the end of each day during Becca’s stay in hopes of remembering everything that we did. Obviously, that didn’t happen, but hopefully I’ll be able to keep it all straight. For the second day of Becca’s Oregon adventure trip, we started our morning with…
oregon adventures (day 1).
One of my favorite people has come all the way from Louisiana to visit us! Becca is in town for a week, so we’ll be touring Oregon, hitting up all of our favorite spots (and some new ones) over the next several days. Becca and I met 5 years ago while working as counselors at…
clear lake: the hike that would never end.
On Sunday afternoon (another perfect day of summer weather), we headed east into the Cascades to visit Clear Lake. It’s about an hour and a half away from Eugene, providing plenty of time to listen to the new Relient K album about a dozen times. It’s a fun listen, if you haven’t checked it out…
hiking at crater lake.
Our last post left off right before we started our day of hiking at Crater Lake National Park. We headed up to the lodge to take a look around, and hopefully warm ourselves up a bit after a very, very cold night camping in below freezing temperatures. You can spend the night in the lodge,…
hiking horse rock.
Let’s just start by stating the obvious: Oregon is gorgeous. Seriously, it’s a blessing to live in such an amazing place with so many things to do. There are so many beautiful hikes around here that I don’t think we’ll ever conquer them all, but we’re knocking out what we can. In planning last weekend’s…
today was a big day.
First, our nephew was born! We are officially Uncle Eric and Aunt Ally! We can’t wait to meet him in July! Second, our car hit 100,000 miles. This seemed like a much bigger deal before we knew that our nephew would be born today. Still, the ol’ Mazda has done a lot of traveling (including…
a perfect oregon day.
The weathermen have been bringing me down lately. They’ve been predicting doom and gloom all week long, and they said that this weekend would be cold and rainy. So I was expecting a weekend of watching television and sipping tea. Luckily, the weathermen were totally wrong. Today was awesome. Perfect. Warm. Sunny. Glorious. We took…
sahalie falls.
Okay, let’s jump back a few weeks to a time when there was still snow on the ground. It’s hard to imagine a time when it was cold enough to have snow, as I sit here on our balcony in shorts and a tank top. We have had 3 solid weeks of awesome, sunny, 70-degree…
geocaching in the sun.
Last weekend was glorious. Like, 75 degrees and sunny, glorious. Wearing shorts and sipping smoothies, glorious. We took advantage of the incredible weather with a little geocaching at a wildlife preserve in Eugene. Eric did all of the research for this particular adventure, stumbling upon this wildlife preserve with 17 caches (starting with this one)….
it’s spring break, y’all.
It’s spring break for all of the Oregon kids (but not for me, unfortunately), so we’re living it up here in Eugene. And by “living it up,” I mean we’re watching a lot of basketball, eating a lot of food (hot dogs! cookies!), and spending some time with friends. Good stuff. Today we (along with…
hiking mary’s peak.
Here’s what you need to know about last weekend. On Saturday, I ran 15 miles (go, marathon training, go!). And on Sunday we dangled from a knife on the side of a mountain. I guess you could call it an active weekend. But let me start at the beginning. We woke up last Sunday morning…
sweet creek falls.
Last Saturday we went on a beautiful hike to Sweet Creek Falls with the Bloems and their growing puppy, Joffre. For those of you who know me and my feelings about animals well, you should be very impressed that I pet Joffre and let him sit behind me in the car. Baby steps, people. Baby…
the cottage grove adventure.
This week’s Ally-day was supposed to begin with lunch in quaint Cottage Grove, Oregon (a town 30 minutes south of Eugene), followed by a one-mile hike on Bohemia Mountain Trail, at the top of which we would see spectacular views of the Cascade Range. Then we were going to hike the Brice Creek Trail, a…
hiking mount pisgah.
School is back in session, so Ally-days are back in full force. Ally-days are the wonderful Saturdays during the school quarters when Eric leaves his homework at home and we spend the day doing something exciting together. For our first Saturday of the winter term, we decided to hike. I should mention that it was…
a california christmas (part 5).
Our last day in California started out quite rainy, but it turned out to be a beautiful day, perfect for a long run on the beach and a long hike around Lake Hodges. So long, San Diego! Next stop, Tennessee! -Ally
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