Attention, Portlandians! This is what Washington Park and the International Rose Test Garden look like in October. It’s this magical place where summer and fall are happening simultaneously. The trees are magnificently colored, and somehow, the roses are still in bloom. I jogged up to Washington Park on this drizzly morning (okay, I mostly walked…
ramona falls.
The hike to Ramona Falls has been on our list for at least two years, and we finally knocked it out over the weekend. Although I feel like we’ve done a ton of hiking in Oregon, it turns out that we’ve never really done anything in the area just west of Mount Hood. I’m pretty…
labor day weekend.
Eric’s parents came to visit us over the holiday weekend, which turned us into tour guides for a few days as we attempted to show off some of our favorite places. This was their first visit since we moved to Portland, so we finally got to show them some of the dreamy places we’ve been…
a smoky oregon tour.
What’s better than two Kentuckians in Oregon? Three Kentuckians in Oregon! Our friend, Mallory, who we met back home at UK, and now lives an incredibly awesome and interesting life on a farm near LA, came to visit! We haven’t had a ton of visitors from home since moving to Oregon (as Oregon is quite…
july 4th in mount hood national forest.
Let’s celebrate the glorious 3-day weekend. And perhaps start a movement to make all summer weekends last that long? Please? With weeks of temperatures hovering just below 100 degrees here in Portland, we desperately wanted to head to the mountains and do some swimming for the Fourth of July. But I figured everyone else would…
community supported agriculture: week 2.
If you’re just joining us, this is a little series detailing what we receive in our CSA share and how we go about eating it each week. You can read a little more about all things CSA (and catch some recipe ideas from last week) here. We really had to fly through this week’s share,…
oneonta gorge.
I think it’s safe to say that summer is here. Generally, Oregonians claim that summer starts on July 5, but my intense sock tan and constant sweat stream (I paint a beautiful picture, yes?) tell me that summer came early this year. And that means it’s time to spend lots of time in the Columbia…
community supported agriculture: week 1.
In an attempt to eat seasonally, support local farms, and lower our grocery bill, we signed up for a CSA. “CSA” stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where we pay a local farm at the beginning of the season for a share of their weekly harvest for the growing season. We were a part of a…
mccall point trail.
After the winter-that-wasn’t, spring came early around here. The giant tree outside our window transformed from bare to flowered, to completely green, seemingly overnight. I went for a run in Forest Park this week and was shocked by all the color. Everything is green. Flowers are blooming everywhere. The sun is shining. The weather is…
camping at lost lake.
What a weekend. We saw that temperatures were going to be in the 80’s. In April. In Oregon. And we knew we had to do something outside. So, in the spirit of summertime, we decided to go camping. We had both seen some pictures from Lost Lake and knew we wanted to visit, but I’d…
birthday in bend.
Dear Bend, I am obsessed with you. For those of you not familiar with the little town of Bend, let me paint a picture for you: Imagine the beauty of the craftsman homes and mountain scenes from Everwood (am I incorrect in assuming everyone who reads this blog was once a huge fan of every…
eagle creek trail.
This hike was straight up incredible. We attempted to do the Eagle Creek Trail hike in the Columbia River Gorge on a beautiful day back in February, but it was so crowded that we opted for a hike in Washington, instead. This time, we got to the trail early enough to beat the crowds, thanks…
waldport.
Remember the days of spring break? Having been a student for most of my life (and married to a grad student for the past few years), I expect a week of vacation bliss every March or April. Last year, we capitalized on what would possibly be our last spring break ever with a California road…
spring in portland.
This is our first official spring in the city, and I’m happy to report that it’s completely awesome.
saddle mountain.
I declare this my favorite hike in the Oregon Coastal Mountains. We went pretty wild last weekend and headed west to the Oregon Coastal Mountains. Sometimes I forget that we live between two mountain ranges, since we spend a lot of time in the Cascades and the Columbia River Gorge (both of which are east…
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