There’s no time like mid-October to wrap up the summer, right? I’ve reached the point where I am so far behind on life documentation that I’m afraid I’ll forget everything we did this summer. But it’s kind of nice to stay in solidarity with these seasonal blog posts, yes? (Check out winter and spring, if…
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…
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…
thanksgiving in the woods.
We live pretty far away from both of our families, so we weren’t able to spend Thanksgiving with them. Instead, we headed to the Redwood Forest to spend Thanksgiving in the woods, camping and hiking. And eating our Thanksgiving feast over a campfire. The Redwood Forest is only about 3 1/2 hours south of Eugene,…
the night the nutella froze over.
I don’t even know where to begin. We spent the weekend at Crater Lake National Park. If you haven’t been, you need to go. Like, now. First, a few facts for you: Crater Lake is Oregon’s only national park. The lake was created around 7,700 years ago, following 12,000-foot-tall Mt. Mazama’s eruption (and explosion). I…