Surprise! I ran another marathon. After the horrible, no good, terrible Portland marathon earlier this month, I kind of never wanted to run a marathon ever again. But, alas, I’d signed up for the Columbia Gorge Marathon months before, so I didn’t have much of a choice. The good news is, this one was SO…
cape horn.
Hey, September. Where’d you come from, and how are you already halfway over? Summer lasts until mid-October around here (case in point: it’s going to be 92 degrees on Monday), so we have plenty of warm weather hiking ahead of us before the rain and gloom sets in. But at this point, we’re really looking…
oneonta gorge.
On this lovely holiday weekend, we celebrated the fact that we now live so close to the Columbia River Gorge (45 minutes, rather than 3 1/2 hours!) by crossing one of our Oregon to-do items off the list: hiking Oneonta Gorge. I guess “hiking” isn’t the most accurate term, since there’s no trail. You just…
oregon adventures (day 4).
This was, by far, my favorite day of Becca’s visit (and I think her favorite, as well). We left Eugene nice and early for the long drive to Hood River, Oregon (my absolute favorite town in this state). I should point out that I assured Becca it would be fine for us to wear shorts,…
a mini-vacation (day 3).
Our final day of vacation started with another enormous breakfast from Chef Jerry (almond belgian waffles, Canadian bacon, scrambled eggs with swiss cheese, and fresh fruit) and a walk on the bed and breakfast’s grounds to take in the amazing views. The B&B is home to a flock of sheep and chickens, as well as…
a mini-vacation (day 1).
I have my husband back! School is out for a whole month, so Eric and I are taking advantage of all this marvelous free time with a few little excursions. We all know that we do most of our vacationing with Groupons (or Living Social, in this case) to do lots of fun things on…