It’s been a long winter, folks. You may have noticed that I haven’t hit the ol’ blog since December, which is sad and embarrassing, but also a testament to how insane these past few months have been. Between entering the hardest quarter of grad school so far, going gluten-free for the months of January and…
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…
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…
dry creek falls.
I think we might be experiencing the mildest, sunniest, happiest winter in the history of Portland. While I’d love some snow and real winter weather, I’m not going to complain about 65 degree days in the sun. (Naturally, as I am actually writing about this wonderful weather, it’s been raining for three days straight.) The…
angel’s rest.
If things have seemed a little quiet on the blog for the past few weeks, it’s because we’ve been relaxing, taking that 2-week Christmas vacay that was instilled in us through 17 years of schooling (I’ll never stop wanting it). I’ve been reading books (4 1/2 down, 2 1/2 to go), finally jumping on that…
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…
south sister.
August 7 is our anniversary, but I like to think of the entire month of August as our anniversary celebration. So we kicked off the month with a trip to climb the South Sister. Summiting the South Sister has been at the top of my to-do list this summer, especially since we hoped to do…
olallie mountain.
Almost everything about this hike was completely awesome. A beautiful trek through the woods? Check. Solitude? Check. A glorious view from the top? Check. Flies that continuously circle your body and bite any and all exposed skin? Check. Seriously. I have no idea what was going on with the bugs on this particular day, but…
tumalo falls.
This post is more aptly titled, “Blood, bruises, and bare feet.” But more on that in a moment. Since we only have a few more months living in Eugene before we move to Portland, we’re trying to knock out as many things as possible that are closer to Eugene. We’ve done quite a bit since…
kentucky falls.
We finally got a much needed break from the winter gloom on Saturday, so we took a trip to the Coastal Mountain Range to hike Kentucky Falls. This was one of the first hikes we took when we moved to Eugene back in 2012, but it looked completely different this time around. We first visited…
hiking mt. thielsen.
Last Sunday, we ventured into the southern Cascades to hike Mount Thielsen with one of Eric’s business partners, Steve, and his brother, Dan. Mount Thielsen is a crazy looking mountain with a horn-like peak that pretty much distinguishes it from all of the other mountains in Oregon. Apparently the peak serves as quite the lightning…
oregon adventures (day 2).
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…