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…
elowah falls.
In recent weeks, Portland has been doing this kind of frustrating thing where it is completely glorious and sunny all week long, and then the sky lets loose on the weekends and drops all the rain. This was the case on our trip to Elowah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. Since it was raining,…
mt. tabor park.
We’ve lived in Portland for 4 months now, and I can’t say I’ve spent much time in the city outside of our neighborhood. So, in hopes of becoming a better Portlandian, I ventured over to the east side of the river to do some exploring at Mt. Tabor Park. Mt. Tabor is a volcanic cinder…
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…
the best adventures of 2014.
So, now that it’s officially 2015 (whoa), let’s take a look back at the big year that was 2014. We traveled a lot. We hiked a lot. We ate a lot. We moved to Portland. It was pretty great. Here are the highlights of the many Ringer adventures: Best Waterfall Hikes: Tumalo Falls One of…
the wallowa mountains.
This trip was the best. Eric and I have taken a lot of pretty spectacular trips over the years, so I can’t say for certain that this was the absolute best one of all time (I mean, we did roadtrip across America a few years ago, and drive up and down California last spring, so…
wildwood recreation site.
The weathermen predicted 4-6 inches of snow for Portland last week. We got zero. As two people who love, love, love snow, we were super bummed. So we went snow chasing over the weekend. We drove about an hour east to the Wildwood Recreation Site in hopes of hiking to the top of Huckleberry Mountain….
wildwood trail.
Fog is quickly becoming one of my favorite things. I mean, I still hate driving in it, thanks to the night we drove on mountaintops in the dark, but I’m loving the way it looks on a hike. On this particular morning, after sending Eric off to work, I peeked out the window and saw…
a bunch of waterfalls.
The day started with donuts, as all the best days do. We met our hiking buddies for the day, Dana and Emma, at Pip’s Original in Northeast Portland. I could write a whole post raving about this place, but I’ll save that for another time. But basically, I love these tiny, made-to-order donuts. And I…
elk mountain.
This is the tale of the steepest hike we’ve ever accidentally done. We set out on this cloudy weekend to do a hike that wouldn’t necessarily have great views, but would be a nice stroll through the Tillamook State Forest in the Coastal Mountain Range. Our plan was to hike a gentle, shaded 7.4-mile trail….
marquam trail to council crest.
It is a seriously gorgeous day in Portland. I feared these might be over with the arrival of Autumn, but things are wild and sunny around here for the next week. And this made today the perfect day to hike somewhere with a view. Or so I thought. Apparently a beautifully clear sky in the…
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…
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…
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