Last weekend was phenomenal. The weather was perfectly Autumnal, with cool mornings and wonderfully warm afternoons. And we had the element that makes my heart swoon: sunshine. So much sunshine. It was glorious. In hopes of celebrating the sunshine, we went out for a new hike. We’ve discovered that we’ve knocked out a lot of…
apple pie.
I think we can officially call ourselves Oregonians. It has been raining non-stop here for days, but we didn’t let that stop us from visiting Detering Orchards for some seriously wet apple picking. We took our pals Jordan and Megan along for the adventure, and the four of us picked those apples like it was…
hiking the ridgeline trail.
I think jet lag might be contagious. How else can we explain the fact that we both went to bed at 8:45 last night? And while the truly jet lagged individual woke up at 3:15 this morning, I, who have been in the same time zone for the past 3 months, awoke at 4 am….
labor day weekend.
Rather than hitting the road for exciting travels over our long weekend, we stayed local. That meant sleeping in (even if “sleeping in” is just sleeping until our usual time, just without an alarm), watching too much Netflix (we’re re-watching White Collar in preparation for season 4’s upcoming Netflix debut, fingers crossed), and spending some…
touring oregon with the ringers: eugene.
We stayed local for our last day with Eric’s parents in Eugene. After a trip to the coast and to the Cascade Mountains, we wanted to show them a little of the actual town where we live. We started with breakfast at Hideaway Bakery, followed by a walk around Hendricks Park (which is far less…
touring oregon with the ringers: eugene to bend.
We headed east for the second day of touring Oregon with Eric’s parents. We could effectively call this day, “waterfall day,” as we checked four waterfalls off the to-do list. We started with a trip down McKenzie Highway (126) to Sahalie Falls. We parked in the lot there, walked a few steps to the viewpoint…
touring oregon with the ringers: eugene to the coast and back.
Eric’s parents came to visit us in Eugene last weekend, making us the northernmost stop in their road trip from San Diego. We haven’t seen them since we spent Christmas in San Diego (the trouble with living so far from family is that we rarely get to see anyone), so we were excited to show…
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…
three years.
Yesterday was our three-year anniversary. To celebrate, we decided to use the rest of our King Estate gift card for some dessert and wine (there’s nothing like a free date, right?). You can read about our ridiculous brunch experience at King Estate here. Now, the goal was to enjoy some wine and dessert on the…
king estate winery.
I should preface this post by stating a fact: We are not fancy people. There are few things that make me feel more out of place than a fancy restaurant. Somehow, everyone knows that we don’t belong there. I’m never wearing the right thing. I don’t know which piece of silverware I’m supposed to use…
a touring oregon itinerary.
I put a lot of time into planning my pal’s visit to Oregon. I know it can be really difficult to come up with things to do when people visit (although that doesn’t seem to be much of a struggle here in Oregon), so I compiled an easy itinerary of all the big stuff we…
oregon adventures (day 6).
Becca’s last day in Eugene was certainly the weirdest of her visit. We started the day with a trip to Vero, a super cute coffee house in Eugene. As we were walking from the car to the coffee shop, we spotted a guy sitting on his front porch while his pet pig (in a full…
oregon adventures (day 5).
We spent our fifth day of Becca’s visit back in Eugene (knowing that everything would be lame in comparison to our Hood River adventure the day before). We had breakfast at Humble Bagel for the second time (clearly, the marionberry cream cheese was a huge hit) before Becca and I headed to Mount Pisgah for…
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,…
oregon adventures (day 3).
We spent the third day of Becca’s visit at the coast. The Oregon coast is absolutely gorgeous, and about as different as it can get from the east coast. The cliffs just drop off into the ocean. It’s fantastic. I haven’t been to the coast since our trip last November, which seems crazy since we’re…
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