One of my favorite people has come all the way from Louisiana to visit us! Becca is in town for a week, so we’ll be touring Oregon, hitting up all of our favorite spots (and some new ones) over the next several days. Becca and I met 5 years ago while working as counselors at…
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labor day weekend.
Eric’s parents came to visit us over the holiday weekend, which turned us into tour guides for a few days as we attempted to show off some of our favorite places. This was their first visit since we moved to Portland, so we finally got to show them some of the dreamy places we’ve been…
birthday in bend.
Dear Bend, I am obsessed with you. For those of you not familiar with the little town of Bend, let me paint a picture for you: Imagine the beauty of the craftsman homes and mountain scenes from Everwood (am I incorrect in assuming everyone who reads this blog was once a huge fan of every…
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…
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…
ringers in portland.
Eric’s parents and sister came to visit us in Portland for Labor Day weekend. They live in Southern California, so we only get to see them a few times each year. Luckily, they arrived just in time for a delightfully autumnal weekend (no more 90 degrees! no more 90 degrees!), so we spent the weekend…
the blue pool.
We returned to an old favorite last weekend with a hike to the blue pool. The Tamolitch Pool trailhead is about an hour and a half east of Eugene, and is well worth the drive. The 4-mile (roundtrip) hike travels along the McKenzie River, which is unbelievably beautiful, freezing, and clear. It ends at Tamolitch…
four-in-one cone.
This weekend’s Ally Day killed it. Now that grad school is back in full swing, we’re back to celebrating Ally Days on the weekends (if Eric is in town, which is becoming increasingly rare). This means we go do something really exciting for a day, with no homework allowed. It’s the best. For this adventure,…