Celebration
This amazing theme park was opened on July 17, 1955.
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Larch Mountain Hike
I managed to get out with my hiking group again on Sunday. Saturdays are sooo busy (this one was my Mt. Hood Cherokees meeting), and the option for Sunday hikes is appreciated. My hike the previous weekend to Poo Poo Point gave me a chance to prepare my body a little, because this hike was 6.8 miles to […]
Read More Larch Mountain HikeSakuracon & Poo Poo Point
Don’t you just LOVE being the right place at the right time?
Read More Sakuracon & Poo Poo PointCoast Roadtrip: Seattle and home!
“All of the participants run haphazardly around in no particular direction, and everyone wins.”
Read More Coast Roadtrip: Seattle and home!Coast Roadtrip: Wet Washington
Rain photos may be good for a few laughs.
Read More Coast Roadtrip: Wet WashingtonCoast Roadtrip: Oregon
This morning we took off on our coast road trip.
Read More Coast Roadtrip: OregonCherry Orchard Trail
We would be hiking the Cherry Orchard Trail that also begins near Lyle, and I knew ahead of time that I would like it.
Read More Cherry Orchard TrailLaurelhurst buds
…and then BLAM! An incredible snapshot is framed ahead of you.
Read More Laurelhurst budsCliffs, moss, waterfalls
My philosophy is that there is potential danger all around us at all times, and that a trail is actually safer than a sidewalk.
Read More Cliffs, moss, waterfallsMirror Lake: The scenes I missed
In December I hiked to Mirror Lake and Tom Dick and Harry Mountain for the first time. Though the whole region was sunny that day, there was a little microclimate engulfing our local volcano, Mt. Hood. Snow actually fell during the hike. At the summit of the mountain, I was told that it is typically […]
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