Day 2 in Bend started out with a trip to The Dough Nut just up the street from our rental. Pretty good, didn’t surpass my favorite find in Oregon so far (Blue Star Donuts), but I will definitely go back. Codi was pretty wiped out from our Green Lakes Hike, so the goal was to…
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Green Lakes Hike
Mia signed up for the Bend, OR GRIT Clinic several months ago, so too bad for us, we had to make a weekend trip down to Bend. That’s always such a tough decision, and it’s never any fun coming here. (yes, that is all sarcasm). Since we’d be bringing the dog we wanted to rent…
Nice Surprise
My brother is an airline pilot and sometimes ends up in the PNW when he is on-call. Usually it’s Seattle, and it’s usually on short notice. last time he was there was a couple months ago, but we were booked for the weekend and couldn’t make it up. Well on Thursday morning I got a…
Elk Meadows and Mountain Hike
This was one of those weekends that you live for. Temps in the 90’s, sunny, dry. Just plain awesome! I took full advantage of it too. I did 40 miles with the Portland Velo Saturday Ride which went up Dairy Creek this week. On the way back down I hooked up with Mia as she was riding…
Helvetia Tavern Loop
Mia and I signed up for the Crater Lake Rim Tour in late August, we’ve got almost 3 months to get ready for over 7,000′ of climbing in 60 miles. So today was a bit of a chance to do some shorter climbs and enjoy some nice local views. Helvetia Tavern is less than 5…
Redwoods and Crater Lake Weekend
Mia’s birthday falls quite conveniently on or around Memorial Day. We’ve made it an annual tradition to go away for this holiday weekend and this year was no exception. We’d made plans to hook up with the San Francisco family, we had not seen them in over 2 years since moving out here. Ironic since…
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