Forest Park Weekend

What makes a decent weekend in PDX for Mia and I?  How about some trail running, popcorn with bacon!, homemade pizzas, a mountain bike ride and some more good food! Saturday was our typical visit to the Beaverton Farmer’s Market, followed up by a not too expensive trip to the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store (there…

Eagle Creek Awesomeness

It’s been a bit of a break since my last post, so I have some catching up to do. On July 4th, 2013 I ran my first Oregon 5K and placed 1st in my age category!  I then won a pair of shoes from the Portland Running Company after they picked my submission to name…

Banks – Vernonia Trail

Mia and I have had a pretty good week in Oregon.  Starting to adjust and looking forward to the move into our more permanent abode next weekend.  For the time being we are coping with our current place and living out of boxes and suitcases.  That will all change in just 7 days! Friday night we…

Cross Country Move – Day 5

Today we ended up with 540 miles and the best part about that is that we are now in Oregon!  Only about 370ish miles left to travel now.  It feels really good to have made it this far and be this close. We started out the day in Rock Spring, Wyoming and as luck would have…

Among the Living

Just as things were getting back to “normal” after the holidays, I was struck down by “The Flu” and from this point forward it shall be known as the Eff-n Flu! I even had my flu shot this year (I always do).  Turns out that with this rough flu season, it was expected that 35-40%…

2012 in Pictures

So, 2012 was a pretty darn good year.  I’ve got nothing to really complain about.  Yes, there are some things I wish I did do that I never got around to, but there were also things that happened that I never planned on doing…..So, here is a small review of 2012 in just 12 pictures.