I spent most of last week in San Diego for a work thing, so last weekend was quite mellow. This weekend though we decided to finally hike Dog Mountain. People have been telling us since we moved here that you need to do this hike when all the wildflowers are blooming. We finally set aside…
Category: Hikes
Hike and Bike
Mia and I took Codi out to the Tillamook Forest Center for a repeat of his very first hike with us. We originally had hoped to head in the opposite direction on the Wilson River Trail, but not 400 yards from the Forest Center start the trail is closed in that direction due to some…
NH Invasion: Day 4
Life is a beach! That is the theme of the NH Invasion for day 4. On the way out to the coast we made a slight detour to check out the Jewell Meadows Elk Herds that Mia and I had driven by on our way back from Ft. Stevens. I thought it was pretty cool,…
Winding down 2015
Mia and I spent the day after Christmas in Cannon Beach. We wanted to take Codi on an adventure and the forecast for the coast was low 40’s and light winds. There is something really nice about Cannon Beach. It’s got a nice vibe to it. Kind of reminds me a bit of York, Maine. …
Historic Hiking Loop
I had today off from work, the weather was looking to finally clear after days of rain, so that meant a hike with Codi. The cascades got dumped on the past several days with fresh snow (or POW if you want to use the skier speak) and I didn’t really want to do anything in…
Hiking the Salmonberry Corridor
Mia and I decided to #optoutside (Yeah REI!) on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It took some convincing from me to Mia for us to hit up the Wolf Creek Trestle Hike out in the Tillamook Forest. This rail line was abandoned in 2007 after the devastating storms known as the “Great Coastal Gale” and resulting…
ON & OFF RHODES 