Mia and I have been in Oregon long enough now that we have our default favorite little places to visit. Sisters, Carlton, Cannon Beach and little old Waldport. That is not the complete list by any means but just a highlight instead. Mia asked several months ago if we could stay at the same…
Category: Hikes
Return to Deschutes River Trail
I last rode the Lower Deschutes River Trail with Dean back in October of 2016. I wanted to head back and check it out because of the huge wildfire out there this summer. Based on other pictures that I had seen online the old railroad cars and farmhouse were completely destroyed which is a HUGE…
New Year’s Eve Hike with the Dog
Mia had to go to work for a couple hours and I had the day off. What better way to spend the morning than hiking with Codibob. CB and I didn’t have all day to travel to a hike since Mia and I had afternoon plans. So we decided to stay fairly local and head…
Indian Heaven: Thomas to Blue Lake
Imagine 20,000 acres of pristine wilderness, toss in over 150+ lakes and quite literally thousands of wild huckleberry bushes and you get the Indian Heaven Wilderness. All three of us had been here before and then Codi and I on another quick backpacking trip. As the Pacific Northwest gets a brief respite from the heat,…
While You Where Out…
Yup, it has been a little while since I last posted something. Generally I am one of those people who despises the excuse of being too busy. Every commercial nowadays is about how busy we all are and how this and that can make your life easier. I personally subscribe to the Laurens ten Dam…
Music to Soothe the Savage Beast
I was planning on sitting down and writing a bit about the Sisters Stampede and hiking twin lakes with Mia and Codi as Mia gets ready to run Mary’s Peak Trail Race. Both were fantastically fun and Mia and I both love Sisters (almost as much as Winthrop). But something amazing happened this week. Something…
ON & OFF RHODES 