I told (begged) Mia on Tuesday that on Saturday we were going to keep driving east until the rain stopped! The forecast for the PDX metro area was for more of the same….RAIN. A co-worker told me that we have received almost a year’s worth of rain in the past 4-5 months. Needless to say…
Category: Hikes
New Year’s Day Hike
I feel like I have spent a lot of time at Stub Stewart the past month or so. Good reason though, it is only 25 minutes from home, which is maybe 5 minutes longer than going to Forest Park. However it isn’t nearly as busy as FP which is a bonus for me. Plus there…
Birthday Hike, RV Show, Then Knocked Flat
As per the usual I didn’t have to work on my birthday (it being a holiday and all). So I took Codi out for a hike to the Rimrock Trail and to Mount Mitchell. This is one of those trailheads that once you leave the main road, it is still almost 15 miles of narrow…
Timothy Lake Again
Mia and I did this hike 3 years ago. That was our first Fall here, we didn’t have Codi and the weather was a lot cooler and damp on that day. My how things have changed in 3 years. There are multiple areas on this hike that you can park and start your hike. We…
Observation Peak
Two years ago today we adopted Codi and entered the crazy world of “rescue dog”. Learning all of his quirks and trying to teach him that it’s okay to trust people has been a challenge at times. He has definitely come a long way in 24 months though. He’s still got some strange quirks, but…
Camping with the dog
I didn’t spend enough time sleeping in the woods lately, so Codi and I took off for one last adventure before Mia returned from a trip back to NH. Codi has seen plenty of car camping, house rentals and a couple hotels since we got him two years ago. Until this point though he hadn’t…
