The last time Mia and I hiked up to Tom, Dick & Harry was back in September of 2013. We had only been living in Oregon for 3ish months at that point. Back then we were still in an apartment, had no dog and were just trying to get to know the area we had…
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Birthday Getaway
Somebody in our household celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 29th birthday recently. To mark that special occasion, we booked a rental house in Sisters, OR so we could play, relax and attend the Sarah McLachlan concert in Bend. We arrived late afternoon on Saturday the 25th. The wind was whipping out of the west…
Bread, Bikes (and Skis) & Bend
In 2023 Dean and I did a trip to Bend over the long Presidents Day Weekend. I reached out to Dean and some friends for a return trip in 2024. Unfortunately, nobody else could make it and Mia had to work on the Monday that I had off from work. Not to be deterred by…
November
It was a milestone month in 2023. Paul and I turned the big five-oh. I honestly don’t really feel like I am fifty, or “old” for that matter. I can remember thinking that fifty was positively ancient in my younger years. I was joking last week with a coworker that while I may be “old”…
My Cup Runneth Over
Today, August 13th, is the first time since July 19th that I have had the pleasure of spending time with just Mia. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been having A LOT of fun the past twenty five days but man oh man has it been busy and slightly exhausting. On July 19th, after…
That’s More Like It
After bitching about the weather in my last post things have started to slowly improve. Mia and I had pre-booked an April weekend in Sisters months ago. Regardless of the weather on the west side of the Cascades you can be fairly certain that it will be dry on the east side. Ironically enough the…
ON & OFF RHODES 