Mia and her friend Susan did the ColorVibe Portland 5K yesterday at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Not really a “race”, more of a social event. Susan met us at our place and I walked over with both of them and Codi. I was there for moral support and to get “The Dog” out for a…
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Air Show and New Family Member
Mia and I have acquired a new member to this Rhodes household. His name is Codi (or Codi-Bob for his redneck name). We rescued him via Indigo Rescue. He is a remarkably well trained dog. He is crate trained, knows his commands, does not wonder off when off-leash, does really well with other dogs, and…
Random Stuff
Been a bit hectic the past few weeks with flying back to NH for my grampa’s funeral, moving offices at work, and preparing for vacation. Anyways, I missed a chance to post specifically about Goat Lake. Needless to say, it’s a wicked awesome overnight hike. Highest I have ever camped, and yes, we got to…
Timber to Vernonia Century
Trying to keep up with my “century a month” goal for May – October of this year. Finally got the chance to get in my June century this past weekend. A couple people at work with kept telling me about this “timber ride”, which is basically heading out towards the Tillamook State Forest, cutting over…
Stub Stewart with Cyclewild.org
Finally got a chance to get out on an overnight camping trip with the cyclewild.org folks at Stub Stewart State Park. We met Saturday morning in downtown Hillsboro and followed the backroads to Banks and the start of the Banks-Vernonia trail. Between adults and children there was about 26 of us that made the…