deeann and i were planning a trip with our beloved friends, nicki and kevin, to go to their old stomping grounds of bellingham, washington. unfortunately, it ended up not working out so deeann and i were stuck with…
today my parents left portland after a nice long visit. my mom came two weeks ago for a conference that was here and my dad joined her a few days later. during their visit we went for various hikes…
as most of you know, my neighbor rob and i went snow camping this weekend…or tried. we got up saturday morning and finished organizing our gear to get on the road by 7ish. rob woke up feeling a…
this weekend my neighbor and i are going snow camping in the cascade mountains. tomorrow afternoon i will be running down to rei to pick up my rented backcountry/touring skis and early saturday morning the two of us will pile…