As I mentioned, we went snowshoeing yesterday. The second time for me and Raf. The first time was almost four years ago. We had a fantastic time and I don’t know why I waited so long to do this. Mt. Hood is practically in my backyard. Seriously, it only takes about about 30 minutes to get to this place. Here are some photos from our fun day!
Tagged: Mount Hood, photography, snow, snowshoeing, Trillium Lake
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I went snow shoeing today for the second time in my life and had a fabulous time. We went to Trillium Lake on Mt. Hood. I am knackered though. So I’m gonna drink some hot cocoa, then I’m gonna take a bubble bath (with epsom salt) and paint my nails.
Here is a photo of a raven eating the rest of my friend’s sandwich.
Tagged: photography, snowshoeing, Trillium Lake
On Thanksgiving we decided to hike Eagle Creek, a trail on the Columbia Gorge. Several of my friends have told me that it is one of their favorite hikes and I’ve wanted to try it for a long time. I was completely blown away by the beauty around me. I lagged behind to photograph almost everything. I found myself alone on the trail while Susie and Raf walked ahead and I didn’t mind it at all. As I was walking along I found myself walking along a cliff that was literally weeping. There were cables attached to the side of the cliff that I could grab hold of, which I did. I noticed that there was a sheer drop to the bottom and I was…
When I first met Susie two years ago I was in a dazed and confused state. It was my second day of living Sandy. I hadn’t had a chance yet to unpack, I was starting my job the next day, and I was standing in the library in the midst of a bunch of strangers who were throwing a welcome party for me. This really cute petite lady walked up to me and said, “So I hear you lived in Santa Cruz!” I stood there, kind of stunned, thinking, “how would she know this?” But said, “Yes I did.” “Me too!” she said. And we went on to talk and reminisce about this place we used to live. During our conversation I sat there kind of…
Tagged: Cape Horn, Hiking, nablopomo, nablopomo2011, Santa Cruz
On my vacation a couple of weeks ago we decided to take a drive up to Mt. Saint Helens. I’d never been there before and have always wanted to check it out. The eruption of St. Helens in 1980 had quite an impact on me as a child (as it did for anyone who lived in the Pacific Northwest at the time) and I’ve always felt drawn to it for this reason. It was a lot closer than I thought. It took us less than two hours to drive there. Closer than the beach! We visited Forest Learning Center first and wandered around, checked out the exhibits. One thing that I learned while there was that, due to the way the sound waves bounced…
Tagged: Doug, Mount Hood, Mount St Helens, places
