I mentioned we've been hiking (and occasionally running) the trails near our house every morning while we're at home (and how stupid we feel that we haven't been doing this every day for the last 15 years…30 seconds from our door, etc….). Anyway. They've been installing new signage around the…
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While on our hike this morning, we came across this tiny mouse in the middle of the trail. He was teeny — no more than about about 2 inches — just sitting there, nibbling on something. We slowed up and got closer and closer and he didn't seem to even…
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While we've been home we've been taking advantage of the giant system of trails about 30 seconds from our house at the Hoyt Arboretum and Forest Park. This morning instead of our normal (daily) 4 miles, we branched off and headed over to the Portland Japanese Garden. Makes me want…
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Last night after dinner (in the spirit of trying to explore a little more around our house when we're home) we went for a beautiful hike on a different section of the Wildwood Trail. Turns out there's this grove of giant sequoias, about 3 minutes from our house. Hey! How…
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Okay so I mentioned before that we had chipmunks in our car. Turns out the car you leave at home when out gallavanting all over the place in the Airstream can turn into a cozy home for small woodland creatures. Anyway. Yesterday morning we decided to do a nice Portland hike…part…
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There are miles and miles of trails here, and we've done a bunch of 'em. Earlier this afternoon we took the trail down to the trash and recycling (it's a really nice trail!!) and then headed off on a bit longer hike into the woods. Gorgeous. My mom is meeting…
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We did a fabulous hike today (the Kortum Trail, in Sonoma Coast State Park) from just North of Wright's Beach to Goat Rock and back. The views were spectacular: Some of the trail looked like this: And some of the trail looked like this: And some of the trail looked…
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