This morning we took our bikes down to the Portland waterfront (where there's all sorts of stuff going on…navy ships, dragon boat races, carnival rides, food booths, music, tons of people kayaking and paddleboarding…oh right, it's Rose Festival!) We parked under the Hawthorne Bridge and headed South along the Willamette…
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Portland is such a great city for biking. I know, this is not a newsflash. Portland has Platinum level status as a bicycle-friendly community (one of three Platinum communities in the United States) and Oregon is #3 in the rank of bicycle-friendly states in the U.S. Pretty cool. Anyway, we…
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Today we rode our bikes out to Cartlandia for lunch, via the Springwater Corridor Trail. Cartlandia is a pod of food carts in Portland out at SE 82nd and the Springwater Trail. Perfect bike-to-lunch (or to the Voodoo Donut truck) destination. We parked down near the Portland Opera offices on…
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Yesterday afternoon we took our bikes downtown to check out the Springwater Corridor Trail in Portland. I didn't take any photos until we were on our way back and the sun was setting…look at that sky! This is a great trail and a whole different way to see the city. We rode…
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I wanted to share this pretty cool iPhone food photo with you guys, and tell you that if you're ever in Portland and want to splurge on a spectacular meal, go check out Justin Woodward's creations at Castagna over on Hawthorne. We ordered the chef's tasting menu and it…
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I really REALLY like hiking in the snow. I think this means we need to get ourselves some snow shoes so we can do it more often (for more than three days a year) up at Mt. Hood! Today's hike looked like that (above) and hiked mostly like this (below)…
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(I know, "Yawn" from all you people in the North/Northeast…sorry. It's rare here in Portland.) 🙂 The road inside the arboretum where we hike most mornings: We went on our hike before breakfast today — four and a half miles this time (in my Bogs!). The main road from our…
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I've been wanting some snow forEVER, and here it is! These are from our daily hike when we're home in Portland. Looks a bit different in the snow: In the sequoia grove: Snowy archery range: Okay and here's a shot I took this morning: And here's almost the same shot…
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We took our tandem out the other day and rode the path parallel to Marine Drive along the Columbia River. We only did about 10 miles, but it was a gorgeous 10 miles. (At home we have a shiny aluminum Santana Sovereign tandem that we sometimes ride…) The nice thing…
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You may have noticed we've been a bit behind on our blogging these days. I know I mentioned before that we're at home right now doing a very big remodel project on (mostly) the exterior of our home (trying to make it as cool as our Airstream). It's going well!…
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