Trips Archive
Summer Lake Hot Springs 2007
Last weekend we enjoyed our third annual Memorial Day trip with good friends to stay at the amazing Summer Lake Hot Springs 'resort' way out in the east of Oregon's high desert. Check out a few photos here.Posted May 31, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Tiempo Bueno
We just returned from two weeks in Costa Rica, focusing our time around various areas in the northern Guanacaste province. We found it a lovely country offering many experiences that were alternatingly relaxing, thought provoking, and inspiring. This photo, taken...Posted Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
Okay, so this trip was in APRIL, and its now SEPTEMBER...Some places are just difficult to put into words. They are too big, too wild, too much. But as Portland slips quickly from summer into fall, I find my mind...Posted Sep 20, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Elk Cove to McNeil Point
We escaped the city last weekend for a brief but beautiful trip on Mt. Hood's Timberline Trail. Knowing that it's August and the crowds are out around this popular trail, we hiked in from a less frequented trailhead near Lawrence...Posted Aug 24, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Hager Mountain Fire Lookout
Leg one of our little excursion out into southeastern Oregon was an overnight hike to stay at the fire lookout at the top of Hager Mountain, just south of the town of Silver Lake. Hager Mountain Fire Lookout Photo Album...Posted Apr 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack
Marion Lake Trail
Jeff and Molly and Elka hiked 11/21/04 View Photos From I-5 take Hwy 22 South past Detroit about 26 miles to Marion Lake Road and turn left. If you follow this road for 4.4 miles to the parking lot, you...Posted Nov 28, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tam McArthur Rim Trail
Molly, Jeff and Elka Hiked 11/20/04 View Photos From Sisters, turn South on Elm Street (Road 16 right in downtown) and park in the trail area near Three Creek Lake. The lakes are at considerably higher elevation than Sisters and...Posted Nov 27, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Sisters, Oregon
Last week we took Friday off and traveled south on I-5 to Eugene, and then hung a left and headed East toward Sisters, OR for two nights away at a great bed and breakfast, and two days of hiking some of the most beautiful country we have seen yet.Posted Nov 25, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)
McNeil Point
I took just these two pictures on a recent short backpack on Mt. Hood, but they surprisingly capture some of the astounding beauty and rapidly shifting weather patterns around the mountain. Elka and I joined our friend and neighbor, Marci,...Posted Sep 20, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Twin Lakes, Mt. Hood National Forest
Our nephew Mitchell flew up from Southern California to join us on a beautiful pack trip that took in a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail up close to Mt. Hood. Twin Lakes is, of course, two lakes, the first...Posted Aug 21, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)
