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touring oregon with the family (day 1).
Eric’s parents and sister came to visit over the weekend, acting as our first guests in this new state. Of course, this gave us a great excuse to get out and explore. We started our Friday morning with...
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a mini-vacation (day 2).
The gate at the top of the mountain leading to our B&B. The great thing about staying at a B&B is the real breakfast. Jerry, our breakfast chef extraordinaire, whipped up an enormous meal of...
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hiking mount pisgah.
School is back in session, so Ally-days are back in full force. Ally-days are the wonderful Saturdays during the school quarters when Eric leaves his homework at home and we spend the day doing...
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it’s spring break, y’all.
It’s spring break for all of the Oregon kids (but not for me, unfortunately), so we’re living it up here in Eugene. And by “living it up,” I mean we’re watching a lot of basketball, eating a lot of...
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hiking horse rock.
Let’s just start by stating the obvious: Oregon is gorgeous. Seriously, it’s a blessing to live in such an amazing place with so many things to do. There are so many beautiful hikes around here that I...
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hiking at crater lake.
Crater Lake Lodge. Our last post left off right before we started our day of hiking at Crater Lake National Park. We headed up to the lodge to take a look around, and hopefully warm ourselves up a bit...
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four-in-one cone.
This weekend’s Ally Day killed it. Now that grad school is back in full swing, we’re back to celebrating Ally Days on the weekends (if Eric is in town, which is becoming increasingly rare). This means...
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trail of ten falls.
Let’s all give a big “Hooray!” for sunshine. We got a big ‘ol dose of it in the Willamette Valley today, so we ventured out for a hike. We drove about 1 1/2 hours to Silver Falls State Park. We’ve...
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kentucky falls.
We finally got a much needed break from the winter gloom on Saturday, so we took a trip to the Coastal Mountain Range to hike Kentucky Falls. This was one of the first hikes we took when we moved to...
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opal creek.
Big surprise: It’s been raining in Oregon. We went hiking on Saturday and got really wet. I, a woman who never leaves the house without checking the weather, checked the forecast for Opal Creek...
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