Happy Fall!!!

I timed my morning break so I could be outside to welcome fall's arrival 😍

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Fifty years ago, Mom and Dad committed to life together:

Aug. 30, 1975

And while that time together ended long before it should have, Eryn and I wanted to celebrate what would have been Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary with a weekend in San Francisco.

Some pics from our road trip and adventure:

We hit the road after work Thursday. First stop: Ice cream and dinner (in that order!) at Rice Hill.

After a night in a sketchy Medford motel, we finished the drive to San Francisco.

A walk before seafood dinner on the wharf:

Same spot - this time on the Big Bus tour!

Giants vs Orioles, though our beloved Adley Rutschman is still on the IL and didn't play.

Giants got creamed, but they put in a position player at the end to save their pitchers, and the crowd went wild! Most fun of the whole game :)

More ice cream!

Sunday's game. There isn't a more beautiful park in MLB!

Free hats!

The wind was WILD!

This time, SF creamed Baltimore!

We headed north after the game, spending the night in Redding.

Eryn has a gift for finding excellent parking and excellent food! Our last road-trip lunch was Tino's Tacos in Roseburg:

10/10!!!

Year of Hiking 2025: Nos. 47 - 51

August means back to school for me. But I still squeezed in some trail runs, a last-minute backpacking trip, and a Labor Day road trip to San Francisco!

No. 47 - Cook Park Greenbelt 🠞 Tualatin River Greenway, Aug. 2:

No. 48 - Trapper Creek, Aug. 9:

No. 49 - Leif 🠞 Wild Cherry 🠞 Wildwood 🠞 Cleator 🠞 Leif, Aug. 16:

No. 50: Medford, Aug. 29:

No. 51 - Centennial Way Trail, Aug. 30:

:)

2025: Nos. 58 - 66

August reading roundup...

No. 58 - The Last One by Will Dean:

No. 59 - It Ends At Midnight by Harriet Tyce:

No. 60 - The Chamber by Will Dean:

No. 61 - Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica:

No. 62 - First Born by Will Dean:

No. 63 - Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss:

No. 64 - The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean:

No. 65 - Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum:

No. 66 - The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher:

:)

Camping, Running, Ham Radios, and Jiffy Pop

Brad snagged us a campsite at one of our favorite spots, so we spent two nights at Timothy Lake at the end of July.

A trail circles the lake, and a run is a must for me! Up early to avoid the heat:

I started at the Gone Creek Campground boat ramp, running counterclockwise:

The trail is mostly smooth and very runnable - with views of the lake most of the way around.

This view stopped me in my tracks:

And... back to where I started:

The dirt tan was pretty epic :)

Brad biked while I was running. We both used my cool surfer poncho to disrobe, sponge off, and redress in the campsite.

I read two books, and Brad played with his ham radio setup - including hanging a small antenna in the trees: 

Mom let us use her trailer - a perfect setup for us:

Brad made his first-ever Jiffy Pop:

So fun and yummy!

A wonderful mid-week summer getaway to the mountains :)