Year of Hiking 2024: Nos. 62 - 63

I spent many, many hours on local trails this month, but they weren't new trails. So my November numbers are lower than I'd like them to be.

No. 62 - Wildwood to Dogwood to Leif to Aspen to Holman to Wildwood to Fir, Nov. 2:

No. 63 - Oceanside, Nov. 10:

One more month :)

2024: Nos. 83 - 91

I did a bunch of very long runs this month, so I flew through some audio books!

November reading roundup:

No. 83 - The Coworker by Freida McFadden:

No. 84 - Murder, Served Simply by Isabella Alan:

No. 85 - How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin:

No. 86 - The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett:

No. 87 - Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan:

No. 88 - The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden:

No. 89 - The Jolliest Bunch by Danny Pellegrino:

No. 90 - Ward D by Freida McFadden:

No. 91 - Murder, Handcrafted by Isabella Alan:

:)

Year of Hiking 2024: Nos. 58 - 61

Fall is the perfect time to be outside in Portland!

After increasing distance and endurance all summer - and seeing a moderate forecast for race day - I decided to run the Portland Marathon, my 8th marathon! 

No. 58 - Portland Marathon, Oct. 6:

We finally finished section hiking the Wildwood Trail.

No. 59 - Wildwood Germantown Road to Newberry Road, Oct. 20:

No. 60 - Tamanawas Falls loop, Oct. 24:

No. 61 - Holman to Wildwood to Firelane 2 to Leif Erikson, Oct. 26:

On to November! :)

2024: Nos. 77 - 82

October reading roundup...

No. 77 - Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter:

No. 78 - Murder, Simply Stitched by Isabella Alan: 

No. 79 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager:

No. 80 - None of this is True by Lisa Jewell:

No. 81 - Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden:

No. 82 - The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse:

:)

Year of Hiking 2024: Nos. 54 - 57

I hit my 52-hike goal in August, but I'm still going strong! 

In our quest to hike the entire Wildwood Trail this year, we had to go back for this short section that was closed by construction 

No. 54 - Wildwood - Trillium to Firelane 7A, Sept. 2:

No. 55 - Wilson River Trail - Kings Mountain to Keening, Sept. 7:

No. 56 - Wildwood - 53rd to Newberry, Sept. 14:

No. 57 - Beverly Beach, Sept. 21:

:)