Year of Hiking 2026: Nos. 6 - 16

Our complete lack of winter weather, combined with ultramarathon training and some time off work, allowed me to rack up ELEVEN unique trails in the month of February!

I love exploring new-to-me places and had a blast this month :)

No. 6 - Whipple Creek Park, Feb. 1:

No. 7 - Portland Winter Lights Festival, Feb. 6:

No. 8 - Wildwood 🠞 Cannon 🠞 Firelane 10 🠞 Newton 🠞 BPA 🠞 Wildwood, Feb. 7:

No. 9 - Gander Ridge Stair Walk, Feb. 12-

No. 10 - Holman ➡️ Birch ➡️ Wildwood ➡️ Dogwood ➡️ Keil ➡️ Wildwood ➡️ Firelane 1 ➡️ Leif ➡️ Alder ➡️ Wildwood ➡️ Aspen, Feb. 14:

No. 11 - Tryon Creek State Park, Feb. 15:

No. 12 - Tualatin River Greenway, Feb. 21:

No. 13 - Sweek Creek, Feb. 22:

No. 14 - Collina Neighborhood, Newberg, Feb. 24:

No. 15 - Waluga Park, Feb. 25:

No. 16 - Oceanside logging roads, Feb. 28:

:)

2026: Nos. 12- 20

February reading roundup...

No. 12 - The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding:

No. 13 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave:

No. 14 - The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose: 

No. 15 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera:

No. 16 - Death At The Dinner Party by Ellie Alexander:

No. 17 - Jill Is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda:

No. 18 - Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden:

No. 19 - Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss:

No. 20 - While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi:

:)

Congrats, Cesar and Antony!

Congrats, Cesar and Antony!!!

I am so very proud of you 🎓💚🤍🖤

:)

Remembering Dad

How has it been eight years?

Eryn and I played hooky Thursday and went on an adventure to remember Dad.

Eryn picked a route from her Portland Stair Walks book:

It was a doozy!! Dad would have complained the whole time 😉

We stopped at Goose Hollow Inn for a refuel:

It was nice enough to sit on the patio!

Then it was back up, up, up to the car. We complained, too!

But then we met Mom and Brad for ice cream, because that would have made have made Dad happy. It made us happy!

Miss you, Dad. I'd give the world to have you back with us.

Thanks for giving us a reason to skip work and go play and eat fun food 💗

Congrats, Lucas, Dayanara, and Drake!

Congrats, Lucas, Dayanara, and Drake!!!
I am so very proud of you 🎓💚🤍🖤

:)