Saunter
As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. ~Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping
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A day on Mount Talbert
I took a hike on Mount Talbert’s nature trails on June 1st. It was the first sunny day after a long stretch of cool rainy days. It was also the 11th week of…
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Portland City Trail (#3) – Sauvie Island
October 18 and November 1 Andy and I walked the Sauvie Island Warrior Rock Lighthouse trail on bright autumn day in mid-October. And later, on November 1, I returned to walk around Virginia…
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Portland City Trail (#2) – Mt. Tabor Park
September 29 and October 3 Mt. Tabor Park is the crown jewel of a southeast Portland neighborhood of the same name. The park wears an exuberant carpet of green that runs under tall…
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Portland City Hikes (#1) – Tryon Creek State Park
September 18, 2018 Summer 2018 was filled to the brim with challenges, and I discovered my sixth grade English teacher, Sister Gabriel, was right again –with every challenge comes a valuable lesson. Here…
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Bucking the Heat
Bucking the Heat “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey”. You’ve heard this one, right? It is a saying used so frequently that it can often be mistaken as white noise. I get it, we run…
