Green Cacti, Blue Angels
It’s back to shorts weather after the Pike’s Peak Colorado snow! Phoenix is still in the low 90sin the October afternoon. We did a challenging hike in the White Tank Mountains, and placedour Jeep (see “Green Jeep Bug and Bugling Elk” entry from 10/8) in a new geocache for someone else to find. Click HERE […]
Super Hairpins
From Colorado Springs, it’s a short drive to Garden of the Gods. There were some neat rock formations, and lots of climbers, but we’d been spoiled recently by Moab, so we opted for a quick look around and continued on. The next stop was the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. These are authentic representations of Anasazi culture […]
Green Jeep Bug and Bugling Elk
Just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, we started what was probably the most challenging hike of the season. The trailhead was a few miles down a dirt road, and unmarked. We only found it because its coordinates were listed as a good place to start searching for a geocache. This cache contained one of […]
Long-Awaited Coast and Falls Pics
Here they are at last. Take a moment to click the links below and see some beautiful photos of the Oregon Coast, the Trail of Ten Falls at Silver Falls Park and the Multnomah Falls area near the Columbia River Gorge. Coast-http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/d3loeber/Oregon/Coast/ Falls-http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/d3loeber/Oregon/Waterfalls/
Oregon Coast
This is just a teaser. We took some gorgeous pictures of the Oregon coast from Tillamook up to Seaside. A link to the photos will appear here soon.
Portland’s Gardens
Portland’s Forest Park has miles and miles of hiking trails. After wearing ourselves out with a 12-mile hike on Saturday, Sunday was for a little relaxation. The Japanese Garden at the edge of the park was beautiful and very authentic. It includes five formal gardening styles: a pond garden (see above), a natural setting garden, […]
Totally Tubular
At about a mile deep, the Lava River Cave is the longest lava tube in Oregon. It was created by lava from volcanic eruptions flowing through to feed the front of the lava flow. The temperature in the cave is a cool 40°F year-round. There are some geologic formations similar to other caves, and some […]
Boise Area Adventures
Idaho in general has proven to have much more to offer than we’d imagined. After a single event in Sun Valley (most of which is owned, supposedly, by Demi Moore and Bruce Willis), we arrived in Boise. We made the most of the weekend. Saturday was for mountain biking in the foothills. The way up […]
Montana Blow-Out
From Spokane to Idaho Falls, we had to pass through some seriously mountainous parts of Montana. Somewhere near Missoula (thank goodness!) we had a blow-out. Not to worry, we didn’t even notice it ’til we exited the highway to find something to eat. (There are two tires next to each other on each side of […]
Chinook Pass
The way to the top of Chinook Pass (5,430 feet) is designated an All American Road. It was historically used as a trading route over the Cascade Mountains. On our drive up the temperature dropped from the high 80s to the high 40s! We hadn’t felt anything that cold for months, and there was snow […]