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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Coe Creek Falls

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It took some time but Emily and I finally connected with our friend Clint Clow after many years.   Clint is an avid waterfall chaser and...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Totality

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Today I experienced the most beautiful natural even I’ve ever seen.   The 2017 North American total eclipse passed directly through Sale...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Broken Group Seakayaking - Vancouver Island, BC

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The Broken Group is a group of small islands and islets in the middle of Barkley Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Co...
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Riggott Family Reunion

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What a disaster of a travel situation for us!   Emily and I had chosen to fly out of Seattle for our trip home for the Riggott family re...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Billy Chinook Wakeboarding

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Emily put together the best birthday for me that I’ve had in a decade and it involved a sport that I hadn’t done for nearly just as long...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Eagle Creek Canyoneering

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As I catch up on my blog in mid-September I write this as the massive Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia Gorge, started by a 15 year old w...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Iron Mountain Wildflowers

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This weekend we headed down to Corvallis so Emily could go to Lindsay’s baby shower and I could hang out with Jen and Jason.   We had a ...
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Spider Gap to Buck Creek Pass

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For the July 4th weekend Emily and I took our dog Leo for an epic 4-day, 41 mile backpacking loop in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of Wash...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Trask Trail ride over the Coast Range

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This weekend against all common sense I decided to try to ride my mountain bike 67 miles over the Coast Range of Oregon from Hillsboro t...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Yosemite

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For Emily’s birthday this year we decided to take a trip to Yosemite National Park and attempt an early season climb of Half Dome with ...
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Rachel Visiting

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My longtime friend Rachel from my years at Bowdoin visited Emily and I this week before a conference was attending at Skamania Lodge.  W...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Leo's Washington Coast Trip

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For the long Memorial Day weekend Emily and I decided to take Leo on a road trip.   This is a tough time of year as the snow is too deep...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Yakima River Camping & Wind Farm

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This week I was invited by BD Aerial to join them on a wind turbine inspection at a wind farm just outside of Elllensburg in Washington....
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Hood River to Rowena Crest

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With Emily on the coast for girls weekend Eric and I decided to go for a bike ride in the Columbia Gorge.   The plan was to ride from Ho...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Newton Clark Headwall - WyEast Face - Mt. Hood Ski Descent

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At 4am on Tuesday I headed up to Mount Hood to meet my buddy Mike D. for our 2nd attempt at skiing the Newton Clark Headwall on Mount Ho...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Owyhee Canyonlands River Rafting - Wild & Scenic Life

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What started off as a random decision to go see our friends Adam and Susan Elliott kick off a 2 year rafting journey at Base Camp Brewin...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Easter 2017

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This year we had a pretty low key easter up in Portland.  When we didn’t hear of anything going on in Corvallis Emily and I dec...
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Sandy River Delta Park

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Today we took Leo for a walk at Sandy River Delta Park.  This park is at the mouth of the Sandy River where it enters the Colum...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Rowena Crest and Tom McCall Viewpoint

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Today I had wanted to drive out to the Tom McCall Viewpoint just west of The Dalles in the Columbia Gorge for some spring wildflower vie...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Anna's Birthday Party

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Tonight Emily and I walked over to Anderson’s house where Nate and John also live for a birthday party for our friend Anna Li!  ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Chenoweth Cliffs

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This weekend Emily and I took a break from the Portland rain and drove out to hike the Chenoweth Cliffs behind The Dalles, OR. ...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Spring Skiing at Meadows

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This year Emily, Holm, Eric, Lauren, and I all bought the $150 spring pass to Meadows on Mount Hood.  With snow predicted to las...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Super bowl Comeback

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This weekend Emily and I were supposed to be skiing powder at Anthony Lakes Resort with Chris and Paris but mother nature had other plans....
Saturday, February 4, 2017

Maiden Peak

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With Eric back from New Zealand after his grand adventure we decided to join up with Ian, Chris, Kalin and Rob for another Maiden Peak H...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Ecola State Park & Neahkahnie Mountain

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This Saturday Emily and I headed to the coast with Leo for a hike and to do some filming and flying practice with the Mavic Pro.  The ra...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Daddy Daughter Dance 2017

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This weekend I flew to Fort Wayne, IN to surprise my daughter Ellie for her School Daddy-Daughter Dance.  Weeks ago she had told me over...