Angel's Rest

So yesterday we headed on out to take in the wonderful weather that we have been having. Yes its been cool but its been sunny and dry which can be wonderful this time of year. We decided on going to Angels Rest east of Portland.

On the drive out along highway 84, the wind really started to pick up. Leaves and all sorts of debris on the road was flying around like mad! The car was pushing back and forth with the wind blowing like crazy. The wind can really get going through the Gorge but it was a bit much. We both laughed when Emma said "well we picked a good day for a hike."

After getting to the trail head we decided what the heck. The trail wasn't too windy since some of the places were shielded by the trees and canyons. A few places once we got higher were a little nuts and we had to keep an eye on Puma so he didn't get blown off the trail.

All in all the weather was nice....when the wind calmed down and the hike was really nice and had some great views.

Afterward we headed to Fire On The Mountain for some delectable fried chicken wings, sweet potato fries, and some lovely beer!

Here are some pics from our day!

Apple Display!

On Sunday Emma and I worked on getting a few more photos done for her blog and it was a nice day outside. We had set up the wine barrel to use to display a few items along with some apples from our recent trip out to Sherwood Orchards. Emma was messing around with Puma since earlier in the day he found an apple in the front yard and started to munch on it of course. It was a bit rotten so we took it away from him. Anyway, since we were messing with more apples, we decided to let him pick his own apple from the pile and sure enough he did!

Apple Picking!

On Sunday, we decided to head on out to Sherwood Orchards to pick some apples. A big group from Emma's work headed on out as well to meet up. Turned out we managed to pick most of our apples before most of them showed up so it turned into a short trip but was fun and it was a great day.

The orchards where we went had tons of different types of apples and pears. It was fun to go to the different trees and try a small apple to see how different the flavors were. My favorite's were the Spitzenberg and the Fameuse...I think. We tried so many its hard to keep track.

I manged to snap off a few pictures while picking. The weather was so nice and warm...for this time of year.

John's Birthday!!

Yesterday was John's birthday and we celebrated with a party and Pete and Jen's for the evening. It was great to see everyone again and to see John since he has been living up north in Seattle.

We of course talked about old times in our previous jobs and places we used to live(John and I were roommates for a year and a half). We had a great dinner...thanks Pete and Jen...and Emma made a chocolate cake that is always so yummy!

Here are just a few pictures from the evening.

Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!!!

John, Always wishing to win the Lottery!!

Portland Marathon 2008

So once again the Portland Marathon came and went. And once again Pete ran all 26.2 miles in a 3:49:44!!! Blow my mind that people can do this.

It was really amazing to see more then one location this time for the race. I met up with Jen, Ashley and her boyfriend Brian down near the 5 mile marker. Emma dropped me off a little bit away from the race since most of the streets were closed downtown. On the way down to meet up with Jen, I managed to come upon the starting section and the lead group in the race. A large group of drummers were pounding away and the runner flashed by in an almost sprint of a pace! Then a moment after that a huge group of runners went by so closely packed it seemed like it would be hard to run and not trip on the person next to you.

It was interesting to see the runners at this point. Everyone was smiling and feeding off of the large crowd that gathered to cheer them on. I say interesting since in the past, I would go down to the St. John's Bridge which I think is the 17.5 mile marker and a majority of runners don't look too thrilled to be subjecting themselves to the torture.

Here are of course some pictures of the event. It was a blast seeing the runners progress along the course.

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