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First Hike 2009

The Grand Canyon

And it wasn’t a good one to be honest.

Our first trail had some trash all over that we picked up, we had perfect sunny weather and incredible view of a water fall, but the trash sort of pissed us off so that ruined the moment and then it got really packed with people all at once, so we just left for another trail and same thing, too many people and screaming kids of all things so we just decided to take a drive to The Dalles since that seemed to be such a nice place my first time there at 11:30 PM when I first moved to the area that I must go back in the day time and see what an incredibly…. shithole that it is.

I mean really, they call a city “The Dalles” which is French for “Flowers” and it’s a shithole? I haven’t been this disappointed with what my expectations of a town was vs the harsh reality of what a town is since I first went to the wild west town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico… look it up and you will understand what I mean when I went expecting “wild west” and got….

We stopped at McDs since it was that or a gas station so I could get some caffeine and decided to try their mochas…. wtf?

What The Fuck?

That had to be the worse drink I have ever had in my life, it tasted like 3 cheap synthetic chemicals blended, but you can still taste all 3. I had to brush my teeth when we got home it was that bad.

To add to the fun for some reason my passenger side door has a rattle that is constant as you drive, so I got to call the dealership that I HATE and asked where my part that was ordered 2.5 weeks ago was and I got “I don’t know, you will have to ask them” when “them” was “him” and “him” has been the only “them” I have dealt with for over a year.

So I explained that fact to him nicely… and then laughed at him and hung up.

So now I’m forced to deal with another division of their dealership which is 20 miles away, but managed to get a appoint tomorrow at 10:15 and should be done in 3 hours so the rattling will not kill me as we drive 6 hours to BC.

So no gym for me this week until Friday which bothers me, but at the same time my legs have been issues and tonight it’s my left hip… don’t ask, I don’t know.

We got some good video of the first trail and we got some sun and we got out of the house, but over all this was a poopy day with less than 4 miles of actual hiking and a rattling 3 hour drive with bad mocha.

Dammit MSU….

The Grand Canyon

What a terrible terrible game for the Spartans.

Taking a Hike…

The Grand Canyon

http://www.nwhiker.com/CGNSAHike13.html

Multnomah Falls ~ Franklin Ridge Loop Hike
Length: 10 miles one way or 12 mile loop
Elevation Change: 2760′ gain
Season: Late spring thru fall
Difficulty: Difficult due to steepness of trail and length of hike
Permit: Not Required
Features: Note: Bridge above Triple Falls is out 11/10/08

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This is the hike we did this past October 30, I have wanted to start a online hike blog and just haven’t gotten to it yet, so I’ll post this here to remind me to do it.

Holy Frack! I just noticed the bridge is out at Triple Falls, that is around the last 3-4 miles from the direction we took, had it been out when we was there we would have been so fucked, it was dusk by the time we got there, we would have had to go back up and down a hard ass trail with little food and water and small flash light.

Good thing I don’t stress over what could have happen, but I am happy we got packs, head lamps, and extra gear for “what could happen”.

Monday we are going to take a few hours to all day off and just go on a few hikes and see what happens.

I’m thinking we are going to grab some Starbucks, some subs and snacks and just take off with our packs and cameras and see what we see on some of these trails.

http://www.nwhiker.com/gorge1.html

I’m thinking trails 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and maybe 53 and 16, all are easy to moderate and less than 2 miles each, so depending on which trails we take and crowd and everything else, we may also drive to The Dalles since she has never been that far East on I84 and that is one of the most incredible scenes from a highway that there is in the US.

Tuesday is a must work day since we blew this weekend and now Monday off and Wednesday after the garbage takes away all the yard waste we collected (and will be getting rid of for at least the next 3 weeks since we are limited to 1 large container) and some new running shoes I desperately need since my feet and knees are taking a beating are suppose to be delivered.

We laid some river rock and stone path last weekend and naturally we didn’t get enough of either so we made a second trip to Home Depot Monday to get more of both and naturally I dropped a 70# jagged piece of slat into my right knee and bruised and gashed it some and still we was 2 more rocks short since the space I thought would work wouldnt, so for the 3rd time in a week we moved rocks.

That is getting kind of old.

Oh yeah, Wednesday we are also going to Vancouver, BC for the night to to see Diesle and hopefully meet some other friends in the city the next morning for breakfast and some freinds in Seattle for dinner on the way back.

Tonight I also made our annual $55 donation to the billionaire Vince McMahon and ordered WrestleMania 25 and outside a stunning Shawn Michael’s vs Undertaker (who is now 17-0 at WrestleMania) it wasn’t worth much more than $25 but I did enjoy Ricky Steamboat vs Jericho, for his age Steamboat did well, but got bored with the Micky Rourke story, but it made the mainstream news which is what its all about.

Is Oregon anti-doorbell?

Mt_Hood

I know this is a really odd question, but since we moved to Oregon 18 months or so ago we have missed deliveries, neighbors and friends who have told us “We stopped by, but you didn’t answer when we knocked” and my first question is always “Did you ring the doorbell?” and so far 100% have said no.

WHY?

This is something that happens very often, so often that we are stunned that no one has used our doorbell even though it works and is lit up at night so there is no way anyone can miss it and yet, I can count on one hand the number of times our doorbell has been rung in the 18+ months we lived in the area both here and our first home.

We have a good sized house and we spend the vast majority of time in the office which is on the other side of the house so even when we don’t have the TV or music on, it is still impossible to hear someone knocking on a door.

So can someone give us an idea of why Oregonian’s have a phobia of doorbells?

*Note to self

The Grand Canyon

Next time you buy a flashlight, read the specs…

My new flashlight next to the screen of the online pic where I bought it.