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I identify as a hiker.
Me, Kate, Rosie, Duke & Jenifer by the rain-swollen Sandy River.
Rosy Conk fungus
The beach was under water
Kate led the Monday gang on a rainy walk at Oxbow Regional Park today. Duke’s back!
25.02.2025 04:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love your show and will miss you.
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Starting out
Mood
With Bigfoot
The turnaround point
Today Masako led us on a 10-mile walk along the Columbia River followed by lunch at the Puffin Cafe. I had nachos and a beer. We saw a red-tailed hawk and many dogs on our walk.
20.02.2025 23:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just contacted senators Wicker, Graham, Tillis, Collins & Grassley asking them to please stand with Ukraine & our NATO allies and to try to get the orange maniac to stop sucking up to Putin. I know it won’t do any good but I have to do something.
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At Salmon Creek
Two swans in the distance
Me, Kate, Andrea, Dave & a bunch of other people.
A hawk in a tree
Joan led us on a lovely walk on the salmon Creek trail and then three of us headed to Esther Short Park for an anti-fascism rally. I was pleased and amazed at how many people turned out.
18.02.2025 00:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sole Sisters: me, Masako, Peg & Peggy
Great blue heron photographed by Peggy
Mallard photographed by Peggy
Wood ducks photographed by Peggy
Masako led us on a 5+-mile walk at Salmon Creek today, where Peggy took some amazing wildlife photos.
07.02.2025 03:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Look at those prices
Cool horse
Yummy feast
An American hero
Today we visited the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Then we had Persian food at Rumi’s Kitchen. Then we headed back to Arlington Cemetery to find Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s grave. It was a big day in Washington DC.
02.02.2025 03:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dave and Old Bob and Abe Lincoln
View from Lincoln’s cottage
We ate yummy wings, pork bits, coleslaw, barbecue beans & hazy IPA.
Outside a Catholic Church on our walk to Trader Joe’s after lunch
Today we visited Lincoln’s cottage and had a delicious lunch at the Federalist Pig. Washington DC is such a fun town; I’m not going to let trump destroy all my pleasure in it!
31.01.2025 01:51 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Passion fruit pisco sour=delish
ceviche tradicional was fabulous
Lomo saltado was heavenly
Bill, Barbara, me & Dave
We ate a fantastico meal at Pisco y Nazca Cerviche tonight.
28.01.2025 00:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yes, they absolutely do!
Dave at a monument to Hahnemann
My favorite president and First Lady on the side of Ben’s
Half smoke and fries=delicious
Our first full day in Washington DC included a long walk to lunch at Ben’s Chili Bowl. Barbara & Bill joined us for dinner at P.J. Clarke’s followed by cookies and decaf lattes in our hotel’s lounge.
27.01.2025 01:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Big head, Masako, Peggy, Peg & Joan with Portland, Loowit and Tahoma in the distance
Clever trail art
Wy’east through the trees
Klickitat in the distance
Today was a beautiful day for Masako to lead us from Council Crest down the Marquam trail and back. Seven plus miles and 1500+ elevation gain=a great workout!
24.01.2025 04:42 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sole Sisters on a log bench
I took this one with Mary’s phone
Sole Sisters posing in front of a huge root ball
Lunchtime!
More pics from today from Minnesota Mary.
17.01.2025 03:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me, Peg, Minnesota Mary, Masako & Peggy in front of mossy boulders.
Hey, wait for me!
Portland heritage tree
Peggy for scale
Masako led us on a wonderful foggy hike at Powell Butte this morning: 5 1/2 miles and 822 ft. elev. gain. So great to see my sole sisters: Masako, Peggy, Peg & Minnesota Mary.
17.01.2025 00:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On the trail
Water rushing into Gillette Lake
Sole sisters on a bridge
Lunchtime view
Ann led us 8 miles out and back to Gillette Lake and Greenleaf Overlook. It was a gorgeous sunny day with 1400+ elevation gain.
15.01.2025 06:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An old farm implement returning to the earth
Mill creek
In front of the gong
Pretty moss growing on a fence post
Today the Monday Gang walked fiveish miles around the Washington State University campus. It was cool, foggy & beautiful. Then we had lunch at 8noodle.
14.01.2025 04:07 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love your breakfast!
12.01.2025 16:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We had a nice hike on a new-to-me trail today. We didn’t see any other hikers and got in 6 1/2 miles and 1214 feet elevation gain. Not bad!
10.01.2025 00:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🤮 barf
09.01.2025 14:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello!
09.01.2025 14:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We had a nice six-mile hike at Salmon Creek on Monday.
08.01.2025 23:46 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
