biking in Portland

Bicycling along the Willamette River here in Portland with friend Gabe:

biking with friend Gabe, from 4th grade

A quick little video from a bike ride along the Columbia River today with my friend Gabe, who I knew in the 4th, 5th and 6th grades. After that he moved away from where we were living in Willits, California, and I hadn't seen or heard from him since then. I happened to do an online search about a month ago, and turns out he's living right here in Portland:

eastern Oregon camping road trip

Some videos of the scenery out in the desert of eastern Oregon:

eastern Oregon video 2

eastern Oregon 3

eastern Oregon road trip

Some photos from my recent 3-day camping road trip out to eastern Oregon:

eastern Oregon photos

Skiing, again

Went skiing yet again on Mt. Hood yesterday, the weekly tradition. As you can see by this photo, the snow is definitely starting to melt, not sure how much longer I'll get to ski up there. Supposedly you can ski on Mt. Hood year round (or at least through most of the summer) because of the glaciers, but I'm not sure if what I've been skiing on is a glacier. I guess I'll find out when I see if it melts.

more skiing videos

Here are a few more videos from cross country skiing again up on Mt. Hood. This time I went up the downhill ski slopes at Timberline Lodge, and got great views both looking down and also of the peak (or at least pretty close to the peak) of the mountain. Mt. Hood is 11,249 feet tall, and where I was at (near the top of one of the ski lifts) was probably around 8,000 feet. I don't think I'll be attempting that last 3,000 feet, it's supposedly kind of difficult!

Mt. Hood video 2

Mt. Hood video 3

Mt. Hood video 4

jumping sequence on Mt. Hood

A series of photos I took jumping in the snow with Mt. Hood in the background. It isn't a proper sequence from the same actual jump, just separate photos that I pieced together...

jumping sequence 2

skiing again on Mt. Hood

More cross country ski photos from today, when I went up to Mt. Hood at Timberline Lodge and ski resort, right on the side of the mountain...

ski photos

ski photos

ski photos