old photos of me back in the '90s..

...When I had a little more hair. The vest was something I'd made with the help of a friend (I didn't actually walk around town wearing it)...

evening on Mt. Tabor

Some photos of the reservoir up on Mt. Tabor (the small mountain/extinct volcano in the middle of Portland, a short walk from my house) on a nice evening last week:

a rainbow over McDonald's...

I'm not quite sure why McDonald's is at the end of the rainbow, it definitely shouldn't be! But other than that, here's a nice view of a rainbow on one of Portland's first rainy days in quite a while:

Breitenbush hot springs again...

Some more photos of Breitenbush hot springs retreat center, where I went for a night and a day last week, and lucked out with some spectacularly sunny weather:

Hiking along near Breitenbush hot springs, in Oregon

Hiking along in the woods through the snow, near a river that runs right by Breitenbush hot springs retreat center, a couple hours away from Portland; where I stayed for a night last week:

a very cold creek

And yes, I did end up taking a dip in the river, but a very quick one...