Redwoods in NGM

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while:

High Fidelity

"L.A.... proved too much for the man." definitely gets in the all time top 5 best lines in a song. "There's nothing wrong with me loving you..." is all I need to hear from Marvin Gaye. And one of the best lines in a song... ever. "You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right...and that's all right with me." Bruuuuuuuuce. I'm working on #'s 4 and 5.

South Sisters

Another Summer '09 event - climbing South Sisters with Mary, Janice, Peter, Michael and Luke. This was a lot more painful than eating crab and drinking beer though. But of course well worth it - the mountaintop view and the pasta from Peter as our celebratory "we climbed a 10,600 foot mountain" meal.

Thistle Weekend

Great summers always have to come to an end. Unless you have a camera. And then they can live forever. A walk on a beach, a great crab dinner, a lot of laughs, a few bottles of wine, maybe a bottle of something exotic and if you are not too careful - dangerous. And then a morning of golf and more time to talk and share and smell the salty air.

A Race for the Ages

Kayla Smith, left, will be running for the Fighting Illini this year and Kellie will be running her last year of HS track.

Great Runners I Have Seen

I was just telling a friend about this race and it made me want to look at this picture again. Kellie Scheuler and Kayla Smith - probably two of the best HS athletes Oregon will ever see. I think Kayla is back east in college and Kellie will be chasing down Margaret Johnson-Bailes' 41 year old 100 meter record. Kellie ran a wind aided 11.68 on this day here - which ties the record - on a calm day that is. In a sec I will post a picture of them mid-race.

No reason for this post except I like this picture of Christian. It was a 90 degree day and behind Christian is Pier Park in North Portland - a place I had never been. I need to get out more.

Great Runners and Slow Runners

Got to see Christian run for Gonzaga this last Friday. He ran really well - came in 4th for the team and 12th overall - very good for his 2nd collegiate meet. And had a nice dinner with Jim, Janice and Peter at Pause which I thank Colleen and John for introducing me to... not only good food but firemen too.

And had the pleasure of running 22.5 (yes that last 1/2 mile means something when you are on mile 21 1/2!) miles this Saturday with Janice. I'd love to say that it was a barrel of fun but it wasn't - it was hard. And you know what - you really are in pain after you run that long - and then you can't eat for about 24 hours. So you'd think after doing all that you would just go home - lounge around in your pajamas and just eat ice cream all day. But you know what? You don't.

The running with Janice and Mary part was great.

Weekend in NY

Long overdue report - had a great time - can't wait to go back. Bagels are just better in NY. End of report.

Keystone Light

Some people can make magic with a few spices, some rice, a half a chicken and an oven. Or there are others that can take a few colors and create an image that takes our breath away. But there is no end to the creativity that teenagers can make when they wish to outwit their parents and enjoy libations with a few hundred of their closest friends.

It was a rainy camping weekend - which we cut short but all was not lost. A 30 case of Keystone Light and there was no end to the fun!