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Bikes, Hikes and Pedal Pubs

July 8, 2012 by kristikrass

July 5 was Portland’s unofficial start of summer. Magically, on that date, the weather flips a switch from cool and unpredictable to amazing. While a heat wave ravages the rest of the country, the Northwest has been spring-like. Drizzly, 60-degree weather, with occasional sunny respites. Not anymore! We have 80s and sun now! Here’s how we spent our last days BEFORE summer… Hiking Mount Tabor: Mount Tabor is an extinct volcano on the southeast side of town. After snagging brunch at […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: beach, breweries, exercise, games, gorge, mt. tabor, sauvie island, Timbers

Flip cup! (Did I mention the party was drinking game-themed?)

A Thousand Words

June 13, 2012 by kristikrass

We’ve had a mishmash of entertaining activities lately – like my co-worker/friend Kristen’s b-day patio party at our place – so this time around I’ll let the photos do the talking! (And I feel like a disproportionate amount of the photos are drinking-related. Honestly, we do much more than that!) 🙂

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: exercise, market, parks, parties, restaurants, tennis

Sloppy Jerrys Rule

March 10, 2012 by kristikrass

Last. Saturday. was. amazing. A highlight of our time in Portland. To begin from the beginning, Jeff’s long-time buddy Joey was in town to open a Boot Barn in Troutdale (he’s in sales for Wolverine shoes). Last minute, Jeff, Joey, Lindsay, Daniel and I signed up as a team of five for Cartathlon II, a four-hour, city-wide scavenger hunt anchored by food cart challenges. Up for grabs: a year’s worth of free food cart food, free Keen shoes and other […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: breweries, exercise, race, restaurants, visitors

Cooper and Jeff walking along the stream

Parks and Wrecked Legs

February 13, 2011 by kristikrass

We mixed a painful cocktail of activities yesterday. A P90X Plyometrics workout video + lots of walking to and through parks = PAIN. Jeff and I are now walking around like Frankensteins. I don’t know if I’ve experienced soreness like this. All I want is a hot tub (I’m jealous of you right now, Nena and Court). First, on the P90X thing – we were delighted to recently get the DVD set as a gift. The holidays and the move […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: Cooper, exercise, parks, restaurants