The dog made me do it

For several years I have set loose goals for annual hiking and biking mileage. I’m not obsessed with these goals, but I get some satisfaction from achieving them. For a couple of years now I have wanted to hike 300 miles and bike 1,000 miles (the years of over 5,000 miles biking are long gone).

[…]

Sisters, Oregon vacation, 2014

We love the central Oregon area around Sisters and Bend. Although we were here in August with the kids and their families (stayed in Eagle Crest), I wanted to return. We have a favorite rental unit in Sisters, but this year it wasn’t available on the dates that were most convenient for us. Luckily, in […]

Sequim vacation 2014

Our one-bedroom rental in Sequim

After a few days in Anacortes we moved over to Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula. Because it is in the rain-shadow of the Olympic Range it has very mild weather and so is considered a favored place to move in retirement. We rented a cute little one-bedroom house. It was […]