We had grand plans for this weekend: after living in Oregon for more than 5 years, we would finally cross the eastern Cascades and visit the edge of the high desert (a.k.a. Bend) for some fun hiking, sightseeing and camping. Alas, the weather had different plans for us: due to flash flood warnings we decided to pass on Bend. Very sad.
Hence, I joined Rob and Kristen on a Windsurfing trip to Hood River on Saturday instead:
The wind was not as good as we had hoped, but we had fun nevertheless, of course.
On Sunday we had planned to drive north to Washington to hike along the Ape Canyon (not too far from Mt. St. Helens), but the weather front that caused trouble in Bend extended all the way up north. We are hoping for better weather tomorrow.
Today we explored parts of Portland's Forest Park instead - a nice warm up hike of 4.3 miles in preparation for tomorrow.
Wild life in Forest Park is typically on the small side...
Tomorrow: Ape canyon...hopefully...keep your fingers crossed!
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