North By Northwest

If you are checking our blog and wondering why we haven't been posting anything lately --- it's because we've hardly been home! This summer has been exactly what was promised as far as weather and we are thoroughly enjoying it.

We started off the summer with a camping trip across Oregon (from the Columbia River Gorge to the Wallowa Mountains and Hell's Canyon) and some triathlons/duathlons. We celebrated Daniel's completion of his first full year of grad school with an "A" average AND that he passed the Professional Engineer Exam!

Over July 4th week we had a family reunion with my (Erin) side of the family. Many cousins, siblings, and my aunt came out for a week vacation in Cannon Beach, OR. Then, my youngest sister Claire stayed the rest of July to hang out with us. We have shown her a lot of the Northwest, including a short trip up to Seattle with our friends, Jeff and Sara Nickel, for Jeff and Daniel to do a bike ride from Seattle to Portland known here as the STP (~200 miles!). While the guys rode, the girls checked out sights in Seattle and set up our campsites along the way.

Daniel is taking one summer diving class and also working on a project for his degree. We still have a few more trips before the rains set in and the semester starts. Oregon is so geographically diverse...enjoy all the pictures!