I fell in love!

He is beautiful and sweet? Can you guess who he is? No, Myra, it's not any of those Koyuk guys! Did I get you thinking? It's the state of Oregon. I traveled to Portland, OR for ten days with two other teachers for a math training for a new curriculum I'm going to implement along with all the other Elementary teachers. We got there a day early so we did lots of sight seeing. We randomly found a scenic drive with lots of waterfalls! It was incredible! The thing I fell in love with the most is the huge trees that were everywhere! My favorite thing is walking through a forest or trail with large trees and the sun shining through. We took a small hike to get to one of the falls and I loved it! It felt good to sweat and get the heart a beating! I can't say that was the smartest idea because I had a pulled groin muscle before I went and that put me not walking for three days! I don't know when to stop! It still hurts today! Hope it heals in the next couple of weeks so I can start the running. That was a rather long bunny trail. Well, the first falls we went to we could climb out to the rock for a closer look. Awesome!

The other falls Corrine drove up to and Heather and I got out to take pictures and quick peak. This time reminded me of all the waterfalls my granparents visited during one of our summer trips. I sure miss those summer trips with them.

After the waterfalls we headed through the gorge and that was of course spectacular too. We bought Rainer cherries from a fruit stand and they were so darn sweet. Then we found the Fruit Loop which was a drive along tons of orchards where you could stop and get jams, jellies, preserves, homemade cookies, fresh produce. I loved the raspberries, green beans, blackberries (size of your thumb). We snacked the whole way on our Fruit Loop trip. We also got to see a pear orchard.

The mountain is Mt. Hood. We also had great views of Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier.