Little Mount Si / Boulder Garden

The sun came out on Tuesday and skipped out of the office for some trail action. Decided to head to North Bend and do Little Mount Si trail (usually do this trail a few times each year). This is the first time I’ve seen the Boulder Garden trail branch off of the main trail. I cannot say that I thought it (the boulder garden trall) was worthwhile from a scenery point of view but it was quite nice from an exercise perspective. The Little Mount Si trail was great as always but busy, I’ve never seen this many people during a week day, must be the stay-cation effect!







Cooling off at a stream on the way back to the truck!

Sheep Camp Trail In Redding California

This is the final set of pictures from my trip to California earlier in June. I didn’t get to do as much hiking as I had hoped but really enjoyed doing this trail with Michael. We drove about 2 miles up the trail from the official trailhead, hiked another couple miles and probably stopped a mile from the top. This was the first time I really engaged my four wheel drive and Mike seemed to be a little nervous. I thought coming back down the hill would be scary but the truck handled it like a dream!

More Pictures From The Whiskey River Campsite

Here are some more pictures from the Whiskey River campsite from my visit to California a couple weeks ago.

Ballard Walk After Client Install

I had a 7:30 AM database install at a client location in Ballard. I had finished a little after 8 AM and was just about ready to get into my truck and drive away. I then remembered the “AroundMe” iPhone application I had downloaded. This little gem (available on iTunes) knows where you are by using the phone itself and then tells you about local banks, bars, coffee shops, parking, hospitals and much more. You can click on a listed item and then the iPhone screen can give you directions from where you are ... to ... the desired destination!


So as my mind remembered this application, it immediately followed with the thought of “hmmm coffee / donuts” and I fired up “AroundMe” for my first real world test. It worked like a charm and informed me of half a dozen coffee shops within walking distance. I ended up at a Tully’s and the interesting walk to there made me wish I had brought along my new camera (that is in the back seat of the truck). This was a very gray morning and the camera on my iPhone would have to do. Here are some snaps (from said camera in low light) on the six block walk from my parked truck to the coffee shop and back.



Hmmm ... furnitupe ... "Honey, the antique dresser your mother gave us had another little accident! I think it is your turn to clean it up. Be sure to give it a smack with a rolled up newspaper or it will never learn!"

Oberlander Boys On The Beach

Testing the zoom feature on the new camera, I was quite a bit away from where Bob, Ben and Josh were walking on the beach at the Whiskey River park. Mike was dog sitting bogie, who wasn’t allowed to get anywhere close to the beach. I’ve been seeing more and more places prohibiting dogs on the beaches and don’t understand it myself. Seeing a dog play on a beach is one great place to witness pure animated joy and who can get enough of that?

Oberlanders At The Pool

I had left my trunks in the camper over at the Whiskey River campsite. Here are some pics of Mike, Ben, Josh, Savannah and young Jake at the pool.

Graduation Day For Rachael

Graduation day was a rain filled event and with 400 graduating students, it was held outdoors on the football field. It wasn’t that bad though and everyone seemed to take it in stride. There was some rebellious fun going on during the graduation that I hadn’t seen before. On four separate occasions, a beach ball would appear in the graduating class and bounce around that little gathering. The ceremony would stop, the ball confiscated, ceremony would start again, new ball would appear ... and so forth. At the very end of the ceremony, the rain stopped and it was fantastic sitting outside.

Playing the part of a complete bone head, I forgot my camera and these pictures are courtesy of the iPhone.