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August 4, 2008 at 11:30 pm · Filed under Adventures!, Travel
On Saturday, Ryan, Kevin, Taylor and I hiked to Otter Falls near Middle Fork, totaling 10 miles roundtrip! The trek was certainly worth it–Otter Falls is a pretty epic “hidden gem”, if I ever saw one.
First, to give you a sense of scale, here are the falls as viewed across Lipsy Lake. Find Taylor in the lower-right corner. 
And here’s me and Kevin scuttling on its steep surface: 
The view looking straight up from its base: 
The guys looking up towards the falls:
Needless to say, the falls were pretty amazing to witness. I would highly recommend anyone in the area to make the trip. The funny thing is that we all found out about this place through our RSS feeds, specifically through this blog post. The Internet got us outdoors, go figure.
July 20, 2008 at 11:56 pm · Filed under Adventures!, Photo
Last weekend Ryan, his mom, and I went to Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. I’ve been to the gardens a few times as a kid and it was nice going back to appreciate it more fully. Below are some of my favorite photos I took that afternoon:
And the best part of day: high tea!
June 10, 2008 at 11:41 pm · Filed under Adventures!, Photo
June 8, 2008 at 12:34 pm · Filed under Adventures!, INFO Crew
As you may have seen from the moblog below, last weekend Ryan and I went camping at Middle Fork with Kevin, Sean, and Ash. We had a pretty sweet site right by the Snoqualmie River and spent two nights there where Ryan demonstrated his expert fire-making skills and we successfully evaded the Washington rain (for the most part). Most notably though, our biggest accomplishment was a 13.65-mile hike on the Middle Fork trail, which needless to say, pushed us to the limit. Below are some photos I took on my phone along the way:
May 27, 2008 at 12:49 am · Filed under Adventures!, Weekend
Photo by Kevin Pittman
Today we had a picnic at Discovery Park to celebrate the end of our introLEAGUE. The weather didn’t look so hot this morning with its completely overcast skies and temperature in the low 50’s. However, by popular demand we went out anyway, in true Northwest spirit.
Once there, not only was the picnic fooding really good, but we also took a trail that led us down to the water. Also, since none of us had Frisbees or the like to play with, it forced us to get creative with the games. Like really creative. (See photo above.) That, and the sun came out at the end! Overall, it was a wonderful way to spend the Memorial Day afternoon.
May 10, 2008 at 1:02 am · Filed under Adventures!, Family, Food, Restaurants, Weekend
Last weekend when I was in California with family, my cousin Jenny took us to the famous Griddle Cafe in LA. We didn’t see any famous people on this visit; but in truth, the pancakes are the real stars at this joint.
Upon arrival, just reading the menu had me practically hopping in my seat with excitement. The one I picked out was a coconut pancake with rolled oats, butterscotch chips, and pecans…
It was huge! I’ve never seen a pancake stack like this before, let alone filled with gourmet goodness. It was on.
“We can do this.”
…
Must keep eating…pancake…
Here’s John and I after being devastated by our unfinished, insanely delicious pancake stacks:
FAIL.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so dominated by a food before. Not only was I unable to finish half my stack, but I was upset I couldn’t fit any more pankeke goodness in me, my head was spinning, and it hurt to walk afterward.
In any case, a wonderful experience. I definitely plan to go again next time I’m in town (with Nikki!). Though next time I’ll probably agree to split a pancake with Jenny this time, as she had originally suggested.
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