This year we welcomed Bernie into the fold, our first true newcomer who had seen photos from previous years and emailed me about the event. Hopefully he isn't the last.
Despite some of our most ferocious friends going toe-to-toe with each other, Mother Nature was the true champion as she sprinkled some of her love on our battlefield.
There seems to be a core number of us who would do anything to spend an afternoon running around the park like a maniac with no regard for what everyone else must think of us.
The long waits on weekends are a bit more bearable with a Polaroid camera in one hand, an Aquavit cocktail in the other, and awesome friends by your side.
For someone who's terrified of open water, I spent a lot of time hanging out around the rivers, lakes and oceans of the Pacific Northwest this summer. It always seems like such a novel idea to pack up a car full of people and [...]
So far, I'm yet to witness a June in Portland that doesn't rain for the first 2 weeks straight. The possibility of getting caught in a downpour is almost always on the table round these parts.