And Sew It Is

Summer Vacation Week 2 - Fun is Suffering

We went to Multnomah Falls to do some hiking and caching. We've been there before but not to cache and we had never hiked to the top of the falls. Eleven switchbacks and one mile to reach the top of the falls. Nine switchbacks go up but the last two descend in elevation.

The view point was crowded so we hiked a little farther on the trail in the direction of the first cache. Found it easily enough and then scouted out a flat rock among the huge bolders along the creek/stream/river to eat the $5 footlong chicken Subway sandwich we packed for our lunch. Ahhh, it was nice.

We continued hiking up toward Larch Mountain in search of another cache but it was futile because all satellite reception was lost due to the dense tree cover and cliffs. We had clues but "on left about 5' off the trail over some moss covered rocks/under a moss covered log" doesn't help much when you are covering about a mile of just that kind of terrain. Nope, no help at all. Like finding a needle in a haystack. So we gave up and headed back down the mountain but not before Ralph gracefully slipped on some mossy rocks into the stream up to his hips. :D I almost peed my pants I laughed so hard - after I made sure he was okay. Of course. He's quite the entertainer. He wrung out his socks and squished the rest of the way down the mountain. We're looking forward to more hikes.

I Sewed Something!

I saw this on AmyKarol's blog and since I had the same pattern, I decided to make a blouse up. All that is needed is a hem and a zipper. That's why the back is bulging out a little, it's only pinned. I was unbelievably lucky to have matching thread on hand but I will have to run to JoAnn's for a zipper. I liked what AmyKarol did with the tucks in the front of her dress instead of gathering so I copied her. I don't think I'll be making the dress version but I'll definitely make more blouses.

Gotta run!

Summer Vacation Week 1

I've been galavanting about the countryside trying to meet the requirements for some treasure hunt challenges. One challenge required the finding of 20 certain size caches before being able to discover the final and bonus cache. So I drove all over Timbucktu and the Boondocks but met the challenge.

A one room school house.

Mt. Hood, it's top eclipsed by clouds.

The other challenge was a new City geocoin. I apologize for the poor quality of these pictures. It's hard to photograph something so small.

Back view. I will add this to my collection of earned coins and the one Jenni gifted me with.

Now that there's no more pressure to earn the coin, I can get down to a little sewing. Ya right, you say? You've heard that before? We'll see about that. :P

SWAG

Here's the swag (acronym for "stuff we all get") I left in a cache today - a knitted dish cloth. Notice the design - how it kind of makes X's? The yarn just worked out that way and I was pleased. I attached one of AmyKarol's gift tags which says: "I made this just so you know. So don't say anything mean about it." Hopefully it will put a smile on someone's face.