Brunch with the skinkids

After getting lost twice getting to Holly's house and almost getting lost going to Megan's, Karen, Holly and I arrived safely at her new digs 15 minutes late for our summer solstice brunch.

Megan has a great new apartment in SE Portland.

Ready to try a new restaurant in Megan's new hood, we set off on a quick walking tour of a very cute neighborhood.

Not having connected the dots, I never even thought about Sunday being Father's Day. Who woulda thunk that 45 minutes after The Screen Door opened their doors that there would be a 2 hour wait for breakfast.

In the immortal words of GiGi and Holly...

Recalculating

We opted to come back to The Screen Door either earlier or on a less busy day and set off for Whole Foods and fix our own brunch at Megan's new digs.

Or rather, Karen could fix brunch.

Ah yes, French toast and bacon, a great way to start the week.

Ummmmm ladies

Rise and shine. Today is the summer solstice.

Oregon by Greyhound • Sweet Creek Falls

The Adventure Sweet Creek Falls

Location LAT 43.94588 N LON 123.90287 W

Date June 13, 2009

Weather 64°, Cloudy

Distance 124 miles


Once we got to the second trail head, Roxy assured us that she wanted nothing to with this trail. She ruffled her bed in the back of the Element and told us to wake her when we returned.

I found one lonely iris still in bloom on the trail.


And in Oregon style, even the blackberries look good in bloom. It's too bad they are such a pain in the neck.


Sweet Creek Falls was everything it was promised to be.


From where we stood, we could clearly see two of the four tiers. To see the other two, we would have had to cross the creek and going home with wet feet just wasn't a happening thing.


The entire falls drops 70 feet as it twists around. However, from the base of the falls, only the 15 foot sections are visable.


Sweet Creek Falls is in the Cascade Range approximately 10 miles from the coast.


Admiring the beauty of the falls, I didn't think to look downstream. It was equally as pretty.

Oregon by Greyhound • Sweet Creek Falls

The Adventure Sweet Creek Falls

Location LAT 43.94588 N LON 123.90287 W

Date June 13, 2009

Weather 64°, Cloudy

Distance 124 miles


Sweet Creek Falls was a bit of a drive, but worth every mile.


Heading out on a beautifully groomed trail, we were promised 11 small waterfalls along the way.


Just around one of the first bends, we reached this little falls. The pools in the creek were really impressive.


Just as promised, the hike got better the farther walked.


The catwalks that clung to cliff walls over the creek were really cool. Sadly, they were square grates and Roxy was unsure about what was under her feet.




Roxy had no problem climbing the stairs...


We passed a few more falls...



And then, we came upon another catwalk.


Not really wanting to subject Roxy more square metal grates, we turned around.

Sweet Creek Falls had a second trail head just up the road, so we hopped in the car and drove up to the second trail head.

June's poster hounds

Danny and Maddie posed for this months event at Healthy Pets NW.

hrmp

Summertime...

And the livin' is easy.

Bleh

We wait and we wait for the week-end to come. It takes forever. And then, when it finally gets here, its gone.

How does that happen?

Oregon Traumatizes Greyhounds

Meanwhile back at the gardens...

All of the greyhounds sat around the kibble bowl comparing their adventures. Bridges, waterfalls and more.


Adam chimed in first. Oh my gosh, mine was the scariest of all! Did you see that long, steep staircase! I couldn't believe I had to climb them!


I was so scared!


Oh no, if you guys could have seen all of the people, the snow and those really noisy falls I had to endure... you would know that I had the scariest adventure of all.


I couldn't even look at the falls they were so noisy.


Oh please, who are you trying to kid? I had to jump over giant logs on my walk.


Look at what I was expected to do? Everyone knows I won't jump!


Why, I thought were going shoe shopping and instead we ended up looking over the mill race. I was petrified!

The water was really loud and is raced under my feet. What on earth were the momma's thinking?


But you guys never saw where I had to go. It was horrible. There were square holes under my feet and I could see forever below me.

I just wanted to stay in the car after that walk.


I could see the creek below my feet. And those square things, what was that all about? I read the article and it said dog friendly, maybe those dogs wore snowshoes!

Oregon by Greyhound • Majestic Falls

The Adventure Majestic Falls

Location LAT 44.46833 N LON 122.67361 W

Date June 7, 2009

Weather 65°, Cloudy

Distance 52.5 miles


Less than a mile up the road are two more falls. We made it to one more. From the parking lot, a great little path with stone steps leads to an observation deck at the top of the falls.


Even though the top was quite fun, we looked forward to walking down to the base. Having read ahead, I knew there were stairs. Adam got to come because he does so well on stairs. Most stairs that is.


From the viewing platform at the base of the stairs, Majestic Falls earns it's name.


McDowell Creek tumbles down nearly 40 ft. into the pool below. Moss covered rocks provide the natural framework.

Adam did very well going down the steep staircase. I thought going up would be even better.



Adam made me think again. He wasn't crazy about going up at all. After a few minutes of coaxing, I thought we were going to have to make a Plan B. Nervous and unsure, Adam made his way to the top of the stairs.

I'm pretty sure that during all of the coaxing, I promised him he would never see stairs again.

When is it coming?

I'm waiting patiently and it is taking forever.


When is Friday going to get here?