Something Like That: Adventures in the Pacific Northwest!

For those of you that don't know, I recently made a huge life changing decision. On January 7th of this year, I made the move from my home state of North Carolina to the other side of the country. Some time in the beginning of February I will settle into my new home in Canby, Oregon, not too far outside of the major city of Portland. For now I'm taking a month to have some fun in Washington State with my father and stepmother. My family back in North Carolina has asked me to chronicle my adventures on our family blog, so I've decided to do the same here on my personal blog that I have sorely neglected recently.

So here is the first one (if you don't count laying down my motorcycle after riding it for 2.3 seconds).

About a week ago, my older brother Brandon took me on a true Northwest adventure. We hiked up to the top of Wallace Falls, approximately 5.5 miles round trip. 5 and a half miles might not be much on level ground, but hiking in the mountains is a different story! Luckily, Brandon lent me his hiking poles so that the stress on my knees was not nearly as great. He also let me set the pace cause my lungs and heart were just not able to keep up with him. Gonna change that, but for now it was nice to set a slow pace. We hiked from about 1015 to 1415 and discussed a wide range of topics, from health to religion to weather to the adventures of Dr. McNinja. Take a look at the pictures below, these are just a selection of all the beautiful pics I got from our hike.

Oh, and did I mention it was snowing?!?!

See the falls in the background?