After some really busy days at SnowCap last week, I was pretty psyched for a three day weekend! About 2 weeks ago, Jon and I decided it would be fun to plan a little camping trip for Memorial Day weekend. In Virginia, you can almost be guaranteed decent weather for camping by the end of May....here in Oregon it's a different story. Despite the forecast of rain and possible snow for our campground, Jon and I headed in the direction of Mt. Hood on Friday evening anyway. As expected, we had the pleasure of setting up camp in the rain, which made for a bit of sopping up to do, once we each crawled inside our respective tents. A rain fly doesn't do much good until the tent is up and it's over the tent!
On Saturday we got our hiking fix, by walking the Salmon River Trail, a pretty amazing walk that took us through old growth forest and up the Salmon River Canyon. Twelve miles gave us plenty of time to talk about quite a few topics....Where do thoughts come from? How important is it to have a job that's mentally stimulating and challenging? Do dreams really mean anything? Does God have emotions? What exactly is God? and on and on.
Jon and I both agreed that we should make this camping thing a more regular event. There is just something nice about being away from the house and Portland proper for longer than 12 hours, and I've come to believe that it's good for my soul. Rain and all!
And on another note...we have spinach, kale, and chard all growing strong in the garden now! And our new arrivals include three tomato plants and two pepper plants (gifts from some good friends). I'm looking forward to showing it all off to Ben when he arrives back in just a week! I think he'll be impressed!
-Heather
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