my wu-chi blog

Saturday, Steve and I went for hike at Silver Falls State Park which is located east of Salem. Due to a late night of partying the night before, we did not get going until 2pm. We got to the park at 3:30pm and learned that it closes at 5pm so we just did [...]

This weekend I went for a hike in the Columbia River Gorge area at a place called Eagle Creek. Taking the off ramp to Eagle Creek I immediately noticed snow along the sides of the road and it got me thinking, have I ever hiked in snow before? Well, if not, I can [...]

I have realized that I have started a tradition when it comes to x-mas. For the last two years I have been hiking on x-mas day. Two years ago I was hiking in the cloud forest in Costa Rica. Last year I was hiking with Linda in Texas. So I decided [...]

Last weekend I finally made it to the Japanese Garden in Washington Park.

I had Veteran’s Day off last week and planned on going to the Japanese Garden for I heard it was free that day.  I ran some errands in the morning and then looked up the hours while I was eating lunch.  Closes at 4 – damn.  I finished eating and quickly left for the train [...]

This weekend, Steve, Sharon (another VISTA who works with Steve) and I went hiking in the Columbia Gorge area at a place called Oneonta Gorge.

About a month ago Steve and I went hiking through Forest Park which is located on a hill on the west side of town.  It was raining a lot in the morning but by the time we got to the park it had stopped and left it nice and wet and cool.  We did not [...]