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Road Trip

Last week, Jen and I took our first road trip to McMinnville and Tillamook. We met with two county health departments and two hospitals. It was very worthwhile to hear what they are doing and how they are using our systems or why they are not. They also seemed to appreciate the [...]

The good old days

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Scary

Ran across an infographic about Facebook over it’s six years of existence. Yes it has only been six years. Here are some of the scary stats:

Average user spends over 55 minutes on FB every day
Of the 400 million ‘active’ users, around 50% log in every day
2.5 billion photos are uploaded every month

I am [...]

Silver Falls State Park

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 [...]

Another day, another hike

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 [...]

X-mas

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 [...]

What's this white stuff?

Snow!

Yes, it snowed today in Portland. First time this winter and we will have to wait and see if it is the last. Also I will have to wait and see if I have to go into work tomorrow or ‘work from home’.

Here are some photos (or view the photos here):

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Japanese Garden

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

Weekend Visitors

This past weekend my dad, his wife Carolyn and my aunt Judy came out for a visit.  I enticed them, well my dad mostly, to come out for ASU was playing at Oregon.

Coincidence

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 [...]

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