Oregon Road Trip
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I was in Oregon for two weeks in late September visiting friends and family. I had an awesome trip. I helped support a few CKF donor awareness activities while in Oregon. I visited my alma mater Mt. View High School in Bend and shared my story and donation message. It brought back good memories. I also visited Sisters High School and showed our new CKF Educational Video, “Know the Facts, Share your Decision.” It was a great success! I’m really proud of the new CKF program.
I spent a week with my wife’s family at the Oregon Coast. The weather was brutal, it poured. We set up a redneck tarp camp site between our cars and trees for cover. The waves and wind didn’t disappoint however, making for fun surfing and kiting conditions. I was in a thick wetsuit, so it didn’t matter if it was raining. Shannon Melheuse and I had an epic south wind kiting session at Pacific City. We kited for about an hour right in front of Cape Kiwanda and the Pelican Pub.
Missy and I road-tripped home to Aspen via a stop in Wallowa, Oregon to visit her brother and his family and go for a great hike together. On a perfect September day we all climbed up to Aneroid Lake above Joseph Oregon and Lake Wallowa. It was a six mile journey in, but well worth it. We continued towards Colorado making a stop in Idaho at our favorite hot springs and a cold night of camping atop Soldier Summit near Price, Utah. We had to put our individual sleeping bags inside our two person bag. It was another fun Oregon adventure.
I’m back home in Aspen loving the prolonged summer weather, even though it’s pouring tonight. This weekend I’m in Grand Junction, CO speaking at the Boy Scout’s Peak Vision fundraising dinner Saturday night at the Grand Junction Conference Center. I’m hoping to ride the “Over the Edge” trail above Fruita Saturday morning before my talk; it’s one of my favorite trails. Have a fun weekend. Happy fall!
CK
Wallowa Sunset
Kiting with Shanny
Going Surfing with Matt & Rocco
Kiting P.C.
Cape Kiwanda
Tam Macarthur Hiking Friends
Aneroid Lake
Hotspring Paradise
Shannon & CK