Smith Visit

Back in July I was lucky enough to have Julie, Zack, and Kale visit.  We went to a park near the house and Kale got to try his hand at fishing.  Even Grandpa got his line wet.  Unfortunately........the fish weren't biting that day.  (they never do for me)

Uncle Matt went with us to a new Park in downtown Portland that has a great wading pool.

 And guess who had a wonderful time getting wet.

And a fun time was had by all at the beautiful Japanese Garden.  Kale, my amazing grandson, was sooooooo goood staying on the paths even though he wanted to go spalsh in the Koi Pond and run wild in the Iris'.

Goat Rocks

The Beautiful Cispus River Valley

Fields of Wild Flowers ready to bloom

Mt. Adams from Snowgrass Flats, Goat Rocks

So Julie got tired of me not checking my Facebook page and encouraged me to try blogging (whatever that is) so here I am.

The title of my blog is from the Beetles tune "When I'm 64" cuz that's what I'll be hitting on 9/1.

The first day near the trail head

Catherine (Hikerous Extaordinarius)

Had a great weekend hiking in the Goat Rocks area of Washington with my sweetie Catherine and friends from The Trails Club of Oregon.   As a newbie hiker with little to compare this with, I thought the views were outstanding.  We hiked from the trail head up about 6800 feet in about 5 miles. About 2800 ft. of elevation gain from the trail head.  Camped Friday and Saturday.  We did some day hiking on Saturday, had some teeth clenching during an awesome thunderstorm on Friday night, which set three trees on fire that we could see,  and took the long way down on Sunday with an excursion to a beautiful valley.