PDX Pix - June 2013

I'm a bit behind the times again, oops.  June is great in Portland, the days are wildly long and the sun starts to outweigh the clouds.  The world seems to explode with green growth as the mixture of rain and sun seems to make all types of plants quite happy.

Here's some of what we were up to:

Bike commuting while the weather is good.  Here I am waiting for the Hillsboro-bound MAX train in Beaverton. 

On another bike adventure, I explored some roads out Northwest of Portland and ended up on a gravel-laden adventure.  Pretty roads like this at times, though.

At one point I saw a truck with some teenage-looking guys and girls stopped, I said hi and rode by.  Later I heard them coming so I pulled off to let the dust settle as they went by.  The sped by, fishtailing and generally speeding through fire roads, and I couldn't really believe what I was seeing as they spun around a corner and into a ditch, toppling the truck over like this.  Amazingly everyone was ok, and I left after another truck showed up and they started thinking about how to get the thing turned over.  Crazy.

Kate did some bathroom painting despite her balance being a little off-center.  Don't worry, she's safely braced against falling here.

Of course Banjo required lots of snuggles.

I went to the open house for the new Single-A baseball team in Hillsboro, the Hillsboro Hops, with some co-workers.  I haven't been to a game yet (I know, shame shame) but it was fun to see the new field (all turf, even the brown part in the infield) and watch the players practice a bit. 

Nesting.  We got a crib - here Kate ponders the instructions while we put it together.  I should say while she puts it together, I think she did the whole thing herself.

The garden's raspberry crop was great again - it seems to have two peaks of production, one in June and one later in August.

Haircut!

Jeremy and I poured beer at the National Organic Beer Festival again this year (2nd time for me).  This year we got Eel River (CA) and their IPA and Acai-Wheat beers. 

The best part is after our day-ending shift all the "leftover" beer goes to the back and the volunteers get to finish it off!  This year we were smart and affixed labels so we'd know what we were sampling.

I went to a Major League Ultimate (frisbee) match - yes that's a thing.  4 teams on the East and West coasts each, and it's pretty impressive watching these guys run and huck and leap and dive and catch all over the place.  They are good.  Turned out the San Francisco Dogfish were better than the Portland Stags, but it was a fun time anyway.

We visited the Seattle family and Soheil took some great pictures with his fancy camera.  Here's a few shots. 

July next!  (soon I promise...  and if we're lucky Kate will post some pictures about her adventures all over New England for weddings and visiting friends!)