October – December 2009

 

  

Justin stopped by Portland on his way back from Hawaii and we took some pictures in the Columbia River Gorge (Multnomah Falls above, and below is the stream flowing from Wahkeena Falls).

 

I took in a lot of the beauties of fall from campus. I spend most of my time at school – Western State Chiropractic College (though now the school is officially the University of Western States).

 

Teresa was quite a rocker for Halloween, wasn’t she?

 

In November, when we found out that Teresa got a new job for a nearby bank (Columbia State Bank) we decided to celebrate that – and my birthday – by heading to Astoria for a few days! Here we are on the top of the Astoria Column.

 

We stayed at an awesome bed & breakfast there called Clementine’s and had a whole suite to ourselves. The specific building, called the Moose Temple, was a Mormon church at one point!

     

In December, we enjoyed a formal Christmas Gala for my school, bought a 10 foot tall tree from the scouts, and as you can see Teresa still has her cute short hair!

 

September 2009 - finally

 

Started the month with Teresa’s birthday!

 

Dad & Joe came to visit (on their way to Hawaii to see Kaytie & Christian!) and we followed the Lewis and Clark Trail to Astoria, OR.

 

We climbed the 164 stairs of the 125 foot tall Astoria Column to see the panoramic view of the Columbia River meeting the Pacific Ocean. Gorgeous!

 

The Astoria-Megler Bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America (over 4 miles) – and it’s cool looking.

  

We also visited the Fort Clatsop National Memorial (Lewis & Clark National Historical Park) and then drove south to Cannon Beach, where Dad & Joe really got into the photographing.

  

saw some pretty flowers the next couple of days…

   

We even went downtown and saw Teresa at her job in the Fox Tower (in the heart of downtown Portland). This turned out to be her last full day! The next day the company had to “let go” 5 temps - so she came home early and we went on a hike!

 

That weekend Mom, Becca, and Ben stopped by on their way to Hawaii, so we saw some of the gorgeous waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge with them.

July & August – Utah, Washington, & Oregon

After being at the Ranch in June, I returned to Utah for my sister Kaytie’s wedding. 

Grandma & Grandpa Favero at the wedding reception. I caught Grandpa dead asleep & Grandma was in the middle of putting on her sweater – but she struck a quick pose for me just the same.

Ben, me, Kaytie, Justin, and Joe (all the Favero kids except 3).  Darling Abigail Dursteler (my older sister, Emily’s, daughter) at the reception – what a cutie. Here we are as pleasant as pumpkin pie on a cool fall evening.

Then, soon after returning home to Portland, I decided it was about time that I visit Mount St. Helens. It was about 2 hours north then 1 hour east of Portland to get to the northwest side of the mountain where the huge hole is right in your face.

 

I look pretty happy, despite the fact that I got a flat tire at the last viewpoint right before the mountain. Oh well, took a few minutes to replace the flat (nobody offered to help!) and I was back in the car and at the mountain in 2 minutes.

I couldn’t help but think of Brian Regan when I passed through this “Blasting Zone!” (shouldn’t that read “ROAD CLOSED”??).

 

 

 

Here is gorgeous Teresa the day of her newer (and even shorter!) haircut. We were enjoying the warm day in the grassy courtyard area of our apartment complex – a water & sun type of birthday party for Bethany’s son (she is on the right).

And finally we reach August. I had a scout camp for my 11 year olds, Teresa and I celebrated our 7 anniversary of when we met (8/22/02), and I went to the Oregon coast with my good friend Chris Bentley from Ogden who was working here for the summer. 

Overlooking Cape Lookout State Park and the gorgeous Netarts Bay.  Us down on the beach after having thrashed in the cold Pacific Ocean waves for quite a while. That was a fun day. And these were a couple of awesome months!

Silver Falls in June

After finals were over at WSCC, we headed south to Silver Falls State Park. Unfortunately, I (Jeff) found out the 2 bedroom cabin I had booked was actually for the week before - oops! But we found a nearby cabin and paid again for somewhere to stay for the night. The next day we hiked the "Trail of Ten Falls". It was 9 miles and wore us out!

Here are pics of 6 of the 10 beautiful waterfalls:

Upper North Falls, 65 ft.

North Falls, 136 ft.

Middle North Falls, 106 ft.

Lower North Falls, 30 ft.

Lower South Falls, 93 ft.

South Falls, 177 ft.