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I had my first trip to the dentist this week. After much deliberation, I selected a tooth ring from the treasure chest:

Sweater weather is upon us:

Getting excited to ski:

Still bike season though. At the pump track in the rain:





The harvest from our plum tree (4 lbs.):

I used some of the plums for an Austrian plum cake:



Construction in the garage:


Pretzels, round two:

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The ice dispenser broke this week. No worries. I fixed it:

We had lobsters for Mom and Dad's anniversary:

This one tried to make a run for it. I shrieked.

Once cooked, they were less scary.



Bend had its Octoberfest this weekend. It is not October. It is September. This is wrong. We did not go. We will have our own Octoberfest in October. In preparation, we are learning to make pretzels:

I ate a lot of pretzels:


We went to Jackson's Corner for coffees and a cookie:

They have an outdoor home center. It was awesome!

I made Mom and Dad some corn on the cob:

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Timberline Lodge outside:

Timberline Lodge inside:

Jumping at Meera's birthday party:

Exploring Bend with Papa and Yaya:

More people to read books!

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Papa and Yaya are in town. We went to Hood River for a few days:

They have a pump track. It's paved!




Klickitat River:

We drove around the Fruit Loop and picked some apples:


and fed the goats:

and saw some giant pigs:

At Panorama Point with Papa:

The Bigs had a good lunch at Kickstand. The Kimchi fried rice bowl with pork and an egg:

Northwest beef meatballs:

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We went on vacation. In the pictures that follow, any resemblance to good behavior is purely coincidental.

Day 1: Slide Creek Campground in the Strawberry Mountains.

Day 2: Going on an overnight backpacking trip. You may notice Dad is not smiling. Perhaps I had something to do with that.


I carried my backpack for about 1/10 of a mile. The Bigs were NOT impressed.

Strawberry Lake.




Strawberry Falls.

Little Strawberry Lake.

Day 3: Driving to Ketchum.

We didn't quite make it to Ketchum that day. Luckily we saw a National Forest sign and a 'campground' off Deer Creek Road between Hailey and Ketchum.

Day 4: We found our home for the next eight nights.

OMG. The mountain biking here was great. I road the Lodge Loop over and over.

Gondola ride up to the top of Sun Valley. Mom cried a little when she paid $50 for us to go up once. She mumbled something about how mom and dad ride their bikes up mountains, not take lifts. Whatever, Mom. Why doesn't Mt. Bachelor have these things?


I use my 'inja' skills to make s'mores.

They had a pump track too. View was better.

And they had SPLASH PADS. These things are almost as awesome as gondolas.





Checking out Ketchum.



Hike up to Baker Lake.


The Bigs, Emmett, Papa Dog, and Puppy. The whole family.


Sunset at Galena Summit.


Will you please let me take the pics? We might actually get a good one.




Mountain bike ride near Hailey.

The Imperial/Greenhorn Gulch loop via mountain bike.

Canoeing at Redfish Lake.




Day 13: On the way home. Picnic in Dayville.


The Bigs are confused about the meaning of Labor Day. We spent the weekend laboring on a new privacy wall. I think we were supposed to be at a bbq or something. Upside, there should be panda bears stopping by our backyard soon. They love bamboo.