Show your 2013 summer adventures (picture thread)

[indysteel]

So pretty, Eden. It reminds of our trip to Oregon. I loved the hiking there.

[rebeccaC]

Cosc, your ‘Celebrate 40 tour’ journal ended tooooo soon!!!! I enjoyed reading it!!!

Eden, it must be wonderful to live close to the Cascades and such great hiking. Fir trees can make images so peaceful and your images are so that!!

[Veronica]

Veronica

[Deborajen]

Well, this is where I wanted to ride. It's my favorite bike path - it goes down the hill and follows along what's usually beside the river, and goes under the bridge and continues on --



Should've brought a snorkel! That's the Arkansas River. Back in June, it was a parched channel with puddles. We'd been in a severe drought. Then July was our fourth wettest in history. And we're still getting more rain. Sure has been a crazy year!

[Eden]

Went cycling up on Whidbey Island today

[rebeccaC]

Went cycling up on Whidbey Island today

Gorgeous...if that's what I can expect on a trip to the San Juans I'll be happy!

[Eden]

Whidbey is a bigger island, but it should be similar. We've been having a pretty exceptional summer this year. It's been warm and dry... (unlike the past 2 years, when I never even got tan lines, because it wasn't ever warm enough to take the knee and arm warmers off....) I do have to warn you, even though it was shorts weather at my house yesterday. It was very windy and a bit nippy out on the island. I was fine cycling in my shorts and short sleeves, but on my way home I could have used long pants and a jacket outside of the car, so pack some chilly weather gear too (and it nearly always cools off considerably at night around here).

[rebeccaC]

Deborajen, you just have to get inventive