As we’re counting down the days in Portland, we’re starting to think of things that we’ll miss. One of them, undoubtedly, is the nature of the Pacific Northwest. We have beauty all around us, endless possibilities of hikes, streams, mountains to visit. Sadly, we could have spent much more time outdoors than we did–and I think we wish that we would have– but the times that we did get out of the charming weirdness of PDX, we enjoyed it.

A few weeks ago, I went with a bunch of work people on a hike around Mt. Hood. The scenery was inspring and the reward at the end of the trail was this…