Portland's Naked Bike Ride!

I'm nearly a week late on this, yikes.

But last Saturday marked the kick-off of Pedalpalooza here in Oregon with the World Naked Bike Ride, a worldwide bike ride meant to bring attention to the vulnerability of cyclists everywhere and as a protest against pollution-based transport. 

Pedalpalooza is a month-long festivity with bike-centered events and rides like the themed Lebowski Ride or the Ride of Colors. Basically it's all kinds of fun on two wheels.

Portland, you are something else.

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Mt Hood National Forest + Bagby Hot Springs

As my journey to exploring all that Oregon has to offer continues, I am thrilled to have had Casey and Matthew (plus Yoda and Padawan!) join me on this trek. This week I ventured out to Mt. Hood National Forest in search of Bagby Hot Springs.

I can't express how wonderful it was to venture out into the Mt. Hood wilderness. Something about the turquoise waters, tall trees and brisk air felt like home. This was the wild that I was searching for and I'm pretty sure I'll be coming back here repeatedly over the course of this upcoming summer. I'm looking forward to it.

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