Sara and I went to the coast on Thursday when we had a rare day off without the kids. It was a fun day and full of wind, sand and a pounding surf caused by the “bomb cyclone” that was happening several hundred miles off shore and south towards California. After seeing the ocean we found a lovely place in Old Town Florence for some fish and chips and chowder. Images below:
Biking into work yesterday I came across a large group of Canada geese in the field near one of our middle schools: Next up, they were startled and flew overhead: All in all a neat scene on a cold winter day here in Eugene.
When the term ends our usually bustling campus becomes a ghost town and a haven for the critters that live here. These fellas were chasing each other until I showed up and they froze . . .
Got up early today to start my run at 5:30 am out at Mt. Pisgah. This is the Howard Buford Arboretum and I usually run one side, down the other and back to the top, which I did today. I got up before sun up on the first summit and then made it back for the image below. It was a beautiful morning – starting with hooting owls and yipping coyotes and then this:
Today I took Nora and a friend of hers to one of the local pumpkin patches a bit north of town. It was nice to get to a part of town with less smoke as well. We had a great time and it does feel more and more like fall has arrived!