Bikin', Hikin', Joggin'

Since posting last, I've returned to Lower Dan's Trail a couple times, once with my bike and once with Ben. Biking it was a blast -- at least, that one downhill mile was a blast. After that, it turned into me walking my bike up a lot of hills and falling off once when I realized I have no idea how to ride my bike down the sharp corner of a switchback. Expert mountain biker, I am not. Besides, when you're on a bike you're much less likely to find stashes of oyster mushrooms like so:

Today I jogged/walked the New Growth and Old Growth trails at McDonald Forest. I'm hoping that incorporating biking and jogging into my routine will get me a bit more in shape. Judging by how much I ached after biking, the plan is succeeding!

I Want Out!

Right now, I want to do this more than anything in the entire universe. It's the McKenzie River Trail, a 26-mile mountain bike/hiking trail that follows the McKenzie River in the Cascades and hits some amazing waterfalls, old growth forest, clear blue pools, and lava rock fields. Oh yeah, and hot springs! In three days, Ben gets eight days off and we're gonna go adventuring... maybe here?
This line of thought is seriously interfering with my ability to edit articles -- working from home is great, but keeping myself focused is not easy!
Hopefully in the future I'll have photos of this trail to post; maybe in a week or so??