trail in Washington Park

We are on our way to visit the Rose garden with Ziggy.

Portland Rose Garden

Today we took Ziggy to vist the Rose Garden. WOW!

Mt Hood floating

Mt Hood appears to be floating above the dog park at Council Crest, the highest point in Portland.

Ziggy and Herm

Every day Ziggy takes Herm for a hike. At the dog park Ziggy gets exhausted chasing and playing with the other dogs. He takes a nap afterward.

Jordan's cake

Jordan made and served her special strawberry cake - yummy!

Fathers' Day at Fords'

Herm and Alan celebrated Fathers' Day at Alan and Kim's house with a feast of ribs, Alan's special recipe.

on their way

The Jeffreys leave for sunnier climes!

Ziggy

Ziggy has to watch his family leave without him.

Fathers' Day

Before they left for their vacation, Grace and family gave Herm a present.

Jordan graduates from Sam Barlow HS

Jordan graduated with Honors and her Certificate of Initial Mastery on June 9,2011.

Jordan and Kim at J's graduation party

cruisers' lunch

We all met at Mcmenamin's Kennedy School for a fun lunch together.

window arch

There are 193 steps up to this arch but the view is worth the climb.

we made it!!!

This is the famous Delicate Arch. It's on Utah car license plates and lots of other places. It cannot be seen by car so we had to make the "strenuous" hike .

Whew!

At last - a log to sit upon! We hiked up to see the Delicate Aech, said to be 1 1/2 miles each way. But it was all up hill, mostly in the hot sun, in about 30K of wind with faster gusts on uneven terrain. We were tired!

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Incredible rock!

Mesa Arch

It's a short hike from the road in Canyonlands Natl. Park. Through the arch is seen the Colorado River canyon and the snowy LaSal mountains. Truly spectacular, as is everything here, near Moab!

desert flowers

a very scary road!

Trucks go down into the Colorado River canyon on this road to the potash mine.

Dead Horse Point, near Moab

Looking down about 1500 ft. to the Colorado River .

Arches Natl Park

Herm is just getting started on our 2 days of hiking and biking in Arches Natl Park in Utah!

visit with Dick and Judi

We had a great visit with the Franks at their new home near Tonto Basin on Lake Roosevelt in AZ

Navajo site

Canyon de Chelly is an amazing 600 ft drop straight down from the plateau! A river (with water in it) flows through among the farms and ruins left by the ancestors of the native Navajos.