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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Rainy Hike in the Columbia River Gorge


Photo by Trailside Volunteer
Rookie Rampage members (from left) Cris Fillis, Scott Markham, Lyle Kopnicky and Mike Bitton, pose in front of Wahkeena Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.

It's been about a month since members of Rookie Rampage have trained together, so on Sunday, we took a hike in our neighborhood playground, the Columbia River Gorge.

Scott Markham, who plans all such outings for our group, chose Wahkeena Falls. The hike is a few miles long, and intersects several other trails, which provides some great loop hike opportunities.

We did about 5 miles in all, and had a great time catching up. It was nice to spend part of a day just enjoying the outdoors, with no thought of actually "training" or "racing."

posted by Mike Bitton @ 2:07 PM    

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