[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

Tomorrow is the company picnic up at Mt Hood. I've been looking forward to this for weeks.

I planned to go horseback riding (the only part that is not free):



Ride the 800 ft zip line:



Ride the ski lift (I've never been on a ski lift)to the top of the mountain and then do this (a few times):



Go down the Summer Tube Hill a few times:




But what is really on my mind, is the weather forecast....I don't want rain or wind on my day of fun!!! NOOOOO!!!!!

Saturday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming north northwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

The day turned out to be 98% beautiful, but even the pounding rain and hail that drenched me on my way to the car after TONS of exhilirating moments, was beautiful in its own way.

Yesterday is still on my mind. I did things (all of the videos above, were things I did) that I had doubts that I would be able to convince myself to do (ski lift, zip line, sledding), and I loved every moment of it, even the moments where I was convinced I was going to die. I think what made it spectacular for me, is that no one talked me into any of it (as if someone could ), I did those things because I chose to. IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it would have been 1 million times better with Gaige there with me. But, now, I know it is somewhere that Gaige and I will have a total blast, the next time she is in the Portland area with me during warm weather!

Another thing that is on my mind, is that I am going to do more riding, a lot more riding. After I got home, Gaige kept commenting about how happy I looked, and I know that it was mostly about spending time on horseback. Other than the last 12 or so years, I have been riding all of my life, and yesterday it became very clear to me, how much I missed it.