Last adventure just Ashley, Carmen and I : )

Ashley has been itching to get in as much mountain biking as possible this summer. There is a 30 mile one-way trail near Eugene that is top of his list, but requires a drop off at the trail head and pick up at the bottom, so he was lobbying for us to camp down there this weekend so he could bike the trail. With weddings the next two weekends, guests in town, then Wisconsin, then less than six weeks to go till due date, I was a bit hesitant, but was so glad we got out of town once we actually did.

Ashley had a softball double header Friday night so we got up and out the door early Saturday to hit the road. We grabbed one of the first camp spots on the McKenzie river, quickly set up camp and I dropped him off at the trail head. 

Ashley gearing up at parking lot of trail head

Carmen and I hiked in a ways with him from the trail head, then her and I went off to a different trail where she could swim in the river.

Waterfall on the trail

A shot Ashley took on the trail while biking - lots of narrow wood bridges over the river

 After our hike, I hung out and read at our campsite while Ashley was on his ride.

Does this look familiar Deb? These are rafters on a part of the river that we rafted together 7 years ago when you, Dave and the boys came to visit!

I picked Ashley up at the trail bottom that evening and we headed back to camp to cook pulled pork over the campfire, such a nice night. I even slept fairly well at 28 weeks pregnant in a tent : )

We got up, made breakfast and shoved off to head back to Portland Sunday a.m.

 Stopped at a boat launch on the way back for one last dog swim. Such a beautiful day and so nice to be back to that part of Oregon again - neither of us had been there in a long time. AND it was our 4 year anniversary of getting engaged, and we had gotten engaged near here, so it was a nice celebratory weekend.

Sunday evening we had our maternity ward tour/registration and then a going away party for friends Jonny and Rebekah. Monday night dinner with Jeff who was in town, Tuesday a birthday happy hour for a friend, Wednesday a girls night dinner, and last night dinner with Hector, Juanita, Sophia and Michelle. And of course tonite is rehearsal dinner and tomorrow wedding all day. Phew! And our basement work continues among all this.
We also had a follow up ultrasound on Thursday a.m. to make sure all looks okay (after our last ultrasound due to the test results) and all looks perfectly clear.

Looking forward to next week, which should be a bit less busy... : )