Dog Mountain

 

Summit of Dog Mountain - Columbia River Gorge, Oregon 7/13/2013

Late season wild flowers on Dog Mountain

Final stretch to the summit

This was one of our final training hikes before our South Sister adventure. The entire loop isn't that long (6.9 mi round trip) but the elevation gain will get ya (2,800'). There was also poison oak everywhere... The views once we broke through the treeline were pretty fantastic. Again, my iPhone5 was much lighter than lugging my SLR around.

One of my friends (TRENT) complained the entire hike up, and once at the top his mood changed drastically. After taking in the view and swatting away the insane population of gnats/flies/bees at the summit, he frolicked and skipped the whole way down. And then promptly decided he was not going to hike South Sister. Man down!

InstaMaui

Old Lahaina Luau - Lahaina, Maui, HI 4/21/2013

Hana Hwy - Maui, HI 4/19/2013

I took an insane amount of photos on my first trip to Maui, and unfortunately most of those were taken on my cell phone. Instagram to the rescue! My sister and I had an absolutely stunning sunset for one of our last nights in Maui. We were dining at the Old Lahaina Luau and couldn't have asked for a better way to close out the trip.

The bridge is another story... we had planned to spend an entire day driving the Hana Highway with its seemingless unlimited amount of hairpin curves and one-lane bridges. Unfortunately a tree fell early in the AM and blocked the road completely, so we had to turn around after only an hour or 2 into our drive. Luckily, there were plenty of opportunities to stop and take pics!