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Wallowa Lake trip

Its a little late but here are a collection of photos from when  +Amanda Polehn , our girls and I went to Wallowa Lake for a few days.  All and all it was one of my favourite vacations we have had as a family. This deer was a little infatuate with Amanda followed us around until a dog finally chased it away. Giant chair for the "Resort" we stayed at. We did eventually get out on the lake in a boat.  Lucy conquered her fears and claims it was her favourite part :) This is apparently what you do when you get a hole in one. It's kind of funny to me how you can live in a state for your whole life and still find great new places to go.  I didn't even realize that there were mountains this big this far east in Oregon. I'd definitely like to do this again.  Spending time on the lake and just hanging out in our cabin was nice and relaxing.  Not only that but the town of Joseph was a pretty neat little place with

4 reasons I commute by bike

This is my bicycle there are many like it but this one is mine. Since roughly the beginning of summer I have been exclusively riding my bike to work as opposed to driving.  I'm starting to see that I may not need that second car to get from my house to my job everyday .  Here is a nice little four part list of why I've decided bicycle commuting is for me. Its good for my body It is recommended that adults have at least  150 minutes per week  of moderate exercise per week.  Without biking I'd have a hard time justifying taking time away from my family or job to go run on a treadmill or do whatever other boring thing people do to stay in shape.  Biking to work takes me about 15 minutes down hill, coming back 20 something minutes uphill...  I'm sure I have 150 minutes of moderate intensity excessive in there somewhere ;) It's pretty incredible to see the difference I have in endurance after just one week of picking up the bicycle again.  Not to mention its