Last month I traveled to Cape Town for work. It was a pretty quick meetup, just 4 full days, but we were able to fit in a tour of the wine country outside the city. Really beautiful land paired with fantastic food. See the full gallery →
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Phoenix
Flying into Phoenix. Sometimes I forget how relatively compact of a city Portland is.
Kauai
A couple weeks back Leah and I took a week-long vacation to Kauai. We stayed in this great VRBO rental that really is as close to the ocean as the pictures make it appear.
We ate a lot of good food, went on some fun hikes (though no Kalalau trail this trip), and took a half-day boat tour up to the northern coast. The free first-class bump on the flight over didn’t hurt, either. See the rest of the photos…
9,990
At last week’s company meetup some of us set off at 6:00am on Sunday morning to hike 9,990 – the tallest of the peaks right behind Canyons Resort. While the hike started in the rain the weather did eventually clear and we got a wonderful 14+ miles in. The views made it well worth the effort.
About a mile short of the summit the ridge opens up to beautiful views over the valley.
Stu walking carefully. Just behind him is the last section of ropes that guide you along a very uneven and narrow section of the ridge.
View from the summit.
Evening sunrise
It’s technically the sunset, but every sunny evening our east-facing apartment gets what feels like a second sunrise. The sun’s reflecting off of a building across the river and gives one last blast of light into our place.
Gaudí’s light
The southwest wall of Sagrada Família.
Sagrada Família
Light reflecting off the organ inside the Sagrada Família in Barcelona.