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The house of Brandon and Mikey in the movie the Goonies. It is located in Astoria, Oregon. We were able to drive right up to the house. My wife, Shelly, snapped this picture. Shelly and I have always loved the Goonies, even now, in our 30s; we still love watching the movie. I mean, it's a classic!

 

Shelly does this mask thing from Burt's Bees and everytime she applies it Skylar has to play, what he calls, "MONSTERS".  So this time I snapped a picture of the Mask Monters.

Jump Squat:

Place your feet about shoulder-width apart on the floor and your arms are at your side. Sit back as if you were going to have a sit in a chair that would be behind you. Make sure your thighs are parallel with the floor. Jump while bringing you arms up and come off the floor with your hands stretched to the ceiling. Land with your knees bent and repeat for set of 10.

Split Jump:

Start with your feet hip-width apart and stretch your arms out in front of you, come down into a squat while keeping your arms out in front of you. As you come up from the squat, jump into the air with your arms still out in front of you and as you come down lean into a squat. Repeat for 10 jumps/squats.

Some of the best bike trails are right here in Oregon. Shelly and I have riden some beautiful countryside in Arkansas as well and after we move I plan to hit those trails again. But, here in Oregon there are guided bike tours that are awesome. All you do is ride your bike and the guided tour organizers takes care of the rest. Here are some of my favorites. Even though we have only taken part in one of these tours, we plan to do the other three real soon.

1. Oregon Adventures: This tour focuses on the Cascade Mountain range and has road and mountain bike tours to suit which ever ride you are looking for. You can do a scenic ride or a more difficult ride and let me tell you, it is a bit difficult. But, once you ride the ride, you feel awesome. They have it set up so you can ride in one day or make it last several days. (Starts at $30)

2. Cog Wild Bike Tours: Gives mountain bike or road bike tours and they are based in Bend and highlights rides for men and women. (Starts at $30)

3. Cycle Oregon: This is the most awesome tour I would love to participate in with Shelly and Skylar before we move. It's a 60 mile bike ride a day that cost $750 and that includes meals and all the support you need during the ride. This ride is similar to the Arky 100 with the Arkansas Bike Association. Shelly and I conquered 40 miles of that before her legs wouldn't carry her any further. Once we move back we will be ready to ride the entire 100 miles, but first we have to conquer Cycle Oregon.

Skylar was a cloud for Halloween, Shelly did a cool job on it and Skylar loved it. We ate a Jack-O-Lantern pizza from Papa Murphy’s and Shelly made apple cider. We took Skylar trick-or-treating before I went to the last football game for Lebanon High School and Skylar and Mommy stayed home and passed out UNICEF coin collection boxes and candy to the trick-or-treaters.

 






Some random guy that was dressed up like the Tooth Fairy. 


Look, it's a white Sasquatch......

Carving Away.


Skylar telling me what he wants to make.


Trying to figure out the perfect pumpkin face.


The perfect pumpkins.

Skylar helped me get the garden area in order for winter. It's always sort of sad to see things go when the growing time is over for everything. But, there is always next year to get things growing again and it seems every year we have a garden it just gets better and better. 

It's a great way to teach Skylar to appreciate things as well.