The Adventures of Montana Jana

Two Ferrys, Gargantuan Onion Rings, Farmland and One Flat

July 10, 2011

July 9, 2011:

Two Ferrys Road Bike Trip, 75 miles rountrip from Wilsonville.

Dan on the Canby Ferry & fixing Jana's flat

Passing a small airport & and 'biker friendly gazebo'

Lunch in Dayton: Impossibly huge onion rings at the Brickhouse Cafe:

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Costa Rica

July 8, 2011

November 19-30, 2009

Lost Iguana Resort, La Fortuna, Arenal Volcano

I can admit it now: when my husband Dan said we should go to Costa Rica, I couldn't have pointed it out to you on the globe. That said, once he told me a bit of why he wanted to go, I was all in. He has really never lead me down a path that I didn't like (but I don't know that I've openly admitted that to him).

Our trip to Costa Rica was spurred on by an unused plane ticket. Dan had been scheduled to attend a solar developm...

Posted by Jana Mejdell. Posted In : Travels

Dog Mountain, Washington

June 26, 2011

Saturday, June 25, 2010

This was my second Saturday in a row hiking Dog Mountain. Had to be done. The first Saturday was a cold, dreary typical Northwest spring day where Amanda and I somehow managed to find 'quad-killer samurai route' on the way down the 3,000' trail making for a very sore couple of days after. The second Saturday, was the virtual opposite, with clear blue summer skies and Indian Summer temps - not too hot, not too cold, just right.

Big Bro' Randy was on a rare trip out to...
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Posted by Jana Mejdell. Posted In : Day Hikes

Trapper Creek Wilderness

June 21, 2011

Posted by Jana Mejdell. Posted In : Backpacking

Middle Sister, June 10-12, 2011

June 13, 2011

The itinerary:

Friday: Start at Pole Creek Trailhead 5000' and make base camp at 7000'
Saturday: Middle Sister, skiing Hayden Glacier and whatever else seemed the rigth thing to do, including climbing to the summit
Sunday: ski again, and back out

The Trip:
We drove over to Sisters on Thursday night and stayed at the Ponderosa, Best Western (nice place with a herd, a flock, a gaggle?) of Llamas nearby. We were pretty much packed and ready to go Friday after Dan got some work done in the morning...

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Glacier National Park, Backpack Trip, Kintla - Bowman, Sept 2010

June 2, 2011

We planned this backpack trip to Glacier to sync up with my neice's wedding in Columbia Heights. So, it wasn't until July that I started contemplating where we could go. Luckily, I was able to get backcountry permits for the times that would work out for us.

Our trip itinerary was pretty laid back because of what we could reserve as far as campsites.

Itinerary:
9/3 (Friday): Kinta Lake 6.8 miles (no elev) drive to Polebride/drop off vehicle at Bowman
9/4: Upper Kintla 5.8 miles (no elev)
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