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A group of Vernier employees and family rode around the Portland Waterfront for a summer wellness challenge bonus activity. It was a beautiful day and just the right temperature to enjoy the waterfront.

I enjoyed lunch at Nicholas’ restaurant with Jake and Tom afterwards, then challenged myself by riding home from the Oregon Zoo. It’s been the longest ride I’ve done in a long while and everyone had a good time.

We asked our realtor where his favorite hike was, and he named Saddle Mountain. Then our friend Leah mentioned she was going to climb Saddle Mountain the coming weekend, we joined her for the ascent.

Saddle Mountain is a difficult hike up about 1,600 feet in elevation, often with trails of loose rocks and steep paths. We arrived around 7:40am after driving up 7 miles from Highway 26. At the top, we were at 3,290 feet in elevation. We could see several mountaintops and marveled over the clouds below.

At first, I don’t think I’d ever want to do this hike again because the top was so windy so the reward wasn’t as satisfying as say, a waterfall. However, after seeing some other photos taken from the summit, perhaps I could be convinced to do it again so I could photograph a sea of clouds passing by.