Todd in Oregon

I just got back from a trip to Oregon with my 4 brothers. The 5 of us did a "brothers only" trip to the Columbia River Gorge area just outside of Portland. We went from Thurs night to Sun and had a fantastic time. We stayed at a nice lodge in the area, went golfing, went canyoneering (hiking and rappelling down a river and waterfalls), hung out together, bonded as brothers, and just had a great time. Anna was totally awesome and stayed home with the 2 girls while I went and played. She was very supportive of the trip since it was a "brothers" trip and she wanted me to go and have a good time. She is now expecting some serious payback though....

Here are some pictures of us golfing and canyoneering.

The group of us overlooking the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River


Golfing at Skamania golf course


Rappelling down Punchbowl Falls (this is my brother Dave in the picture).



My brother Chris at Metlako falls. We had about 10-15 feet of rappelling on the rock, then we got to the edge where he is and the next 80 feet are all a free fall on the rope.


A great shot of the full length of the Metlako Falls with one of us on the rope next to it. Very cool experience and incredible to stop halfway down and just look around you. The waterfall is very loud and sprays mist all over you, it is quite amazing


Me sitting on the rocks after rappelling Metlako. The water is very cold and you have to wear long underwear or a wetsuit to stay warm.


Group shot of us hiking back down the river to get out. You can see all of our unique outfits to keep us warm.


Best picture- a group shot with Metlako falls behind us (on the right), with another fall on the left, and just greenery everywhere around us.