mt. hood

monday morning, spencer met us at the house and the merry foursome headed over to bumblekiss for brunch. bumblekiss is this great little place near dylan and kelly's that has never disappointed.

after food, it was on to the mt. hood ski bowl. like many winter resorts, mt. hood has various summer activities available on the mountain, and the first order of business for us was the alpine slide.

spencer humors my obsession with self-portraits, but just barely ;)

we headed up on the ski lift and did a few runs, getting the feel of the sleds and the slide itself. all in all, it was pretty tame.


we headed over to the east side of the bowl to try out some of the other activities. first up was the bungee tramp. i was able to get one backflip in before the bungees tightened up and my arms tired out. spencer, on the other hand, lasted longer and was more successful at multiple double-backs. (video below, for all you bloglines/rss readers)



after the bungee tramp, it was time for ghetto mini golf. they don't really call it that, but it really was pretty ghetto. we made the most of it though and had a good time. spencer got his first hole in one ever - or so he says. true or not, i think he was pretty happy about it:)


from mini golf, it was on to the batting cages. i gave spencer my token for an extra 10 pitches, and watched as he, dylan, and kelly all struggled a bit to connect. i was certainly entertained.


then for the final activity of the day; back to the apline slide for a little friendly competition. originally spencer and i were matched and kelly and dylan were racing buddies. i got pretty well smoked by spencer, and kelly by dylan. so we decided to switch racing partners. the first race i won, but barely. the second was a completely different story.

my war wound took a little time to manifest,
but i finally got the proof that i wasn't whining for no reason :)

my sled had to have had wings. i got a late jump off the start, and once i started to get going, i realized that this sled was much faster than my previous ones. i realized it as i was starting to come out of the sled and onto the track. after picking up a really painful concrete burn i rolled myself back in to the sled, and somehow managed to not only catch up with kell, but FLY by her. i think we were both a little in shock, and i was in more than a little pain!


our day o'fun had come to an end and it was time to head home.