Vacation update #7: officially longer than the vacation itself

Salmonberry.

This penultimate series of vacation snaps is mostly from in and around Forest Park, which, at "5,100 wooded acres [is] the largest, forested natural area within city limits in the United States." Some are from very close by Council Crest Park, which offers some nice views.
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Wiped

Have a few more pictures from Oregon to post, but I'm losing motivation quickly. I helped out with Ape Rock last night and was up past midnight (very rare for me) and up at 6 this morning. I still have to unpack all the equipment from the event out of my car, but all I want to do is lay down. Alexis has been working this weekends, not as full days as she would during the week, but several dogs each weekend day, so we haven't seen each other much. It would be nice to have another weekend, and next weekend is already devoted to 3 more special events.

That's summer for you though--trying to get everything done while the weather is nice and the sun is up late. I realized that winter will be a good time for me to learn to brew my own beer, and that might make the season less horrible for me. We'll see.

I have a few of my 100 species photos backed up from before Oregon, and should be cranking out a bunch after this coming weekend's events.

This is National Zookeeper Week, and I will celebrate by using up my lunch hours sitting behind a table at the zoo telling people about zookeeping. I'm 90% sure I'll run for the zookeeper association president position at my zoo next year. I must be out of my mind.

Edited to add: I love my house so much. I keep going out into my giant yard and just standing there in the grass in my bare feet. I love my grill. We have promised to each other that we will grill in the middle of the winter, just because.