Just checking to see if you’re paying attention. Those ‘P’ trees are all so similar, it’s easy to get confused.

Ha, I see what you did there.

Glad you didn't get toppled while filming the waves.

Great to hear your laughter in the video!

It was a pretty wonderful encounter alright, and definitely took the edge off the wind.

Very chivalrous of you to go through first--but then, you're the route planner!

Love Jack and Maria's appearance in the awesome video!

How great that you met interesting people and rode through such stunning scenery on this windy day.

Always nice to have pleasant experiences to draw your attention away from the wind.

Those are some fabulous trees!

It was sort of fun, other than the anxiety at the time about whether it was an exercise in futility. Plus, I find that I have a bite or two around my ankles that I must have picked up in the mud. Hopefully I won’t come down with some dread disease that I can trace back to this incident.

I’ve forgotten for sure, but at a minimum it’s about 8,000 miles, not counting day trips around Portland. I don’t recall for sure now now if he went to Greece and Albania too, which would put it close to 10,000 miles.

At a minimum, he made it to Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, France, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Canada and of course the US of A.

Do you have any idea how many miles GBO traveled with you?

Thanks again for carrying him out of his sheltered life in a drawer into a life of adventure!

Oh, wow! What a great shot.

Comfort Moon.

You make puddle crossing look easy and fun!

So glad that this portage worked out well for you.

The ones here were released "pets."

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/08/31/they-came-italy-now-they-outnumber-us-all/591532001/

She’ll be pleased by that. She’s making great progress lately - she thinks about where the light is, and is doing much better at keeping the subject vertical and inside the frame. Giant steps!

By far ... the best photo - and taken by Rachael!