Teaching skiing

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Hugh Paterson III

It snowed all weekend in the mountains. The Willamette pass opened Wednesday. It was a clear day no chains needed. So I took Katja to get a private ski lesson and we spent the day skiing the slopes.

She loves to ski.

Another Valentine’s Day in the snow

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Hugh Paterson III

The big three

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Hugh Paterson III

Filter order…

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Hugh Paterson III

Today Katja wanted to vacuum her room for the first time. We had a small problem. Becky had disassembled the filter while washing it. Now we needed to reassemble it without her. To the encyclopedia of YouTube we go.

Craft day!

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Hugh Paterson III

Katja is keen to remind me at Home Depot has a craft for kids on the first weekend of the month.

Afternoon snack

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Hugh Paterson III

Katja and I had afternoon hot chocolate today. we talked about her work at school. She is learning about typography and letter height. Worm line, grass line, airplane line and cloud line. I showed her some of my work and some of the font things I’ve done and the font book we have here in the house.

South Sister Climb

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Hugh Paterson III

I took Katja to climb South Sister. We made our attempt on September 17th. We left Eugene on the 16th and camped on OR-126. Made it to the Dee Wight observatory for sunrise.

Took a stop in Bend at the grocery store for yogurt for breakfast.

I wasn't sure if we were going to summit and down in one day or if we were going to camp around Moraine Lake and summit the next day. The camping area on T36 and the trail to Moraine Lake is slightly out of the wind but has lots of prickly grass. Not a super smooth place to camp.

Broken Top from T36

We started up TR36.1, joined TR36 and marched to the top — almost. We started at about 5500 feet elevation and ended just at about 8,000 feet with a distance round trip trek of about 3.84 miles one way (7.68 miles round trip). Great work for a 7 year-old! I need to bring us gloves next time and more food and more water. Finding a backpack for her would be awesome and take some of the weight off of my shoulders. She needs shoes that tie rather than velcro shoes.

Start: 1,44.03711822899115,-121.76427483558656,5479.003

Turn-around point: 4,44.08561748668657,-121.76805038005115,8028.215