Tulip Fields
Saturday, April 10th, 2010If you have never been to the Wooden Shoe Tulip fields you need to go! I’m not a real flower power type of guy, but the amount of color out there is amazing.
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2010 Portland Urban Iditirod
Sunday, March 14th, 2010This was the 9th Portland Urban Iditirod and my first. It was probably the craziest thing I have ever participated in Portland. Over 100 teams race through the streets of portland behind custom decorated shopping carts. As KATU news puts it: “There are no winners, there are no loses, there are just a bunch of belligerent people”
Our team was Big Buck Hunter Safari - Shoots even managed to track down fake guns for us! We had two carts, the one I am pushing bellow and a mobile stripper pole (it got lots of looks)
And we're off!
One of multiple stops for partying - this was under Grand Central
Myself and "Jesus" from the last supper cart
Our fearless leader Shoots
Another stop before heading over to the westside - this was @ Jupiter
Reel Lentless Success!!!
Sunday, March 14th, 2010I got my first keeper Sturgeon of my life! It tasted pretty good and I can’t wait to catch another. This one was caught right above Wavelry Golf Course on the Willamette.
A 43"er!!!
Very nice, clean meat
Soaking in buttermilk makes it less fishy
Looong run
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Just ran the longest run of my life yesterday! We wound up going 13.1 miles to reach half marathon status. All at the Leif Erickson trail in Forest Park. What a bueatiful area and great place for a long run.
Gotta thank my buddy John Satterberg for keeping me going - I think he’ll be able to push me into a marathon distance. Got some great food at Mother’s after wards - thank you Bryon and Matt!
13.1 miles - 1:43.57 Time, Pace of 7.56/ mile
And this post would be sooooo boring without pictures. So, here is my cold bath that I took after. I went naked, but next time will wear layers of shorts to protect my manhood from freezing off (bad).
Halloween 2009
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Well, not just Halloween but also the trips leading up to it. I think those trips are the most fun of the season.
3 generations of Munson's getting pumpkins
Father and Son
That is a funny look!
I think they are the same age in goat/ baby years
Little monsters I sewed for the kiddos Halloween present
Cowboy's and Nemo's
Thunder trick or treating @ the pond
One of the turkeys at my folks - Thanksgiving is just around the corner so HIDE Tom!
Kylie and I's trip to get a pumpkin up the street
A lot of familiar names on there...
Trick or treat success!
Marathon
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Ahh the Portland Marathon. 26.2 miles of torture through Portland’s streets. It was fun to see some of my friends run, as well as hand out beverages at mile 23.
Caitlin, my teammate from HTC and captain of Ragnar is in there somewhere. This was mile 6 at arounf 7:30AM. It was only 3 blocks from my house, so I figured the least I could do was get up and watch them.
On my way to the eastside to watch them at mile 23. Before this, I went home and sat on the couch for an hour while they kept running.
Best refreshments on the route...
Respective champions of different types of running...
Caitlin (in white) going fast!
Only Caitlin would be smiling here!
Happy to be handing out and not running...but they do inspire you to want to go out and do it.
This guy was an animal. Run 23 miles. Do a keg stand. Run 3.2 miles.
Why the big smile? Perhaps because she's done running. But also because she qualified for the BOSTON MARATHON!
After some long thought about long running I’m announcing that I want to run a marathon in 2010. So if your reading this, be sure to bug me to keep running. Lots.
Pickling 2009
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009We haven’t pickled in years, but my mom got inspired by a book called “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbra Kingsolver in which a family lives off of homegrown food and meat for a year. I’ve always had the meat covered, but vegetables, jam etc are not my forte. More pictures soon to follow…
Jammin’
Friday, September 11th, 2009My new place happens to have a huge plum tree in the driveway. I actually had no idea what was growing on it until my mom visited one day and told me they we’re good Italian plums. After a couple of hours on the orchard ladder I had a huge box of them ready for jam making. I’ve never made jam before so some assistance would be required. The folks came over for an evening of cutting, mincing, boiling, mixing and canning. This all equates to a hell of a sticky mess but quite a bit of rewarding good jam.
Dirty-->Cleaning-->Clean
Clean-->Choping to depit
Chopping-->Mincing
Mincing with the Cuisinart. This thing is incredible! Never thought I could get so excited about a kitchen appliance. Mince into small 1/4 raisin size bits by tapping pulse mode.
5 1/2 cups of minced plums. Then add pectin (makes it jelly like), 1/4 cup of lemmon and 1/4" slice of butter. FYI the butter keeps it from foaming up.
Mix like hell til' it boils. Dance if your dad, or is it jamming?
Now add 8 1/2 cups of sugar. That's about 1/3 of a bag. FYI that's a cubic shit-ton.
After mixing at a boil for 4 minites, poul into jars. Leave about an 1/8" at the top.
After filling clean the top off, put a lid on and a ring around it. Whammy-done!
Batch one done - they sit upside down overnight to seal.
Cheers! All done - 50 jars later
So what to name it? I was thinking "Munson's Famous Jam Sauce". Perhaps I should make it "Munson's Famous Italian Plum Jam Sauce" as not to confuse people.
Hot Heater
Friday, August 7th, 2009We just had our first stolen gun come into the shop. My dad was buying it from a guy on the east coast and when I ran the background it came back stolen. Apparently it was reported stolen in Houston but the seller did not know that. The seller said it passed a background check on the east coast and offered a full refund. We are going to work on getting it back after the matter is cleared up. A deputy came by to hold it in the meantime.
Wet Cat
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009