approximately 21,600 steps

today was a walking filled day.  todd took today off, so the four of us started out the day with luncfest at cupcake jones.  we met a couple of their friends there and ate some yummy cupcakes.  my jumbo one was marionberry filled white cupcake with marionberry frosting.  joel's was some kind of chocolate.  i also had a 'mini pearl'... haha.  it was white chocolate cake.  mmmm.

i was trying to be artsy fartsy with this photo...

this is my half eaten jumbo cupcake:

after cupcakes, we proceeded to go on an uphill "walk" through southeast portland and up to mt. tabor to have a picnic lunch.  

[sidenote-we had a clarification today on the difference between "walk" and "hike".  julia says walks are through non-nature areas; hikes are through nature areas.  i say walks are easy; hikes are grueling.  she said we were going on a walk to have a picnic; i thought "yay!  leisurely exercise and food".  ha.]  

by her definition, we went on mostly a walk.  by mine, we went on a HIKE.  it was grueling; my body was yelling at me.  the cupcakes didn't help.  i really need to get back in shape!  anyway, here are some things we saw/did on, what i like to call, our "hike":

posed in front of nice bushes.

tried to eat mt. hood:

saw interesting port-a-potties with interesting names... (honey bucket???)

climbed steep hills... and more steep hills... and more steep hills...

ate good food and saw beautiful views. 

overall, the walk/hike was well worth it.  i enjoyed it very much!

tonight, we ate delicious pizza for dinner:

our approximate number of steps that we walked today (according to todd's pedometer) was 21,600.  thats around eleven miles (a lot of it going uphill).  woot.  i think i got my daily exercise today!