Signs of the season

By the looks of the gold and red leaves, summer slipped away and Autumn is here. Yay for October, my favourite month!! I leave tomorrow for two weeks in Jordan with everyone’s favourite travel-partner: Sassy, fashionable, California-girl Margaret. I’ll do my best to keep up with the blog while traveling. Summer was unseasonably wet this […]

Rock & Falls

Will came to visit from Rhode Island for two weeks. Prior to this visit he had never stepped foot into Washington or Oregon. I was delighted to be able to show his virgin eyes my favourite part of the world. On our first day back home after Seattle, the day dawned sunny once more, and […]

Always sunny in Seattle!

The common people can come up and look any time we want, for free.

Hummocks Trail

All this beauty before me sprung out from that poor beginning.

Colchuck Lake

Women outnumbered the men far and away.

Lake Stuart

I purchased overnight camping passes for the Lake Stuart Zone in the Enchantments area of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington state. It’s due east of Seattle and north of Mt. Rainier. It takes me 4 1/2 hours just to get to the trailhead, but I can’t help myself: it is so beautiful there. I’ve […]

Mini RT Series – five

I hope my friend now feels more keenly his place on this particular spot of the Pacific Northwest.

Mini RT Series – one

It was his idea to enlist my help in a road trip.

On a trail again

On the trail is where I find my bliss.

Ballard Locks

I recommend the Ballard neighborhood to any Seattle visitors.