Completing the Loop
If I went back home through California, my road trip would make a loop.
Read More Completing the LoopCareening through life and learning stuff
If I went back home through California, my road trip would make a loop.
Read More Completing the LoopPedro had requested a night in a yurt for his birthday. It was a first time for both of us.
Read More Yurt on the CoastIt was our last day and I pushed through the pain in my feet to keep going.
Read More Goat Lake and Jordan BasinSee that? No, you don’t, because of the smoke.
Read More Smoky Old SnowyOn our second day we continued to climb in elevation and into the heart of the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
Read More PCT and Cispus PassThe trailhead is at about 4000 feet elevation and we climbed about 1700 feet that day in only 4.5 miles.
Read More Return to the mountainsTara and I went camping on Sunday for Mother’s Day in Silver Falls State Park. We’ve been camping on Mother’s Day, rain or shine, since the kid was in middle school. This year it was time to find a new place. Over the years I have had Silver Falls recommended for a hike because of […]
Read More Silver Falls Mothers DayWomen outnumbered the men far and away.
Read More Colchuck LakeI 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 […]
Read More Lake StuartOn the trail is where I find my bliss.
Read More On a trail again