First hike of 2021

I am hugely grateful to be 51 and happily climbing mountains.

Nearly Enough Waterfalls

The Trail of Ten Falls has more waterfalls per square mile than any trail I think I’ve ever been on.

Cape Falcon

One way to find fun at the end of a cold, wet, sad, December is to go for a hike.

Five H’s

Helens, Hiking, Hummocks, Heavenly, Hoffstadt, and oh and…Happy

Shevlin Park and Pilot Butte

If you read my last post, you saw that I drove the 4 1/2 hours down to Bend, Oregon to see an art show and found my childhood home at a museum. I spent one night in Bend and found two quick, easy trails to walk the next morning. First of all I enjoyed Shevlin […]

Pyramid and Ball Lakes

I had just been complicit in a six-hour hike with no food in the mountains with an eighty-year-old man.

St. Helens foothills

Forty years later it’s amazing both that there is so much life here, and that I can still see the devastating effects of the volcanic eruption.

Weekend in Lyle

I know I am spoiled that I have the option to get out of town when others don’t. I am grateful.

Forest Park flora

Forest Park is teeming with fields of flowers and so many bright colours!

Dana Biosphere Reserve

I got up close and personal.