I dodged a bullet at the beginning of the month! In My Kind Of Triathlon I wrote about my hike to Dorothy, Bear and Deer on a beautiful summer day. What I didn’t share was that I had not brought enough water for the entire trip, counting on being able to use water purification that…
I have had plans to hike along the High Divide and Seven Lakes Basin loop in some form for some 7 years now and they have always been thwarted in some way: thunderstorms, wildfire smoke, broken shoulder, broken toe, etc. So last year I was not surprised when not only did my car decide it…
I think I have mentioned a few times that the process of having to fix the website last year gave me the goal this year to get back to some of the hikes I have not visited in years. That is why you saw me at Barclay Lake and the East Fork Foss River at…
Why is checking something off your to-do list SO satisfying?? I am half way through summer having spent the first half out of the country (Greece and Canada but I will get to that later) and when I started summer vacation I had but a few things on my list to accomplish before it was…
This spring has found me staying pretty close to home in an effort to not only train for a bike ride at the end of April but to save money for two trips this summer. I plan to get out for some wildflower wandering in Wenatchee later this month but mostly I am sustaining myself…
I can’t help but share this wildflower map by Northwest Wildflowers I saw posted on Facebook this last week. If you are wondering where the best places for spring wildflowers in the states of Washington and Oregon right now, it is the place to find out! In the past I would go to Washington Trails Association…