Jump to the recipe for Fruity Plantain Chip Breakfast… I am heading down to Oregon in a week to tackle the Timberline Trail around Mount Hood with a blogging friend from The Adventure Continues, Greg Smith and a few others. He has been circumnavigating Wy’East for the last few years and I am committed…
Author: Shannon Leader
AIP Strawberry Lemonade Tiger Nut Trail Mix
Jump to the recipe… Well, here I am not on a mountain… Biking rhymes with hiking, right? Here we are in May already and the truth is I have been doing more biking than hiking lately. I don’t have to drive far (or at all) and it is so easy to fit a ride into…
That Weekend We Backpacked Into Stehekin On The Lakeshore During Wildfire Season And Saw Two Bears and A Moose!
I have been reading this week on social media about how despite being at over 125% of our annual snowpack right now, we are also looking at the inevitability of drought conditions. The month of April was the driest it has been in years and they are already advising hikers to get the most out…
Figure It Out On The Hayduke Trail
Last May while spending way too much time indoors just watching other people hike, I came across this documentary on Netflix, Figure It Out On The Hayduke by Alex Maier, on hiking this unique trail in the Southwest corner of the United States. If you want to take your backpacking up a serious notch, this…
Dehydrated Lemon Slices For An Easy Trail Beverage
Jump to the recipe for Dehydrated Lemon Slices… In looking back over the pictures from the fall and winter outdoor adventures I had since November, it is clear a favorite new food item to take has been dehydrated lemon slices. These little circles of sunshine have been with me on every trip as lightweight additions…
A Wintery Visit To Narada Falls
I took a long weekend to spend some time down around Mount Rainier this March, hoping to not only revisit some places I had passed on the Wonderland Trail but to experience the park in the winter season for the first time. Last year I shared my 2015 adventure here on the blog, retelling about…